In Canada today, too many women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse individuals still face barriers and discrimination of all kinds. To create communities of true belonging, we need to advance gender equality across the country. In 2019, CFC became one of the founding partners of the Equality Fund, a groundbreaking collaboration that will deliver new momentum for women’s movements in Canada and around the world.
Since 2019, the pilot, cohort 1 and cohort 2 have supported women, girl, gender-diverse and Two-Spirit-led and serving organizations from coast to coast to coast.
As Canadian communities work towards a just recovery during the global pandemic and a future grounded in gender equality, the Fund for Gender Equality (The Fund) supports ambitious, local projects that advance gender equality. The third cohort of recipients of the Fund includes 125 resilient women, girls, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse led and serving organizations.
The Fund for Gender Equality (the Fund) is part of a partnership between Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and the Equality Fund. This groundbreaking collaboration is delivering new momentum for women’s movements in Canada and around the world. As part of the collaboration, CFC and the Equality Fund have developed a five-year initiative to advance gender equality in Canada with support from the Government of Canada.
The Fund supports ambitious, local projects that advance gender equality as Canadian communities work towards a just recovery following the pandemic. The 18 community foundations participating in the second cohort distributed over $3.4M to projects in their communities.
Hosted by local community foundations and funded with support from the Government of Canada, the Fund builds on efforts to shift power to women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people, and will work towards a future grounded in justice and gender equality.
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It’s everyone’s responsibility to create a workplace where everyone belongs and everyday interactions can make a big difference. Advancing inclusion in the workplace must be a continuous effort with support from leaders across different levels within an organization. How can leaders share the responsibility to foster inclusivity with management, the board and other team members?…
It’s everyone’s responsibility to create a workplace where everyone belongs and everyday interactions can make a big difference. Advancing inclusion in the workplace must be a continuous effort with support from leaders across different levels within an organization. How can leaders share the responsibility to foster inclusivity with management, the board and other team members?…
Trust-based philanthropy creates a space to explicitly address the inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits. As community foundations continue to shift power at the local level, trust-based philanthropy has a role to play in adapting our practices and policies. This session with expert Ruth Mojeed from The Inclusion Project shows how a trust-based approach…
As Canadian communities work towards a just recovery and a future grounded in gender equality, the Fund will support ambitious, local projects that advance gender equality. Learn more with our applicant guide.
Fund for Gender Equality – Application Process and Questions
This guide provides an introductory and overarching framework and language to guide the Communities for Gender Equality cohort learning journey and advance best practices in community leadership, staff leadership, and governance.
Inclusive approaches to data collection and analysis are fundamental to the development of a lasting standard on racial and gender equity within community foundations. This session will focus on: Exploring scenarios on collecting and analyzing data for improving equity and inclusion. Benchmarking the diversity of the organization’s workforce and prospects for continuously increasing inclusion. Building…
Through the spring of 2021, CFC offered a series of workshops for the Communities for Gender Equality cohort leaders to support their learning journey on gender lens investing. These workshops were designed to educate and give practical advice on implementation. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive and identified further areas for support. To that end, this session…
Gender Lens Investing Assessing an Investment Manager: Discussions with your investment manager will help you understand the degree to which they consider gender equity in their investment analysis, and their current GLI practices, views, expertise and goals. Such discussions can happen when you are searching for a new investment manager or during a standard review…
Ruth Mojeed Ramirez, Chief Equity Officer, The Inclusion Project will lead us through how to stay true to shifting power and cultural changes while incorporating policy changes. Many board tables do not reflect the very communities they serve. Boards who engage in diversity at the board table while exploring who is in the room and…
Contact our the team at equality@communityfoundations.ca for additional information about the program and ways you or your foundation can get involved.
