Righting Relations Canada

Published purpose

Through this 31-month systemic change project, Righting Relations will scale its “Righting Relations Project for Growing Working Groups and Hubs” project to advance women’s representation in leadership and decision-making roles. It will scale to support youth engagement and mentorship, further reach policy makers and leaders, and cultivate collaboration amongst stakeholders and partners working on increasing women’s leadership, with a focus on encouraging change in for-profit companies that are struggling to become inclusive and equitable workplaces. To do so, the project will: amplify the continued and expanded work of the existing Change Labs; promote newly developed learnings and tools within cross-sectoral decision-making spaces; convene in-person and virtual events; implement a young leader/mentorship program; host a youth activism camp led by mentors; establish learning exchange opportunities across network partners; and, produce a new collection of resilience stories to highlight role models and methods of driving systems change. With the Supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Righting Relations Canada will develop and implement models for long-term Change Lab sustainability, cultivate intergenerational leadership pathways by strengthening connections between the Change Labs and emerging youth leaders through land-based and culturally-grounded youth-led gatherings and regional micro-retreats, and launch a multi-pronged knowledge translation campaign across the NPO sector that will increase engagement with Indigenous communities, champion matriarchal governance models and spotlight the women and gender diverse folks at the core of the Change Labs initiatives. Through this they will further advance women’s capacity for and representation in leadership and decision-making roles.