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Contribution: Women's Program

Dandelion Initiative

$691,162.00

Safer Spaces Ontario : Strengthening Survivor Centric Work

FY 2019-20 · 2019-05-23

Summary
This 46-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Dandelion Initiative to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the strengthening of its partnerships, networks and collective initiatives; the development of a financial sustainability plan; the review of organizational policies and practices using gender transformative analysis tools; and strengthening of employee and facilitator recruitment and retention practices. This project will increase the capacity of the not-for-profit women’s sector by empowering, prioritizing and enhancing the collaborative and transformative community partnerships that are the foundation of advancing women’s equity and ending sexual violence. The supplemental funding will be used to hire an online e-learning specialist to adapt the logic model and theory of practice into an online blended digital model; to hire a part-time administrator to support the management of transfer to an online model; to hire a financial strategist and expert with donors and grants to assist the Board of Director and Executive Director in creating a sustainability and retention plan; and to create a series of videos on primary prevention and consent.
Program
Women's Program
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

Amendments

Each version of the agreement as published, oldest first, with its total as of that version. The amount above is the latest.

AmendmentDateFiscal YearTotal
02019-05-232019-20$740,960.00
12019-05-232019-20$764,620.00
22019-05-232019-20$691,162.00

As published

Additional Information
Decrease of agreement value
Additional Information (French)
Réduction de la valeur de l'accord
Agreement End Date
2023-12-01
Agreement Number
ON18962
Agreement Start Date
2019-05-23
Agreement Title
Safer Spaces Ontario : Strengthening Survivor Centric Work
Agreement Title (French)
Espaces plus sécuritaires en Ontario : renforcer le travail axé sur les personnes survivantes
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$691,162.00
Amendment Date
2023-01-10
Amendment Number
2
Description
This 46-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Dandelion Initiative to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the strengthening of its partnerships, networks and collective initiatives; the development of a financial sustainability plan; the review of organizational policies and practices using gender transformative analysis tools; and strengthening of employee and facilitator recruitment and retention practices. This project will increase the capacity of the not-for-profit women’s sector by empowering, prioritizing and enhancing the collaborative and transformative community partnerships that are the foundation of advancing women’s equity and ending sexual violence. The supplemental funding will be used to hire an online e-learning specialist to adapt the logic model and theory of practice into an online blended digital model; to hire a part-time administrator to support the management of transfer to an online model; to hire a financial strategist and expert with donors and grants to assist the Board of Director and Executive Director in creating a sustainability and retention plan; and to create a series of videos on primary prevention and consent.
Description (French)
Ce projet de 46 mois répondra aux besoins de capacités organisationnelles pour permettre à Dandelion Initiative de continuer à promouvoir le changement social et systémique vers l'égalité des sexes. La capacité organisationnelle sera renforcée par le renforcement de ses partenariats, réseaux et initiatives collectives; l'élaboration d'un plan de viabilité financière; l'examen des politiques et des pratiques organisationnelles à l'aide d'outils d'analyse transformatrice de genre; et le renforcement des pratiques de recrutement et de rétention des employés et des facilitateurs. Ce projet augmentera la capacité des femmes du secteur à but non lucratif en responsabilisant, en priorisant et en améliorant les partenariats communautaires collaboratifs et transformateurs qui sont le fondement de l'avancement de l'équité des femmes et de l’élimination de la violence sexuelle. Le financement supplémentaire servira à embaucher une ou un spécialiste de l’apprentissage en ligne pour adapter le modèle logique et la théorie de pratique pour en faire un modèle numérique mixte en ligne; à embaucher une administratrice ou un administrateur à temps partiel pour appuyer la gestion de la transition vers un modèle en ligne; à embaucher une ou un stratège financier et une experte ou un expert des dons et des subventions pour aider le conseil d’administration et la directrice générale ou le directeur général à créer un plan de durabilité et de maintien en poste; à créer une série de vidéos sur la prévention primaire et le consentement.
Expected Results
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Expected Results (French)
Les femmes et les parties prenantes peuvent obtenir de l’aide pour traiter des enjeux liés à l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Women's Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotions de la femme
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.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de promotion de la femme a pour but de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada et il travaille pour ce faire à réduire ou éliminer les obstacles systémiques qui freinent le progrès des femmes. Le Programme soutient la visée du gouvernement du Canada de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada. Il cadre avec les priorités du gouvernement du Canada en matière de prospérité économique et ses engagements internationaux en matière d’égalité entre les sexes.
Recipient City
Toronto
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Dandelion Initiative
Recipient Postal Code
M6H 4H7
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
GC-2019-2020-Q1-005
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