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Government of Canada Announces $12.5M in Support for Women and Girls in Canada

March 24, 2011

OTTAWA – Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, highlighted the success of the innovative Blueprint Projects of the Women's Program of Status of Women Canada.

Eligible community-based organizations from across Canada will carry out the 65 selected projects.

"Our Government is committed to supporting grassroots projects that improve the lives of women and girls across Canada," said Minister Ambrose. "We're proud to work with community organizations across Canada to help end violence against women, improve their economic prosperity and promote women in leadership roles."

Status of Women Canada launched the Blueprint Projects to help organizations address priority areas.

These projects aim to achieve results in the three priority areas of Status of Women Canada: eliminating violence against women and girls; promoting women's access to leadership decision-making roles; and improving women's economic security and prosperity. Each project falls into one of the following themes: 

  • engaging youth in preventing violence against girls and women;
  • increasing women's involvement as decision-makers in community-based organizations;
  • improving access to second-stage services for women who have experienced abuse;
  • improving community safety for women and girls;
  • improving financial and growth opportunities for women business owners; and
  • increasing the recruitment of women into non-traditional work, and retaining and promoting women in non-traditional and under-represented sectors.

"As Canadians, we believe in a peaceful, safe society that doesn't tolerate violence of any kind toward women," said Minister Ambrose. "That's why a number of our Blueprint Projects focus on preventing violence against women.

"For example, we're supporting a project to engage youth in preventing violence against girls and women through the Hamilton Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA Hamilton)," Minister Ambrose continued. "Partnering with the White Ribbon Campaign on this youth-led pilot project, YWCA Hamilton will share results and lessons learned with other organizations across Canada to enhance programs that engage young women and young men in violence prevention."

The response to the call for Blueprint Projects was impressive. More than 300 organizations submitted proposals for consideration, and of those, 65 projects were successful in receiving funding. In the coming weeks, Status of Women Canada officials will contact those organizations whose projects did not receive funding to further discuss their applications.

Government of Canada is committed to funding that strengthens our families, our communities and our country. Through Status of Women Canada alone, the government's support for community-based projects has nearly doubled since 2006-2007, growing from $10.8 million to $19 million – its highest level ever.

A backgrounder is attached, providing the list organizations receiving funding under the Blueprint Projects.

For more information on Status of Women Canada and funding available under the Women's Program, please visit www.swc-cfc.gc.ca.

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For more information, please contact:

Michelle Bakos
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women
819-997-5421

Nanci-Jean Waugh
Director General, Communications and Strategic Planning
Status of Women Canada
613 995-7839

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BACKGROUNDER - WOMEN'S PROGRAM BLUEPRINT PROJECTS

List of organizations receiving funding under the Blueprint Projects

Priority: Ending Violence Against Women – $5.5 million

British Columbia Society of Transition Houses
Catholic Social Services
Centre de prévention de la violence familiale de Kent
Centre de prévention des agressions de Montréal
Howe Sound Women's Centre Society
Liberty Lane Inc
Native Court workers and Counselling Association
Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
Services à la famille Nepisiguit Family Services Inc.
Shield of Athena Family Services/Bouclier d'Athena
YWCA Halifax
YWCA of Agvvik Nunavut
YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria and Haliburton
Centre femmes de la Mitis
Interval House of Hamilton
Woman Abuse Council of Toronto
Women's Support Network of York Region
Antidote: Multiracial Girls and Women's Network
Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network
Collectivité ingénieuse de la Péninsule acadienne (CIPA) Inc
Concertation des luttes contre l'exploitation sexuelle
Justice Education Society of BC
Lanark County Interval House
METRAC - Metropolitan Action Committee
Radio CKUT
Resource Centre for Youth (TRC) of Greater Saint John
Social Services Network for the York Region
The Students Commission of Canada
Victim Services Program of Toronto Inc.
Women in Cities International
Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham
YWCA of Hamilton

Priority: Increasing Women's Economic Security and Prosperity – $4.1 million

Action travail des femmes du Québec
Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et des nouveaux médias
Femmes et production industrielle
Women in Resource Development Corporation (WRDC)
Women's Network PEI
Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance
Canadian Women in Communications
Toronto Women in Film and Television
Community Microskills Development Centre
Community YWCA of Muskoka
Compagnie F entrepreneurship pour femmes
FIEF Cote-Nord
PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise
Restigouche CBDC Inc.
Vancity Community Foundation
Wachiay Friendship Centre Society
Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba

Priority: Encouraging Women's Leadership and Democratic Participation – $2.9 million

Alberta Network of Immigrant Women (ANIW)
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
Cape Breton Business Partnership
Centre d'encadrement pour jeunes femmes immigrantes
Coalition pour l'équité salariale du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Centre des femmes du Haut-Richelieu
PRUDE Inc. (Pride of Race, Unity and Dignity through Education)
Regroupement des femmes de la région de Matane Inc
The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada)
The Ontario Council of Alternative Businesses
The Social Planning Council of Peel
United Nations Platform for Action Committee – Manitoba
Volunteer Cowichan
West Central Women's Resource Centre
Young Women's Christian Association of Canada


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2011-03-25