Grants and Contributions:

Providing Culturally Relevant and Responsive Career Pathways for Black Women in Ontario

ON21006

$412,180.00

Oct 15, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. 11399527 Canada Society operating under the name of Future Black Female (FBF) - will achieve this by developing tools and resources to provide one-on-one career counselling and gather information on the barriers that Black women face in the labour market; organizing a regional educator and employer-focused career fair that is culturally relevant and responsive to the unique challenges experienced by Black women; engaging in ongoing collaborations with various community and corporate organizations to effectively mitigate the barriers to the economic security and prosperity of Black women in Ontario and creating and advocating for equitable and inclusive opportunities for Black women in the labour force, especially in recession proof career paths. 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; encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources and supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality. This project will work with partners, including Family and Children's Services Niagara, other Children's Aid Societies, Pathstone Mental Health, Colleges and Universities, private companies and the corporate sector across Ontario to improve collaboration, lead dissemination and increase uptake of system transformation policy and programs recommendations for equitable and inclusive opportunities for Black women in the labour force.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

St Catharines, Ontario, CA L2R 7E8

001-2021-2022-Q3-00109

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Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

11399527 CANADA SOCIETY

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.