Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Paray Miyoopimatishihk: Improving Equality Through Analysis, Advocacy and System Design in Northern Saskatchewan
Agreement Number:
SK21573
Agreement Value:
$589,414.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 15, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Prince Albert Metis Women’s Assoc. Inc. will achieve this by identifying the barriers facing underrepresented women, girls 2SLGBGTQ+ and seniors in northern Saskatchewan and promote awareness campaigns to address those barriers. The project will partner with community groups as project advisors, and promotors. They will support human service organizations through action-based research and analysis that leads to improvements in organizational design, growth and governance. The organization will identify and build solutions to focus on creating reform, this will be measured and tracked by monitoring new policies and practices within supported organizations.
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 to support women’s equality.
The organization will partner with governmental agencies to share and disseminate resources and tools created through the project to support community organizations. Additionally, health providers, economic advocates and academics will contribute to measure the impact of changes in policy, practice and leadership and help to quantify success.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Location:
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, CA S6V 0Y5
Reference Number:
001-2021-2022-Q3-00159
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Prince Albert Métis Women's Association Inc.
Program:
Women's Program
Program Purpose:
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.