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Contribution: Women's Program

Canadian Women's Foundation

$5,419,117.00

Building Resilience in Northern Communities: A Systemic Approach to Gender Equality

FY 2024-25 · 2025-01-27

Summary
Through this 26-month project, the Canadian Women's Foundation will focus on systems change to advance equality for women in the North, by addressing systemic barriers to women's progress and advancement, and providing access to supports and addressing issues related to equality between women and men in the North, with a strong emphasis on GBV, leadership, climate resilience and disaster management, and community wellness. The project will drive Indigenous-led solutions, build genderresponsive leadership, and enhance climate resilience through community-driven action. Additionally, it will focus on addressing the lack of gender analysis in Northern climate disaster management, strengthening local leadership structures, and fostering sustained Indigenous engagement. Key activities include further distribution of funding to organizations in communities across the North, including in Inuit & Innu communities; Indigenous engagement in the North; knowledge, learning, research and policy activities; and ongoing fundraising and leveraging of partnerships to ensure the sustainability of the initiative. Supplemental funding will increase the amounts available for Further Distribution of Funding, which will allow the project to further deepen its impact in the North.
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
02025-01-272024-25$4,944,117.00
12025-01-272024-25$5,419,117.00

As published

Additional Information
Increase of agreement value
Additional Information (French)
Augmentation de la valeur de l'accord
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
WP240243
Agreement Start Date
2025-01-27
Agreement Title
Building Resilience in Northern Communities: A Systemic Approach to Gender Equality
Agreement Title (French)
Renforcer la résilience dans les communautés nordiques : approches systémiques pour l’égalité des genres
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$5,419,117.00
Amendment Date
2025-02-25
Amendment Number
1
Description
Through this 26-month project, the Canadian Women's Foundation will focus on systems change to advance equality for women in the North, by addressing systemic barriers to women's progress and advancement, and providing access to supports and addressing issues related to equality between women and men in the North, with a strong emphasis on GBV, leadership, climate resilience and disaster management, and community wellness. The project will drive Indigenous-led solutions, build genderresponsive leadership, and enhance climate resilience through community-driven action. Additionally, it will focus on addressing the lack of gender analysis in Northern climate disaster management, strengthening local leadership structures, and fostering sustained Indigenous engagement. Key activities include further distribution of funding to organizations in communities across the North, including in Inuit & Innu communities; Indigenous engagement in the North; knowledge, learning, research and policy activities; and ongoing fundraising and leveraging of partnerships to ensure the sustainability of the initiative. Supplemental funding will increase the amounts available for Further Distribution of Funding, which will allow the project to further deepen its impact in the North.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet d’une durée de 26 mois, la Fondation canadienne des femmes favorisera des changements systémiques pour faire progresser l’égalité pour les femmes dans le Nord, en éliminant les obstacles systémiques à la progression et à l’avancement des femmes, et en permettant l’accessibilité aux mesures de soutien et en cernant les enjeux en lien avec l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes dans le Nord, plus particulièrement la VFS, le leadership, la résilience climatique et la gestion de catastrophes, et le bien-être communautaire. Le projet favorisera des solutions menées par des Autochtones, développera un leadership adapté aux enjeux relatifs au genre, et améliorera la résilience climatique au moyen d’actions communautaires. Le projet visera également à combler l’absence d’analyse comparative entre les sexes Plus dans la gestion de situations climatiques catastrophiques dans le Nord, à renforcer les structures de leadership locales, et à promouvoir une mobilisation autochtone durable. Les principales activités comprennent une distribution de fonds additionnels aux organismes dans l’ensemble du Nord, y compris les communautés inuites et innues; une mobilisation autochtone dans le Nord; des activités de connaissances, d’apprentissage, de recherche et de politiques; et des collectes de fonds continues et l’exploitation de partenariats pour assurer la durabilité de l’initiative. Le financement supplémentaire permettra d’augmenter les fonds disponibles à des fins de redistribution, ce qui accroîtra l’impact du projet dans le Nord.
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
Canadian Women's Foundation
Recipient Postal Code
M4S 3E2
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
190-2024-2025-Q4-00017