Backgrounder: Feminist Response and Recovery Fund

The Women’s Program funds projects that address systemic barriers to women’s equality in three priority areas: ending violence against women and girls; improving the economic security and prosperity of women and girls; and encouraging women and girls in leadership roles.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified systemic and longstanding inequalities, with women and girls disproportionately affected by the crisis, the Government of Canada has taken strong action to prevent the pandemic from rolling back progress or reversing the hard-won gains of women in Canada.

In June 2020, Canada was recognized by CARE as having the most gender-responsive plan to address COVID-19.

Recognizing the need for a feminist, intersectional response to COVID-19, in February 2021 Women and Gender Equality Canada launched the Feminist Response and Recovery Fund, a call for proposals totaling $100 million that will fund projects tackling systemic barriers for marginalized or underrepresented women, including Indigenous women, Black women, women of colour, women who are members of LGBTQ2 communities, and women living with disabilities or in rural or remote communities.

These following 237 funded projects through the call for proposals will make tangible impacts on the lives of women across Canada and help build a more equitable future for all Canadians.

Project Funding Details

National

Abuse Hurts

Newmarket, Ontario   

Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources Society

Sherwood Park, Alberta         

Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne

Ottawa, Ontario

Aura Freedom International

Toronto, Ontario        

Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment (CCFWE)

Ottawa, Ontario         

Canadian Centre for Women in Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology

Calgary, Alberta         

Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology Inc. / Coalition canadienne des femmes ingénieures, scientifiques, technologies et de métiers Inc.

Renfrew, Ontario       

Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada

Mattawa, Ontario       

Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA)

Ottawa, Ontario         

Canadian Women & Sport / Femmes et sport au Canada

Toronto, Ontario        

Canadian Women in Communications and Technology/Association canadienne des femmes en communications et technologies

Ottawa, Ontario         

Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce / Chambre de Commerce des Femmes Canadiennes

Toronto, Ontario        

Capacity Canada

Waterloo, Ontario

Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health Society

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Clan Mothers Turtle Lodge Inc

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Climate Caucus Council

Nelson, British Columbia       

Dis/Abled Women's Network

Montréal, Quebec      

Electricity Human Resources Canada

Ottawa, Ontario         

Elevate Aviation Ltd.

Edmonton, Alberta     

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs in British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia 

G(irls)20

Toronto, Ontario        

GBV Resource Collective Inc.

Stony Plain, Alberta

Global Compact Network Canada

Toronto, Ontario        

Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) of Canada Inc.

Ottawa, Ontario         

Informed Opinions

Nepean, Ontario        

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Institut de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada

Ottawa, Ontario         

Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak Women of the Metis Nation

Ottawa, Ontario

Migrant Workers Centre BC Society

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Moms In Film Canada

Coquitlam, British Columbia  

Mountain Rose Women's Shelter Association

Rocky Mountain House, Alberta        

National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association

Ottawa, Ontario         

National Association of Friendship Centres

Ottawa, Ontario         

National Association of Women and the Law/Association Nationale de la Femme et le Droit

Ottawa, Ontario         

National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)

Mississauga, Ontario 

Onashowewin Justice Circle

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Oxfam Canada

Ottawa, Ontario         

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada

Ottawa, Ontario         

Pink Attitude Evolution

Brampton, Ontario     

Reelworld Foundation

Toronto, Ontario        

Righting Relations Canada

Edmonton, Alberta     

Sex Information and Education Council of Canada/Conseil du Canada d'information et éducation sexuelle

Toronto, Ontario        

Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Students for Consent Culture Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

TechGirls Canada

Toronto, Ontario

The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Ottawa, Ontario         

The National Screen Institute - Canada/L'Institut national des arts de l'écran – Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Theatre Direct Canada

Toronto, Ontario        

Trucking Human Resources Canada

Ottawa, Ontario         

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario         

Up With Women

Toronto, Ontario        

Women in Leadership Foundation

Kelowna, British Columbia     

Women’s Economic Council

Burnaby, British Columbia     

Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund Inc./Fond’s d’action et d’education juridiques pour les femmes inc.

Toronto, Ontario        

Workforce Warriors Inc.

Rusagonis, New Brunswick

York University

Toronto, Ontario        

Pacific

Amata Transition House Society       

Quesnel, British Columbia

Archway Society for Domestic Peace

Vernon, British Columbia       

Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society  

New Westminster, British Columbia  

Black Women Business Network      

Surrey, British Columbia        

British Columbia Assembly of First Nations  

Prince George, British Columbia       

Capital Investment Network  

Victoria, British Columbia      

Central Okanagan Emergency Shelter Society

Kelowna, British Columbia     

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.    

Burnaby, British Columbia     

Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association   

Vancouver, British Columbia 

E.C.E.B.C. (Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia)           

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Ending Violence Association of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Justice Education Society of BC       

Vancouver, British Columbia

Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society            

Kamloops, British Columbia

Kilala Lelum - Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative  

Vancouver, British Columbia 

MakeWay Foundation

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Mid Island Metis Nation

Nanaimo, British Columbia    

Minerva Foundation for BC Women

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Pacific Immigrant Resources Society

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Réseau-Femmes Colombie-Britannique

Vancouver, British Columbia

Single Mothers' Alliance of BC Society         

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Small Scale Food Processor Association     

Nanaimo, British Columbia    

Solid State Community Society        

Surrey, British Columbia        

Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society    

Vancouver, British Columbia

Terrace Women's Resource Centre Society

Terrace, British Columbia      

Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre Society  

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society     

Vancouver, British Columbia

Victoria Native Friendship Centre     

Victoria, British Columbia      

VIDEA - a BC-based International Development Association          

Victoria, British Columbia      

W.A.V.A.W./R.C.C: Women Against Violence Against Women/Rape Crisis Centre

Vancouver, British Columbia

West Coast LEAF Association

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Women Transforming Cities International Society   

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Young Women's Christian Association, located in Vancouver BC   

Vancouver, British Columbia

Prairies

Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan    

Action for Healthy Communities Society of Alberta  

Edmonton, Alberta

Alberta Council of Women's Shelters

Edmonton, Alberta

Anish Corporation

Headingley, Manitoba

Association for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women   

Calgary, Alberta         

Barren Lands First Nation

Brochet, Manitoba      

Black Canadian Women in Action

Edmonton, Alberta     

Blood Tribe Depart. of Health Inc.

Standoff, Alberta        

Calgary Immigrant Women's Association

Calgary, Alberta         

Calgary Vietnamese Women's Association  

Calgary, Alberta         

Candace House, Inc. 

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Cold Lake First Nations         

Cold Lake, Alberta     

Emma Maternity House Society        

Calgary, Alberta         

Environmental Careers Organization of Canada      

Calgary, Alberta         

Ethnocultural Council of Manitoba-Stronger Together Inc.  

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Grande Prairie Women's Residence Association     

Grande Prairie, Alberta          

Healthy Muslim Families Inc.

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Infinity Women Secretariat Inc.         

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Institute of International Women's Rights Manitoba  

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Lifetime Productions Ltd.       

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan    

Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc.      

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

New North SANC Services Inc.         

Air Ronge, Saskatchewan     

Northwest Metis Council Inc.

Dauphin, Manitoba

PolicyWise for Children & Families   

Edmonton, Alberta     

Prince Albert Metis Women's Association     

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge & Southern Alberta          

Fort Macleod, Alberta

River East Transcona School Division          

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Sanare Centre (formally known as Southeastern Alberta Sexual Assault Response Committee)

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre        

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan    

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta    

Edmonton, Alberta     

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Northern Alberta          

Edmonton, Alberta     

The North End Women's Centre Inc.

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Wahpeton Dakota Development ltd.

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Woman Healing for Change MB Inc.

Winnipeg, Manitoba   

Women's Centre of Calgary  

Calgary, Alberta         

Young Women's Christian Organization Regina       

Regina , Saskatchewan         

York Factory First Nation       

York Landing, Manitoba         

Ontario

Achēv 

Mississauga, Ontario 

Active Care Response Team (ACRT)           

Windsor, Ontario        

Afghan Women's Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services   

North York, Ontario    

Alternatives for Women in Prince Edward County    

Picton, Ontario

Armagh          

Mississauga, Ontario 

Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts       

Toronto, Ontario        

Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services

Toronto, Ontario        

Better Child Care Ontario Inc.           

Toronto, Ontario        

Canadian Arab Women Association  

Kitchener, Ontario      

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives       

Ottawa , Ontario

caterToronto

Toronto, Ontario        

Centr'Elles : Centre des femmes francophones du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario           

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Centre francophone du Grand Toronto         

Toronto, Ontario        

Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions

Etobicoke, Ontario     

Community Innovative Alliances Incorporated          

Toronto, Ontario        

Compass Early Learning and Care   

Peterborough, Ontario           

Conseil de la coopération d'Ontario  

Ottawa , Ontario         

Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario         

Thunder Bay, Ontario

FCJ Refugee Centre  

Toronto, Ontario

Future Black Female 

St Catharines, Ontario           

Healthy Youth Network

Waterdown, Ontario   

Hiatus House

Windsor, Ontario        

Immigrant Women Services Ottawa 

Ottawa, Ontario         

Interval House of Hamilton-Wentworth         

Hamilton, Ontario       

Kingston Employment & Youth Services Inc.

Kingston, Ontario       

Leadership féminin Prescott-Russell,

St-Bernardin, Ontario 

Minwaashin Lodge

Ottawa, Ontario         

Mouvement Ontarien des femmes immigrantes francophones (MOFIF)     

Toronto, Ontario        

NAN Corporate Services       

Thunder Bay, Ontari

Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre        

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Oasis Centre des femmes Inc.          

Toronto, Ontario

Ontario Society of Professional Engineers    

Toronto, Ontario        

PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise          

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Power to Girls Foundation

Mississauga, Ontario

Ryerson University    

Toronto, Ontario        

Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region 

Kitchener, Ontario      

Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Centre of Peel   

Brampton, Ontario     

Shelter Movers          

Toronto, Ontario        

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

Sioux Lookout, Ontario          

South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services     

Scarborough, Ontario

St. Mary of Egypt Refuge      

Madoc, Ontario          

The Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women / La Fédération Canadienne de Femmes de Carrières Commerciales et Professionelles (BPW Canada)

Val Caron, Ontario     

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Northeastern Ontario – La Société Elizabeth Fry du Nord-est de l’Ontario   

Sudbury, Ontario

The Elizabeth Fry Society Toronto Branch   

Toronto, Ontario        

Times Change Women's Employment Service Inc. 

Toronto, Ontario        

Trent University         

Peterborough, Ontario           

University of Toronto 

Toronto, Ontario        

Woman Abuse Council of Toronto    

Toronto, Ontario        

Women's Hostel Inc.

Toronto, Ontario        

Women's Place of South Niagara Inc.          

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Women's Rural Resource Centre of Strathroy and Area      

Strathroy, Ontario      

York Region Women’s Foundation    

Thornhill, Ontario       

Young Women's Christian Association of St. Thomas         

St. Thomas, Ontario  

Quebec

Action travail des femmes du Québec inc.    

Montréal, Quebec      

Association chrétienne des jeunes femmes de Montréal     

Montréal, Quebec      

Centre d'Innovation des Premiers Peuples (CIPP)  

Gatineau, Quebec     

Fédération des agricultrices du Québec       

Longueuil, Quebec

Info-Femmes Inc.      

Montréal, Quebec      

Le code des filles       

Québec City, Quebec

Mères avec pouvoizr (MAP) Montréal

Ville de Montréal, Quebec     

Puakuteu Comité de femmes de Mashteuiatsh        

Mashteuiatsh, Quebec          

Relais-femmes          

Montréal, Quebec      

Réseau femmes et politique municipale de la Capitale-Nationale    

Québec City, Quebec

Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes (RQASF)   

Montréal, Quebec      

Table de concertation du mouvement des femmes de la Mauricie

Trois-Rivières, Quebec         

Un toit pour elles        

Montréal, Quebec      

Réseau des Femmes d'affaires du Québec 

Longueuil, Quebec    

Atlantic

Acadia First Nation    

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia         

Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia Ltd.     

Halifax, Nova Scotia  

Carrefour pour femmes inc. / Crossroads for Women Inc.   

Moncton, New Brunswick     

Collective Interchange Co-operative 

Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador   

Elizabeth Fry Society of Halifax        

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia        

Fédération des femmes acadiennes de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia        

Fresh Start Services for Women Inc.

Saint John, New Brunswick  

Indigenous Women's Association of the Maliseet and Mi'kmaq Territories Inc.      

Fredericton, New Brunswick 

Mount Saint Vincent University         

Halifax, Nova Scotia  

New Brunswick South Central Transition House and Second Stage Coalition, Inc.

Lower Woodstock, New Brunswick  

Newfoundland Aboriginal Women's Network

Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador   

Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) formerly known as Women's Enterprise Bureau Inc.           

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador       

NorPen Status of Women Council Inc.         

Port Saunders, Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia Native Women's Association    

Millbrook, Nova Scotia           

Pier Labs        

Halifax, Nova Scotia  

PRUDE Inc. (Pride of Race, Unity, and Dignity through Education)

Saint John, New Brunswick  

Restigouche CBDC Inc.        

Campbellton, New Brunswick

Sexual Violence New Brunswick Inc.

Fredericton, New Brunswick 

St. John's Women's Centre

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador       

The New Brunswick Association of CBDCs/L'Association des CLDE du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.

Bathurst, New Brunswick      

Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance

Halifax, Nova Scotia  

Women in Resource Development INC.       

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador       

Women's Network PEI          

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax     

Halifax, Nova Scotia  

North

Liard Aboriginal Women's Society (LAWS)  

Watson Lake, Yukon 

Queer Yukon Society

Whitehorse, Yukon    

Status of Women Council of the NWT

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Circle         

Whitehorse, Yukon    

Yellowknife Women's Society

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories     

Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council

Whitehorse, Yukon