Grants and Contributions

This 36-month project with the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region will develop and implement promising practices that will be focused on an Anti-Human Trafficking Program (AHTP) that ensures the provision of wrap-around gender-responsive services to survivors.

This 18-month project will provide peer support to 100 South Asian women in the Malton and Mississauga regions who are experiencing COVID-19 challenges and losses related to health and well-being, economic security, social and cultural connections, domestic violence, and community resource navigation. 10 Women Peer Ambassadors will be recruited and trained in the areas of peer support; leadership and civic engagement; mental health and well-being; financial literacy, entrepreneurship; digital literacy; gender-based discrimination, domestic violence; and community resource navigation. Leveraging the learnings from the trainings, inputs collected from project beneficiaries and knowledge exchanges with partner organizations, the Peer Ambassadors will develop a ‘Framework to Provide Peer Support to Women Experiencing Challenges Related to COVID-19’. Through online individualized and group peer support sessions, these trained Women Peer Ambassadors will support and empower South Asian women by providing them with the knowledge, tools, and resource linkages to build resilience and capacity to deal with the aftermath of COVID-19.

This 24-month project will enable the establishment of an observatory on the systemic effects of the health crisis and economic recovery on the condition and retention of workers in the construction industry and will enable recommendations on structural measures supporting women’s access to equality in the government recovery plan.

The following measures will be taken to achieve this: The establishment of an observatory and data collection; the production of a report containing the recommendations for the attention of the concerned stakeholders; and, the dissemination of the results to public and government bodies and concerned stakeholders, as well as the presentation of the results.

This 24-month project will enable immigrant and racialized women to build their capacity and develop their leadership in combating discrimination and racism and to develop ways to address it. The following measures will be taken to achieve this: the establishment of mechanisms to combat discrimination and racism, such as the development of awareness tools and the facilitation of workshops, the organization of a provincial symposium, the development of a joint advocacy effort, and the creation of a standing committee within RAFIQ.

This 48-month project with Action Coalition on Human Trafficking Alberta Association will develop and implement promising intervention practices that will advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in rural and northern Alberta.

This 36-month project with the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association will develop and implement an Indigenous youth led, culturally relevant prevention training and education program that will advance knowledge, awareness and empower at-risk Indigenous youth and Indigenous survivors of human trafficking in Alberta.

This 36-month project aims to enhance the well-being of non-offending Nunavut caregivers and improve the recovery and wellness of their children who have experienced a multitude of adverse childhood experiences, including gender-based violence (GBV). In collaboration with key stakeholders from institutional, non-governmental and private sector organizations, promising practices will be developed, piloted, and disseminated throughout Nunavut. These promising practices will also be integrated into the therapeutic model and referral systems of the Umingmak Centre, a Child and Youth Advocacy Centre based in Iqaluit, in order to better support, through a culturally sensitive approach, the needs of non-offending Inuit caregivers with trauma histories.

To achieve these goals, a needs assessment will identify evidence-based gaps in services for this clientele as well as advance knowledge on barriers to access them. This will also support the development of Inuit-specific approaches, including the creation of training materials and resources for dissemination, allowing caregivers of children who experience abuse to experience better social and health outcomes for themselves and their children.

An external evaluation will evaluate the success and scalability of the promising practices developed.

This 36-month project will strengthen diversity in Canadian businesses and organizations and help businesses identify qualified black women to overcome existing systemic barriers. Connecture Canada will work with black women and businesses to identify and remove barriers and barriers related to the employment of black women. In collaboration with black women, industry companies and other partners, Connecture Canada will develop and implement policies, practices and procedures to create an environment conducive to the diversity and advancement of black women in leadership positions. This project will showcase businesses and organizations that contribute to the advancement of black women.

This 36-month project aims to increase the participation and retention of women in municipal leadership and support a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment in municipal governance processes, particularly among underrepresented women including youth, Indigenous, Black and other racialized women and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community.

FCM will work in partnership with provincial and territorial associations (PTAs), stakeholders and its regionally diverse membership base to 1) enable more women to run for elected office 2) strengthen the capacity of municipal stakeholders to address gender-based violence and harassment; and 3) create a more conducive context for women leaders to thrive in their leadership through mobilizing, fostering and strengthening gender inclusive leadership, knowledge and best practices across municipalities.

The project will establish a steering committee made up of representatives from WAGE, FCM, PTAs and a national women's organization with experience in women's political participation. Sub-grants will also be provided to implementing partners at the local level (e.g. PTAs, municipalities, community-based organizations), to develop virtual training opportunities, resources and tools, including peer-to-peer learning and mentorship.

WAGE and Government of Yukon Women’s Directorate joint funding initiative will continue to provide three Indigenous women’s organizations with the opportunity to integrate capacity building components into their existing transfer payment agreements with the Government of Yukon Women’s Directorate. The organizations receiving this additional joint strategic investment, Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society, Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle, and Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council, will be able to enhance their capacity to address systemic issues impacting women within an Indigenous, regional, and intersectional context. This project would also address the impacts of COVID-19.