Workforce Warriors Inc.

Published purpose

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Workforce Warriors Inc. will achieve this by educating employers and organizations on the importance of supporting Indigenous women and 2Spirit’s wellness in the workplace. Working with an Indigenous wellness leader, they will develop a national educational training program and the tools employers need to establish a culturally appropriate wellness infrastructure within their organization to support Indigenous women and 2Spirit’s safe and secure participation, reintegration and retention in the workplace. Workforce Warriors will utilize its national network of Indigenous organizations and community leaders to train employers, which will help support the development, implementation, national testing, and evaluation of the program and foster its sustainability onward. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes of the system, all to support women’s equality. The additional funds will be used to revise and adapt the educational material to adopt a new delivery approach more reflective of the content and cultural practices, including the development of a video.