Grants and Contributions:

Changing the Workplace to Support Wellness of Indigenous Women.

NA21866

$87,116.00

Jan 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Workforce Warriors Inc. will achieve this by educating employers and organizations on the importance of supporting Indigenous women and 2Spirit’s wellness in the workplace. Working with an Indigenous wellness leader, they will develop a national educational training program and the tools employers need to establish a culturally appropriate wellness infrastructure within their organization to support Indigenous women and 2Spirit’s safe and secure participation, reintegration and retention in the workplace. Workforce Warriors will utilize its national network of Indigenous organizations and community leaders to train employers, which will help support the development, implementation, national testing, and evaluation of the program and foster its sustainability onward. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes of the system, all to support women’s equality. The additional funds will be used to revise and adapt the educational material to adopt a new delivery approach more reflective of the content and cultural practices, including the development of a video.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Rusagonis, New Brunswick, CA E3B 7Z1

001-2023-2024-Q2-00016

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Indigenous recipients

Sep 14, 2023

Workforce Warriors Inc.

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.