Status of Women Canada · Contribution program
Women's Program
This 36-month project will increase the leadership capacity of women with disabilities and Deaf women in advocating for their rights to employment and employment services, such as apprenticeships and training, in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. In collaboration with women with disabilities and Deaf women, barriers and gaps in services will be examined using a feminist disability perspective and an intersectional approach. Employers and employment service providers will be engaged through human rights workshops which will focus on how to support women with disabilities and Deaf women to either gain or retain employment. A train-the-trainer model will be developed whereby women with disabilities and Deaf women will be trained to lead the implementation of these workshops in their communities. A framework will be developed which will include recommendations as well as promising practi
- Total value
- $5.7M
- Agreements
- 13
- Apr 2017 to Sep 2017
- Median agreement
- $442K
- Typical range
- $56K–$750K
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Status of Women Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | $5.7M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Outside Canada or not stated | 13 | $5.7M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not stated by the department | 13 | $5.7M |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2017 | Moose Hide Campaign Development Society | Ending Violence against Women and ChildrenContribution | $750,000 |
| Sep 2017 | Women's Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County | Funding to Advance Gender Equality in CanadaGrant | $55,650 |
| Sep 2017 | Global Compact Network Canada | Gender Equality Leadership in the Canadian Private SectorContribution | $858,500 |
| Aug 2017 | British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres | Our Spirits are not for Sale: The Prevention of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Aboriginal YouthContribution | $450,600 |
| Aug 2017 | Native Courtworker and Couselling Association of BC | Finding Solutions: Better Justice Outcomes for Aboriginal WomenContribution | $267,289 |
| Aug 2017 | Assaut Sexuel Secours Inc. | Cyber and Sexual Violence: Helping Communities Respond Theme 2: Preventing or responding to sexual violence against women and girls through access to community servicesGrant | $40,281 |
| Aug 2017 | Newfoundland Aboriginal Women's Network Inc. | Building Understanding: Strengthening LivesContribution | $291,243 |
| Aug 2017 | New Brunswick Aboriginal People's Council | Looking Out for Each OtherContribution | $441,769 |
| Jun 2017 | The Canadian Research Institute on the Advancement of Women | Building Capacity for Advocacy on Women's IssuesContribution | $800,000 |
| May 2017 | National Association of Women and the Law | Rebuilding Feminist Law Reform Capacity: Substantive Equality in the Law Making ProcessContribution | $984,000 |
| Apr 2017 | Regroupement féministe du Nouveau-Brunswick inc. | Support for Women’s Empowerment (Theme 1: Empowering Women for Political Action)Grant | $20,000 |
| Apr 2017 | New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity, Inc. | Support for Women’s Empowerment (Theme 2 – Empowering Women for Community Action)Grant | $20,000 |
| Apr 2017 | DisAbled Women’s Network Canada | Contribution | $720,585 |