Women in Music Professional Association of Canada

Published purpose

Through this 25-month project, Women in Music Canada will build its capacity to advance gender equality and support women and gender-diverse creators and innovators in the music industry. This project will address lack of capacity within the organization and their regional chapters to grow opportunities and communication in line with the growing needs of the industry. This will allow WIMC to engage on a national level, and support partner organizations trying to tackle gender barriers and increase opportunities for underserved women and gender-diverse individuals in the industry. The project will include increased staff support for membership, networking development opportunities, communications, administration, and organization leadership. This will allow WIMC to be more actively engaging with members, financially support regional chapters, discover more opportunities, elevate support and benefits for women and non-binary artists, and break down barriers to success in the music industry in Canada. Additionally, new administration and sponsor fulfillment support will allow the organization to increase private support beyond this project to sustain and continue growth. This funding will also support WIMC ability to translate communication materials and meet the needs of the Francophone communities in the Canadian music industry. Amendment No. 1 – 2025-2026 supplement funds will facilitate the creation of a strategic plan to strengthen the sustainability and longevity of the impact that this capacity building project has had on Women in Music Canada. Amendment No. 2 – With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Women in Music Canada will support human resource to meet the growing governance, membership, and programming needs, bring the growing community together through activating at key Canadian music industry events and events in remote communities, assess the success of work thus far and develop benchmarks for progress toward gender equity. WIMC will also work with leaders in Northern communities to directly serve the needs of women and gender diverse artists and music industry and work with regional chapters to secure ongoing provincial and corporate support. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.