Grants and Contributions

The purpose of this agreement is to redistribute a component of the ZEVIP funding to delivery organizations to increase awareness, availability and use of lower carbon vehicles and fuels in Canada by supporting the installation of approximately 157 electric vehicle chargers in New Brunswick.

The project will be developed in collaboration with three community partners: Three Oaks Foundation, Sexual Assault Centre, and the Prince Edward County Ontario Provincial Police.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Elizabeth Fry Toronto will achieve this by holding consultations with key stakeholders, formalizing partnerships to establish a multi-sectoral network, facilitating peer leadership development and engagement from women with lived expertise, holding network meetings and one-on-one consultations, conducting developmental evaluations, and leading the dissemination of key learnings and recommendations.
At the end of the project, Elizabeth Fry Toronto will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaborations to accelerate systemic change, and supporting the positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality.
This project will bring together a network of multi-sectoral partners, including diverse women peer leaders with lived expertise, to address gaps and barriers, implement strategies, and develop pathways to improve the economic security and prosperity for women who have been in conflict with the law, as part of an inclusive feminist recovery. This multi-sectoral network will include community-based employment service providers, city representatives, academic institutions, multi-sector employers, social entrepreneurs, and community-owned businesses.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Fresh Start Services for Women Inc. will achieve this by engaging partners, collecting data, conducting a Policy Review and drafting and publishing a Policy Report.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes and encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources to support women’s equality.

Partner organizations, women and gender diverse individuals facing homelessness will be involved in this project to share their knowledge and experience on economic security for women in New Brunswick. Over the course of this project, Fresh Start Services for Women Inc. will establish a close partnership with the Government of New Brunswick and stakeholders to help raise awareness of the lack of affordable housing in New Brunswick. They will develop policies on how to address this issue, more specifically for women and gender diverse individuals whose needs have been further enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Renfrew County Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Support Centre will achieve this by (1) adapting and testing the “Survivor Awareness Program” (SAP) using the survivor advocacy journal as a core resource; (2) invigorating and enhancing the Community of practice-led survivor events; and (3) initiating and fostering relationships with allies to increase networks and collaboration through the “We Stand with Survivors” banner initiative during sexual assault awareness month.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Women in Leadership will achieve this by identifying and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing women’s labour market participation and opportunities by working with employers to create & amend policies and procedures as well as address gender biases so as to support more women applying for leadership and decision-making positions to support women’s equality.

Their partners in this project are the Franco-Ontarian Foundation, the Northern Policy Institute, several women social entrepreneurs, and CCO members and partners.

The organization partnered with Thunder Bay and District Coordinating Committee to End Women Abuse (TBDCCEWA), with funding from Law Foundation of Ontario, to develop the High Risk Navigation Protocol which will be operationalized and implemented during this project.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Women in Leadership will achieve this by identifying and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing women’s labour market participation and opportunities by working with employers to create & amend policies and procedures as well as address gender biases so as to support more women applying for leadership and decision-making positions to support women’s equality.

This project will bring together employers and stakeholders to identify gender bias norms in their hiring practices & policies and to understand how to build an inclusive HR framework to support more women to apply and be considered for leadership positions. The project will help employers identify sector and community stakeholder platforms of engagement that will support awareness of the inclusive policies and actions taken or to be taken by the employers. It will also measure any short term progress made with stakeholders on updating policies and addressing bias norms and barriers, and include feedback from actions & activities of the project (surveys, committee reviews) within the broad spectrum of participating industries and communities

The additional funding will support the project’s potential and accommodate registrants for the Stakeholders Development Committee Summit; hire an additional project assistant, engage three more key Advisory Board members; and pay for additional software, bookkeeping and financial audit costs to achieve the project objectives.

The objectives of the Program are to; support the development and utilization of effective approaches to address social issues and challenges;.develop, exchange and apply knowledge, tools and resources that address social needs of individuals, families and communities; foster partnerships and networks to address existing and emerging social issues; recognize and support the ability of not-for-profit organizations to identify and address social development priorities; and, recognize and promote community engagement initiatives (e.g. volunteerism, corporate social responsibility, innovation, partnerships, coalitions) that mobilize community assets and develop capacities and resources for action..