The Women’s Information for Safety and Empowerment in Trades project is designed to enhance workplace safety and gender equity for women entering skilled trades. The project aims to equip women […]
Economic abuse affects many women and gender-diverse individuals in Canada, with rates as high as 1 in 3 women experiencing it from intimate partners. The Economic Abuse Project: Providing […]
The Safe and Stable Housing through Intentional Partnership (SSHIP) project aims to develop a comprehensive governance model and research process for collecting trauma-informed longitudinal housing data for diverse survivors of […]
Advancing Equality: Addressing Workplace Harassment through Policy Change in the STEM Sector is an initiative aimed at raising awareness and driving collective action to tackle systemic challenges faced by women […]
While trauma-informed practices have become more widely used across social services, the recognition of intersecting trauma and the integration of anti-racism remains a gap within and across sectors. Trauma from […]
Read the official news release from Women and Gender Equality Canada here. The Community Wellness – Canadian MARAC Pilot (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference) project is coordinating a multi-agency response to […]
As women age, they are more likely to be living in poverty than men. This disparity is due to several factors, including the gender wage gap and women being more […]
This project in now complete. In Canada, one in three women report experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, and data suggest that rates of IPV are as high if […]
Measures put in place to mitigate COVID-19, such as stay at home orders, have put families experiencing intimate partner violence at greater risk. In particular, young women and women with […]
The Supporting Safe STEM Workplaces project is working to improve access to legal supports and resources for victims of sexual harassment in STEM industry workplaces across Canada. Sexual harassment is […]
The Safe at Home project is working to advance survivors’ right to remain in their own home or independent housing when leaving an abusive relationship. There is an expectation that […]
The Canadian MARAC, Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference, project is coordinating a multi-agency response to high-risk domestic violence in three communities. The Canadian MARAC is a multi-agency meeting that brings together […]