Grants and Contributions:

Increasing Access to Quality Child Care in BC

BC21404

$396,088.00

Oct 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, through systemic change. The Justice Education Society of British Colombia will achieve this by improving working conditions for childcare workers, increasing access to licenced childcare, providing education on employment rights and business operations, and increasing stakeholder collaboration and peer mentorship. 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. The project will conduct a needs assessment, pilot a women’s childcare worker peer-mentoring program, and enhance sector collaboration for accessible childcare. The project will also integrate employment rights and business formation into Early Childhood Education (ECE) and professional development training by developing modular curriculum resources for ECE educators.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6Z 2C5

001-2021-2022-Q3-00023

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Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Justice Education Society of BC

Women's Program

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.