Grants and Contributions

Digital Citizen Contribution Program -

Digital Citizen Contribution Program -

Digital Citizen Contribution Program -

Canada Arts Presentation Fund - Programming Support

To improve rail infrastructure at road/rail grade crossings.

This project aims to enhance and scale The Power Within program interventions, resources, and tools through a systems change approach to address the root causes of gender inequality in Canada. The project will partner with educators, youth-serving organizations, and other stakeholders to redefine harmful beauty norms and stereotypes affecting body confidence and self-esteem. The goal is to reach an additional 850,000 young people in Canada, especially girls and gender diverse youth between the ages of 10-17, to support them to develop the skills, knowledge and resiliency they need to develop strong body confidence and self-esteem, and support their journey to be agents of positive change in Canada and globally. Outcomes of the project will inform policies and practices supporting the advancement of girls, young women, and gender-diverse youth to take on leadership and decision-making roles in their communities, in Canada, and globally.

Through this 25-month systemic change project, Yukon Women in Trades and Technology (YWITT) will scale their Facilitating Leadership, Opportunity and Advocacy in Trades and Technology (FLOATT) project to advance women’s economic security and prosperity across the Yukon. It will scale to include workers of all genders and direct engagement with industry partners. It will address gaps of meaningful inclusion, recruitment, and retention of 2SLGBTQIA+ and women tradespeople in trades, especially those in leadership roles. To do so, the project will scale community involvement, deliver training, and foster the development of a leadership cohort.

Through this 25-month project, Status of Women’s Council of the Northwest Territories will develop, pilot, and evaluate a collaborative partnership of not-for-profit organizations that will address barriers against women's economic and leadership opportunities in the social sector. Specifically, the project will engage not-for-profit organizations, develop a collaborative guided by a framework for collective communication and advocacy, implement an advocacy campaign to address financial and/or leadership challenges of the social sector, and evaluate the efficacy of the collaborative. By the end of the project, Status of Women’s Council of the Northwest Territories and other not-for-profit organizations in the Northwest Territories will work differently together and act collectively to provide greater opportunities for women to be economically successful and leaders in the social sector.

Through this 25-month project, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada will develop and deliver a monthly podcast across Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada, featuring topics around gender equality and its unique challenges as it relates to improving economic participation, increasing leadership in various sectors, helping prevent and eliminate gender-based violence, and improving overall mental well-being. The Inuit specific, youth-led, gender equality podcast will foster essential conversations around the empowerment of Inuit women on paving the way for equal opportunities. Each episode will be structured around an interview with an Inuk woman and/or subject matter expert, touching on the root causes of inequality in Inuit society.

The preliminary conversations and surveys which took place in the initial Indigenous Youth project are forming the more detailed topics of engagement for this scale-up project. By building on the previous project’s work, Pauktuutit will ensure a sustainable approach to violence reduction and utilize their Inuit-specific GBA+ lens in all aspects. Pauktuutit will conduct an external evaluation to develop a project evaluation framework focused on the project implementation process and outcomes achieved over the project’s lifespan. It will provide Pauktuutit and partners with valuable information and insights about the project development process, efficacies, and lessons learned.

In the final year, Pauktuutit will host a National Engagement Session to offer an in-person forum for the gender equality movement to produce concrete information to promote the mission of building better Inuit-specific knowledge, research and innovative practices and influence GBV-related policy design and implementation. Pauktuutit will attend the Gender Equality Summit hosted by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and CanWACH to present the project, its findings, and lessons learned to the national audience.

Through this 25-month project, NWT Seniors' Society will increase its organizational capacity to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. NWT Seniors' Society will achieve this by increasing the knowledge and skills of Board members to utilize technology in their roles on the board, make decisions and advocate on behalf of the organization remotely. This project will develop an orientation and onboarding manual for Board members and develop an advocacy plan based on the organization's strategic plan.