Grants and Contributions:

Yellowknife Women's Society Capacity and Sustainability Revitalization

NT18486

$67,500.00

Apr 15, 2019 - Mar 31, 2024

This 60-month project will address the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s capacity needs to allow them to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. The organization will be enhanced through human resources development; improved staff training, recruitment and retention; succession planning; and review of the compensation plan. In addition, they will evaluate past advocacy efforts and create an advocacy plan to improve the impact of future advocacy efforts to support women and their families in Yellowknife. Supplemental funds will be used for a results-based evaluation and key networking activities to improve the Managed Alcohol Program, including the creation of an updated training model for staff delivering the program. Yellowknife Women’s Society will develop an “all-in one” handbook for staff guidance and orientation and build organizational capacity to increase revenue generation and financial sustainability

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, CA X1A 1M1

001-2023-2024-Q1-00091

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Apr 19, 2023

Yellowknife Women's 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.