Canadian Women's Foundation Annual Report 2023-2024 - Report - Page 26
COUNT ME IN FOR ADVANCING
ECONOMIC SECURITY AND
EMPOWERMENT
Women and gender-diverse people face barriers
to stable work, earning fair pay, and financial
independence. Systemic discrimination makes it
particularly difficult for women who are Indigenous,
racialized, living with a disability, or newcomers to
Canada.
You enable programs that reduce these barriers by
providing:
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Supports like childcare, transportation services
or subsidies, and emergency loans to maximize
their ability to succeed
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Training to help participants get into well-paid
fields like skilled trades and technology
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Self-employment strategies and coaching to
help participants launch and build businesses
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Work experience in social purpose organizations
Program Spotlight: Launch
Program, COOK-UP, Windsor,
Ontario
This 12-week training program helps
newcomer and racialized women navigate
the steps to launching their own food
businesses at a local farmers’ market.
Participants join a supportive and diverse
community of entrepreneurs learning
business skills and gaining access to a
licensed, shared kitchen, mentorship
opportunities, and post-launch support. The
positive impact of this program stretches
beyond the participants themselves.
COOK-UP hosts
an event for
entrepreneurs to
showcase their
products and
invite community
feedback.
“ Our farmers’ market is now starting to look like our
community and taste like our community, and we’re
proud that women are at the helm of that. These
cultures and foods were not represented before, and it’s
so rewarding to see folks coming in specifically to buy
products from COOK-UP entrepreneurs.”
- Trishauna Linton, Co-Founder, COOK-UP
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