Podcast – Deconstructing Colonial Gender Roles with Dr. Ruth Green With Dr. Ruth Green (She/her), Director of the School of Social Work at York University. Green is an activist turned accidental academic. She identifies as an urban Indigenous person, and is a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is from the Kanien’keha:ka Nation and is […]
Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan 2022 The Action Plan takes a holistic approach to addressing the substantial and persisting inequities faced by 2SLGBTQI+ individuals and communities. It was developed based on the experiences, evidence and voices of 2SLGBTQI+ communities and stakeholders through an extensive engagement process. The Government of Canada received input from 25,636 survey respondents, […]
Rising burden of gender-based violence at workplace in the digital era: a systematic review and meta-analysis Gender-based violence (GBV) disproportionately affects young women and girls, Indigenous women and girls, newcomer women to Canada, women living with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. A systematic review was carried out to find evidence from a global perspective, and the […]
Celebrating Womxn Leading Systems Change in the Midwest & Beyond This publication explores the powerful work of 35 womxn driving systemic change in often-overlooked regions of the United States, such as Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Michigan. These womxn are addressing critical issues like climate change, economic inequality, and health disparities in ways that challenge the […]
Learning to Lead: The Power of Systems Change was the first in a community-centred systems change learning series. This post recaps the event. The second forum is coming up in October 2025 in Montreal, Quebec.
BONNIE DOUGLAS SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE OFFICIAL CANADIAN DELEGATION TO THE 69TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN CCWESTT’s Executive Director is serving as part of Canada’s official delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) March 10-14, 2025 in New York. Bonnie […]
CCWESTT acknowledges that our greater science, engineering, trades and technology (or SETT) community is situated on the ceded and unceded traditional territories of First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples from coast to coast to coast in what is known as ‘Canada’. CCWESTT fervently believes SETT is enriched through collective relations and knowledge sharing and is committed to helping enhance and build these relations. Full land acknowledgement here.
