Empowering Métis Women in Leadership

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality. This 6-month project will help LFMO to develop a fulsome leadership engagement strategy. LFMO will conduct research to identify what leadership opportunities currently exist for Métis women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. In addition, LFMO will be examining the relationship and connection between Métis women’s leadership and gender-based violence prevention. Research will include assessing these existing data sources and developing a needs assessment and resulting gap analysis through an environmental scan of which supports are needed to increase leadership opportunities for Métis women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. LFMO will engage with provincial Métis women’s representative bodies, grassroots Métis women and LFMO’s Youth Network to determine different perspectives and ensure the project accurately reflects the unique needs of Métis women in each of the five Métis National Motherland provinces. LFMO will also meet with Métis subject matter experts in order to inform the development of a final report that reflects the realities and needs of Métis women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, including recommendations to WAGE as part of a more expensive proposal to the department.

Eligibility

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.