Grants and Contributions

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Aura Freedom International will achieve this by creating a National Network and National Guidelines for reporting on GBV in the media.

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 addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

The Network created as a result of this project will consist of journalists, media professionals, students, professors, GBV organizations, frontline workers, Elders, survivors and marginalized groups who will work together to create National Guidelines for GBV in the media. The Network will produce additional resources housed on a public Project Microsite. Network members will also participate in a Forum where media professionals and students can submit work prior to publication, ensuring journalism is GBV transformative.

The National Guidelines for GBV in the media produced will inform and guide media professionals, journalists, police, and other stakeholders to properly report on GBV, through best practices, appropriate and inclusive language, and clear definitions. The Guidelines will be trauma and survivor informed through an intersectional feminist lens to create transformational media, mainstreaming GBV as an urgent national issue that affects everyone. The successful implementation of the Guidelines will empower survivors, dismantle harmful gender norms, promote male engagement and gender equality overall.

This 26-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Climate Caucus Council, in partnership with The Feminist Campaign School, will achieve this by encouraging women and girls to run for and lead in elected decision-making positions and identifying the barriers to equitable and safe work at elected tables. It will assist in preparing women in BC and Alberta to serve in local government and make recommendations for policy makers to reduce barriers faced by women to ensure women can lead.

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 project will help advance women’s post-pandemic recovery by addressing systemic barriers to women’s local political participation identified by measuring the following:
• Reasons for women not to seek to re-offer after serving in an elected local seat.
• Experiences of women elected.
• Responses that municipal parties and their leaders make to publicly posed questions, so they can win and lead.
• The (diminished) presence of sexist media coverage of women in politics.
• Effectiveness of their collaboration with The Feminist Campaign School partner to run campaign school workshops for all women incumbents who intend to run in 2022 in BC.

The 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) will work with organizational leaders, women, role models, and community organizations to identify barriers and opportunities and co-design sustainable best practices, policies and processes to recruit, retain and advance women in leadership positions in the technology industry. Using a Gender-Based Analysis plus (GBA+) approach, the project will bring to the forefront real-life experiences, combined with organizational knowledge, research and consultation, to develop a toolkit that will be shared with interested organizations with the aim to support women’s advancement and economic empowerment in the digital economy. Over the course of the project, ICTC will establish a small steering committee comprised of women in technology leaders, industry and small business champions, organizations that support women in technology and underrepresented groups, and recognized diversity and inclusion firms or consultants. Several focus groups will be held with women leaders and employers to understand unique perspectives on barriers, systemic challenges, opportunities, best practices, and other relevant perspectives. A final report and co-creation toolkit will be developed, building on the data collected from the co-creation event and focus groups. A trend report describing the progress made and/or challenges faced by employers and women leaders in implementing some processes or recommendations from the toolkit. A launch event will present the updated toolkit and the findings and experiences shared throughout the study.

At the end of the project, the organization will have helped to address systemic barriers by encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and supporting a positive distribution of authority, voice, and decision-making power to support women's equality.

ICTC will work with its extensive network of partners and relationships with industry, academia, governments, NGOs, referral organizations as well as several thousand active employers to engage and explore ways to jointly implement solutions and leverage efforts across Canada to maximize the project’s impact. The partners involved in the projects are organizations that have vision, knowledge and connections to the women in technology community.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Reelworld Foundation will achieve this by addressing discriminatory legislation, policies, and/or practices that prevent women and/or girls from fully participating in the social, political and economic spheres, design and implement policies and practices to increase women’s labour market participation and opportunities, develop and implement community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, engage men and boys to combat harmful gender norms and advance gender equality, develop and implement prevention focused initiatives to combat gender based violence, design and implement policies and practices to increase women’s leadership in democratic, civic, public or private sectors, convene and strengthen the feminist movement to collaboratively advance gender equality, build relationships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaborate across sectors to advance gender equality.

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

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The National Screen Institute will achieve this by addressing the ongoing barriers Indigenous people, primarily women, face in the film and television sector and the impact COVID-19 has had on this already vulnerable population.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Theatre Direct Canada will achieve this through the implementation of Balancing Act, a focused program designed to address discriminatory legislation, policies, and practices that prevent women with caregiving responsibilities from fully participating in social, political, and economic spheres in the performing arts. Through this initiative the organization will design and implement policies and practices to increase labour market participation and opportunities for artists and arts workers with caregiving responsibilities. The organization will develop and implement community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women and build relationships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaborate across sectors to advance gender equality.

At the end of the project, Balancing Act will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers facing women with caregiving responsibilities by recruiting arts organizations across the country to identify barriers and adapt systems, strategies and budgets that include emergency fund programs, childcare stipends, flexible working practices, and infrastructure that reduce economic barriers for women artists with caregiving responsibilities. Theatre Direct Canada will empower arts organizations across the country to share resources, disseminate best practices, and advocate in support of women with caregiving responsibilities through collaborative mentorship.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Women in Business New Brunswick, operating under "The New Brunswick Association of CBDCs/L’Association des CBDC du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.", will achieve this by identifying barriers to women’s leadership, by building collaborative and community-based approaches, by supporting the adoption of inclusive policies and practices and by measuring the effectiveness of their initiatives.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change and by supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality.

This project will bring together women, business stakeholders and leaders, along with the support from organizations and partners such as with Femmocracy Now, the New Brunswick Multicultural Council and First Nations, to share on best practices and GBA+ principles. This will be achieved through various women-led community-based approaches, as well as through the creation of a community of practice and a virtual collaborative platform. Women in Business New Brunswick will support their partners by facilitating meetings, training and workshops, by developing tools to improve women’s leadership and by guiding their partners towards the adoption of inclusive policies and practices.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Compass Early Learning and Care will achieve this by engaging municipal partners and community stakeholders in an operational and evaluative review of current recruitment, onboarding and training processes for Home Child Care Providers (this will include a GBA+ analysis); developing resources to ease entry into this career pathway for newcomer and low-income women, non-binary and trans people; building understanding in municipal partners and equity-seeking community organizations of the barriers facing low-income and newcomer women entering the field of childcare in order to drive services that reflect their needs for income stability. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices; encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality. To support the work’s processes and products address intersectional needs, Compass Early Learning and Care will be working with the New Canadian Centre, Community Race Relations Committee, Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre, and Indigenize.ca. Additionally, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Durham Region, Northumberland County, City of Peterborough, Association of Early Childhood Educators, Home Child Care Association of Ontario, and Andrew Fleck Children’s Services have been identified as key partners and stakeholders.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response to and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic changes. To achieve this, Relais-femmes intends to prepare a portrait of racialized women engaged in partner-oriented research that will include the systemic barriers they face and the solutions to apply; to help create and strengthen formal spaces specifically by and for racialized women engaged in partner-oriented research; to combat enduring systemic barriers by putting forward best practices for partner-oriented research by, for, and with racialized women; to document the measures taken; and to promote any promising practices.

By the end of the project, the organization aims to have helped remove systemic barriers by enhancing networks and collaboration to expedite systemic change and by supporting a positive distribution of power, the right to speak, and decision-making authority in support of women’s equality.

Relais-femmes will create separate spaces for racialized women so they can develop strategies for breaking down the systemic barriers preventing them from accessing leadership roles. It will also take stock of their experiences on the conditions for developing knowledge about them, and it will develop knowledge and strategies promoting safety and economic prosperity for women and girls in racialized communities.

This 29 month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan Inc. will achieve this by empowering Indigenous women through the establishment of an advisory committee from various sectors who will guide the project; utilizing the GBA plus approach to develop policy and workshops that promote positive economic growth for Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQ+ in Saskatchewan; sharing culturally relevant knowledge with current and potential partner network and promotion of the project will be enhanced by the Friendship centers across the province and the National Association of Friendship Centres.

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

The project will build partnerships with other community organizations through policy development workshops to promote Indigenous woman into leadership positions to make systemic changes at the stakeholder level. Success will be measured by the number of organizations reached to adopt the implementation of the Indigenous Women’s Economic Framework.