Grants and Contributions:

Agency and Action to Prevent GBV in STEM Workplaces

GV230312

$2,000,000.00

Jan 24, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 27-month project, the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) will scale multiple promising practices which include engaging men to address hierarchical power issues, guided discussions to build empathy and cognitive-behavioural changes to strengthen the GBV sector. To do so, the project will address historical systems within STEM organizations that were inherited, to modify the mind-sets that sustain them, and to create environments where the spectrum of GBV is recognized and not tolerated. This project will address intersectional needs of equity-deserving groups including youth, Indigenous, Black, racialized, newcomers, and 2SLGBTQ+ across Canada. It will scale to STEM companies, professional associations and will enhance STEM professions across Canada by providing workplace training, processes, policies, and knowledge. The project will result in attitudinal and behavioural changes on the individual level, within teams and across organizations at all levels. SCWIST will develop and implement a comprehensive knowledge sharing strategy that leverages SCWIST, partners and other networks to share information on these promising practices so that other organizations can replicate or build upon its success and impact. Amendment No. 1 – 2025-2026 supplement funds will allow SCWIST to expand its national GBV prevention initiative by delivering three in-person regional workshops (Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax) engaging men, boys, and gender-diverse participants as allies in preventing and responding to GBV in STEM. The funding will also support the development of a digital allyship toolkit and a cross-sector recommendations report to extend and replicate impact.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6B 4N6

001-2023-2024-Q3-00026

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Increase of agreement value

Jan 28, 2026

Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST)

Gender-Based Violence Program

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.