Innovate Inclusion for the Nexus of Culture

Published purpose

This 36-month project will promote women’s economic rights, leadership capacity, and advance gender equality by aiming to create systemic change through the development of a pipeline that will enable managers from the private sector to sponsor and advocate for Black girls and women in a corporate setting. The project will be designed by and for Black woman and girls and delivered through a digital platform/online to increase representation and equitable career advancement that can be measured and quantified over time. (Physical locations across Canada in collaboration with sector leaders from proposed companies will launch in accordance with national COVID-19 protocols when possible). The project will target Black Women and girls through community and corporate partner organization referrals, social media, print, broadcast calls to action, to provide access to other women leaders, training, resources, and technology designed with a GBA+ lens that recognizes the intersections that make up the identity of those who identify as Black women. The INNOVATE Youth Initiative will engage partners and youth through consultations and workshops to increase awareness, visibility and knowledge of the diverse experiences of gender inequality faced by Black youth in Canada, challenge rigid gender norms and stereotypes, and build leadership capacity of youth to sustain progress on gender equality and gender inclusivity and address systemic barriers to equality.