Grants and Contributions

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Alternatives for Women in Prince Edward County will achieve this by developing and piloting a training and public
engagement program for women, youth and service providers to address inequality, systemic barriers and gender-based violence faced by women in the community. This program will include building skills of local agencies, organizations and businesses,
while also facilitating skill development groups for women and engagement sessions for youth to prevent GBV. Each component of the training program will be evaluated, and the knowledge and resources created and improved through the project will be
disseminated within the community and relevant stakeholders.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by 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.
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. Armagh will achieve this by increasing equal access to its programs and services and community education and awareness
about gender-based violence in Peel Region; sharing recommended sustainable changes and adaptations following an environmental scan with service providers; creating, distributing and marketing a resource matrix through a service mapping initiative of violence against women services to meet the needs of specific populations; and developing and disseminating education materials through community engagement, presentations and awareness social media and marketing campaigns. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, supporting positive distribution of resources, developing networks and collaborations, and changing norms and attitudes
about gender-based violence in Peel Region to support women’s equality. The effectiveness of these initiatives will be documented through a program evaluation and report on successes.
This project will engage men and boys and women and girls with lived experience to influence pandemic recovery responses and build relationships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaborate across sectors to advance gender equality.

This will be achieved by creating safe spaces to empower 30 racialized women and girls in Toronto east impacted by COVID-19 to become feminist leaders; raising public awareness on the impact of misogyny and gender stereotypes on women’s rights through forum meetings with participants, community leaders and policy makers, a media and social media campaign; and by holding organized dialogues with local MPs, MPPs, City Councillors, and School Trustees.

This project will engage research professionals, community service providers, ethno-cultural sector experts, political leaders, and women with lived experience in addressing the equality challenges experienced by Vietnamese women in Calgary, particularly the barriers to their economic security and prosperity. In collaboration with Action Dignity, Calgary Vietnamese Women’s Association will seek to advance key recommendations for practices and programs towards a recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.

This 30-month project aims to foster a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. To achieve this, the Centre francophone du Grand Toronto (CFGT) plans to 1) integrate GBA+ into all of programs delivered by the CFGT, 2) develop a partnership between different sectors in the Greater Toronto Area, and 3) implement promising practices in the elimination of violence against women and girls and achieving gender equality.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to the removal of systemic barriers by 1) promoting inclusive policies and practices, and 2) increasing networks and collaboration to collaboration to accelerate systemic change in support of women's equality.

This project will develop a continuum of French language services for women and girls in the Greater Toronto Area and provide education and prevention of gender inequality while achieving systemic change.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario will achieve this by performing a local and regional systemic needs assessment of effective decarceration strategies; creating a Northwestern Ontario Feminist Justice Network; fostering relationships with Indigenous communities and partners, establishing effective decarceration outcomes for chronically under-resourced women across Northwestern Ontario through consultation, dissemination, and education; as well as performing ongoing assessments, evaluating the project and creating implementation plans.

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, and supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality.

This organization is a member of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies and the Canadian Elizabeth Fry Society of Ontario, which allows them to have the provincial and national support required to advocate for the systemic change required. This project will onboard and target a wide cross-section of partners to expand their network and support their cause, allowing the greatest impact towards their goal.

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.

Embrave Agency to End Violence will achieve this by developing the BraveSpaces Public Education curriculum with a focus on the institutions of criminal justice, policing systems, healthcare, psychiatry, clinical mental health, systems of work and labour, piloting workshops and education resources among internal staff and members of the Systems Integration Working Group of the Peel Committee Against Woman Abuse, delivering a public education program to community members and service providers, and expanding the curriculum.

This 30-month project will promote a feminist response to and recovery from the current impact of COVID-19 through systemic change. To achieve this, the Fédération des agricultrices du Québec plans to: analyze systemic barriers and initiate concrete actions to address persistent issues that limit women’s involvement in agricultural bodies; meet with local and specialized unions affiliated with the Union des Producteurs agricoles to understand their specific needs in terms of the systemic changes needed to achieve gender diversity; create interactive tools to raise awareness among current administrators concerning the systemic barriers and persistent stereotypes confronting women; adopt an action plan on diversity and gender to ensure that the actions identified are sustainable; and communicate the issues faced by women by collaborating with regional issue tables.

At the end of the project, the organization will have helped address systemic barriers by promoting inclusive policies and practices, by expanding networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, by supporting a positive division of power, the right to speak and decision-making authority, and by changing persistent and harmful gender norms and attitudes in support of women’s equality.

Furthermore, the Fédération des agricultrices du Québec will work with local affiliated unions, develop awareness tools to break persistent stereotypes and educate young people about the history and battles waged by women farmers, develop a guide to inclusive practices and a provincial action plan on gender diversity by the Union des Producteurs Agricoles. It will work with Fierté agricole (LGBTQ2) and the Quebec Farmers' Association to recruit new members and candidates from these organizations. Finally, it will participate in regional issue tables to highlight women’s issues in farming.

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.