Grants and Contributions

This 31-month project will build the capacity for Indigenous women to address gender-based violence (GBV) in communities across British Columbia using a culturally appropriate approach. Specifically, the project will create systemic change through a province-wide service delivery framework that trains Indigenous women to have the knowledge and skills to support women and girls experiencing GBV; maintains culturally appropriate strategies through consultations with Indigenous women led committees; and develops and provides culturally appropriate capacity building tools, resources and supports for Indigenous organizations, mentor, and advocates.

The project will result in an Indigenous leadership advisory committee representing all 8 regions of the province, two cohort groups cycling through 20 days of the training program,
a provincial Indigenous GBV service delivery framework, the establishment and expansion of an Indigenous-specific crisis support line, a complimentary Indigenous led housing strategy, and a project evaluation to highlight where enhancements in the delivery and approach are needed.

Strategic partnerships with Battered Women’s Support Services, Aboriginal Housing Management Association, and BC Society of Transition Houses will be integral to the success of the project.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Aunt Leah's Independent Life skills Society will achieve this by expanding the membership of the Feminists Deliver coalition, enhancing the leadership capacity of women in the feminist movement to address systemic inequities, building local, regional, and provincial partnerships among coalition members and other key stakeholders, and hosting the 2nd Feminists Deliver conference.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by 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.
This project is held in partnership with Battered Women’s Support Services to successfully scale up and expand on the Feminist Deliver pilot initiative. This project will result in a 3-day Feminist Deliver conference, two training curriculums designed for women leaders and their communities, and a framework for action to advance gender equity.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Black Women Business Network will achieve this by increasing the economic security and prosperity of Black women and girls in BC and Alberta by addressing systemic barriers limiting them from equitably accessing and participating in high-paying resilient technology jobs.

At the end of this project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, increasing networks collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women's equality.

This project will complete a technology, employment, and skills research map that will engage stakeholders and identify root causes to barriers, raise awareness and develop collaborative measures for implementing prioritized interventions, key partners include: Black Girls Collective, the Voice, Women Who Code, BCIT, HelpAide and WorkBC.

Supplemental funds will be used to establish a Black Women in Tech Hub (BWTH) to promote the inclusive and sustainable employment of Black women in the Tech sector by enabling access to resources and information, networking and collaboration amend black women with tech employers, linkages to employers, jobs and productive employment, employers support and tech capacity building. The hub will be a one-stop tool for Black women entering and seeking to transition into the Tech sector.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) will achieve this by engaging women, Two Spirit (2S), lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQQIA+) people on the development and implementation of a BCAFN women, 2S, LGBTQQIA+ people’s strategy, implementing changes to BCAFN’s governance documents, and piloting a First Nations-specific GBA+ toolkit, webinar and training module for use in BCAFN and First Nations’ policies, and decision-making.
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 supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power.
This project will increase the participation and representation of women, 2S, LGBTQQIA+ people, and community leaders in determining BCAFN’s mandate and increase capacity for BCAFN and First Nations to implement First Nations-specific GBA+. The toolkit and webinar will be distributed as an accessible resource to BCAFN’s membership of 203 First Nations across the province

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association will achieve this by scaling up the Indigenous Women’s Program (IWP) group to increase levels of democratic participation among marginalized women, creating strategic partnerships and reciprocal relationships between policy makers and women in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), and engaging policymakers to implement the 35 Key Recommendations of the Red Women Rising Report.

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, addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change.

The project will result in mentor-mentee relationships between a cohort of 10 policymakers and 10 women in the DTES to effectively plan for policy reform. The IWP group will participate in civic engagement to share knowledge with policymakers on the realities faced by women in the DTES.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Pacific Immigrant Resource Society will achieve this by developing and implementing community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, engage women and/or gilrs with llived experience to influence pandemic recovery responses, convene and streghten the feminist movement to collaboaratively advance gender equality, build relatinoships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaboarte 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, encouragin networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and support positive authority, voices, and decision-making to support wormen's equality.
The project will conduct a needs assessment, pilot a women's childcare worker peer-mentoring program , and enhance sector collaboartion for accessible childcare. Key parnter include the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, the Westcoasat Child Care Resource Center, and Women's Economic Council of Canada.

This 23-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative will achieve this by researching and evaluating experiences of Indigenous birth workers and clients, developing and implementing strategies to increase employment for Indigenous birth workers, consulting with health care providers and policy makers to inform policy and systems change, developing tools and resources to integrate Indigenous birth workers into existing health and related sectors and developing supportive materials to share Indigenous birthing practices and knowledge.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive polices and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change and supporting positive distribution of authority, voices and decision-making power to support women’s equality.
The project will advocate for Indigenous birth workers representation at leadership meetings to inform primary care and culturally safe maternity care in BC. Education and training will be provided to health care and policy makers to integrate full spectrum maternity care for Indigenous birthing people. New mechanisms will be created for Indigenous families to have access to midwifery and doula services as entry points to the health care system.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. MakeWay Foundation will achieve this by creating additional system-change leadership cohorts to amplify nature and climate action interventions led by women, supporting a collaborative fund to support women-led climate action initiatives, developing a webinar series that profiles system change efforts from women and black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) perspectives, and evaluating project impact.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power.

The project will build and enhance partnerships with the Systems Sanctuary, McConnell Foundation, and Sacred Earth Solar to increase peer support and collaboration for 100 women across seven cohorts for shared learning and action. One cohort will be exclusively BIPOC leaders on the frontline of the climate movement. By the end of the project minimum of 10 small grants will be disbursed to women leading initiatives to tackle nature, climate, and inequality crisis using an intersectional lens."

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Mid-Island Métis Nation Association will achieve this by convening a committee of women with lived experience of financial hardship to identify strategies that support economic interdependence amongst Indigenous, racialized and newcomer communities, engaging stakeholders to inform the areas of greatest need and incorporate collective models, and creating a framework for an anti-poverty strategy.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and by supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power.

Key partners in the project, Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre, Society for Equity Inclusion and Advocacy, Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society, and Nanaimo Foodshare Society will be instrumental throughout the project and will support implementing at least three framework initiatives to lift women and children out of poverty.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of Covid-19, through systemic change. Pacific Immigrant Resources Society will achieve this by developing and implementing community-based appraoches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, engage women and/or girls with lived experience to influence pandemic recovery responses, convene and strengthen the feminist movement to collaboratively advance gender equality, build relationships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to colloboarte across sectors to advance gender equality.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemtic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and support positive authority, vocies and decision-making to support women's equality.

The project will conduct a needs assessment, pilot a women's childcare worker peer-mentioring program, and enhance sector collaboration for accessible childcare. Key parnters include the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, the Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, and Women's Economic Council of Canada.