Grants and Contributions

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Business Innovation

Canada Periodical Fund - Collective Initiatives

This 31-month project will help improve women’s economic security and prosperity by supporting the adoption of pay equity policies and practices in New Brunswick municipalities. More specifically, the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity will analyze the systemic and structural barriers women face in women-dominated jobs in connection with local governance reform, as well as municipal pay structures and systems. The organization will then develop a guide and provide training on pay equity at the municipal level. Finally, the project will raise awareness among and engage members and the public to join in the dialogue on municipal pay equity policies.

The project will draw on existing expertise at the provincial level to develop an appropriate approach and tools. It will engage community organizations and unions to promote and disseminate the resources developed

Through this 29-month project, The Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS) will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. By using participatory feminist research methods, PATHS will map the impacts of intersecting barriers for survivors of GBV in their interactions with the legal system and provide recommendations for improvements. To do so, this project will employ qualitative and quantitative research methodology, including a survey, focus groups and one on one interviews with GBV survivors who have experienced the legal system. PATHS will produce knowledge products such as infographics and an in-depth report that will be shared widely throughout PATHS’ networks and to government policy makers. PATHS will also share research findings through a webinar and conference presentations. The results of this research project will be utilized to inform the work of PATHS member agencies, other GBV services, legal services, and PATHS’ advocacy efforts.

Through this 29-month project, Canadian Coalition for Women in Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT) will scale multiple promising practices and address systemic factors in skilled trades workplaces by working collaboratively with partners across British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia to strengthen the GBV sector.

To do so, the project will engage and mobilize men as allies to prevent and end GBV in skilled trades workplaces. It will maximize impact through collaborative partnerships and knowledge-sharing, and include three approaches to systems change:
1. Scaling Out: Support organizational and cultural shifts towards safer workplaces in skilled trades by scaling three promising practices across four different regions (BC, MB, ON, and NS)
2. Scaling Up: Convene sector partners and policymakers to disseminate knowledge of root causes and systemic factors that enable GBV in skilled trades and discuss how, collectively, we can build safe working cultures.
3. Scaling Deep: Expand collaborations with Indigenous communities by exchanging knowledge on how current training methods, especially those addressing psychological safety, can influence gender-based violence (GBV) in the workplace, and integrate this shared knowledge into effective practices to enhance support for an intersectional approach.

CCWESTT will actively share information on these promising practices, enabling others to replicate or build upon its success and impact.

Amendment No. 1 – 2024-2025 supplement funds will facilitate the documentation and the mobilization of knowledge and successes through video storytelling and participation at industry conferences. The engagement of experts from Next Gen Men will facilitate in person sessions, and scale out to the province of New Brunswick through regional partnerships.

Amendment No. 2 – 2025-2026 supplement funds will support scaling out by removing barriers to workshop participation in Northern Ontario. It will also support strengthening the project’s dissemination approach by leveraging storytelling and knowledge sharing by video, asynchronous learning, and advertising to a national audience. In addition, supplemental funding will support knowledge sharing, engaging with key stakeholders, including industry, in both official languages at a project-culminating gathering.

As part of the international consortium project, Earth Fresh is striving to establish a prominent position as a global seed breeder. In collaboration with their German partner, their primary objective is to develop potato varieties that exhibit resistance to the Canadian pathotypes of potato wart. These resistant varieties will be authorized for sale as fresh tablestock potatoes to a wide range of customers, including Retail, Food Service, and Direct to Home Mealkit providers, in both Canada and the United States.

Communications, Engagement, and Leadership Towards Implementation of the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan