Grants and Contributions

Through this 32-month project, Mentor Canada and its partners will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers to employment within male-dominated sectors by building the capacity of organizations to bolster the inclusion of women and genderdiverse employees through inclusive mentoring. Mentor Canada and its partners will develop a comprehensive bilingual toolkit which will support organizations in designing, implementing, and evaluating a mentoring program to change organizational norms and culture and foster meaningful inclusion. Customized tools for equity-deserving groups will help organizations tailor their mentoring programs to respond to the groups’ priorities and needs. The development of training materials for mentors will sensitize them to the systemic barriers faced by women and genderdiverse folks and equip them to become agents of change. The development of materials for mentees will empower them to reap the maximum benefits from their mentoring relationship. Engagement activities will motivate stakeholders to adopt and embrace mentoring as a lever for inclusion in male-dominated sectors. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 32-month project, Nisohkamakewin Foundation will address barriers to women’s success through systemic change to help improve women's economic security and prosperity in Alberta. This will be achieved by activating its member branches and broader networks across the regions to engage in education and advocacy that will challenge systemic economic inequality for women and gender-diverse people in the care economy, specifically addressing the needs of Indigenous women, women, non-binary, and trans people who are racialized.

Key activities include conducting a gender norms and attitude assessment to address organizational assumptions and biases, staff training to improve and increase confidence in public speaking, facilitations, and negotiation skills, development of a representation and mentorship program to increase involvement in the decision-making processes, as well as conducting research and collecting lived experiences from indigenous women to inform policy review, development and implementation. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project to ensure that the project supports their goal of addressing, mitigating and eliminating systemic barriers women face in economic and leadership opportunities.

Through this 20-month systemic change project, Environmental Careers Organization Of Canada (ECO) will scale the Women Reclaiming Leadership in Environmental and Engineering Industry project to Canada’s Occean and Agriculture/Agri-food sectors. The project aims to address systemic barriers and promote women's representation in leadership and decision-making roles within these industries. To do so, the project will leverage the lessons and resources from its previous success, creating an advisory committee and conducting comprehensive baseline reviews and surveys to establish evidence-based best practices. An employer resource toolkit will be developed to assist organizations in implementing diversity and inclusion programs to support women's leadership aspirations. To foster networking and sponsorship, ECO will launch a campaign promoting sponsorships and peer support for women in these sectors. Additionally, an outreach campaign will challenge perceptions around women in leadership, encourage participation, and share success stories from participating organizations. The project will feature networking events, workshops, digital outreach campaigns and women-focused groups.

Through this 20-month project, African Women Alliance of Waterloo Region will build its capacity to advance gender equality and address the multi-cultural and culturally sensitive gaps in communication among stakeholders such as mainstream organizations, the Waterloo Region Police Service, African cultural associations, volunteers, the government and the community. The project will include needs assessment, development and implementation of the multi-cultural strategy, developing a system for collecting and managing data for better decision-making, and design and dissemination of resources to address GBV within the African Community in Waterloo Region

Through this 19-month project, Coverdale Centre for Women will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address strategic planning and leadership development. The project will include strategic and operational planning to better guide board members and staff, and the development and implementation of staff training modules to address gaps in staff training and improve staff confidence in their roles, leading to improved organizational abilities to advocate and care for clients.

Through this 20-month project, Project Agape will build its capacity to advance gender equality and advocacy for survivors of gender-based violence. It will ensure their strategic direction meets the needs of their service users, and that their staff and organization have the necessary tools to deliver. The project will include: a community needs assessment and analysis, the development of a strategic plan, the development of training and materials for GBV support workers, and the development of a financial management plan. The success of these activities will be assessed and plans for their sustainability developed.

Through this 20-month project, the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECEA) will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the growing needs of early childhood educators, the majority of whom are women and many who are also racialized. To achieve these goals, AECEA will transition from an operating board to a governance model, fostering sound management and strong governance. The project activities include conducting an organizational assessment and a strategic planning session which will help the Board and staff to clarify strategic and organizational objectives and develop new management and governance strategies and structures. By the project’s conclusion, the organization will have reviewed its HR policies and procedures, and created comprehensive strategies for financial sustainability, memberships and community engagement, as well as communications, advocacy and data management.

Through this 32-month systemic change project, The Africa Centre will help advance the economic security and prosperity of Black women through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the settlement sector for Black Newcomer women. This will be achieved by collecting stories about the settlement experiences of Black immigrant women to identify discrepancies and gaps in the settlement services sector; collaborating with settlement services agencies to understand and reform existing practices; and developing and sharing equitable and inclusive policy and process recommendations with key decision-makers in the settlement ecosystem. The Africa Centre will work with identified key stakeholders and an external evaluator to create and implement evaluation frameworks, apply evaluation findings and measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project. By the end of the project the organization will have achieved meaningful outcomes and system improvements in their continuing goal to provide Black Newcomer women with equitable opportunities for economic advancement in Alberta.

The purpose of this agreement is to support the development of Canadian critical minerals value chains.

Development of school messaging platform enhanced with AI-driven data quality control features.