Status of Women committee  As for the previous question, this group receives just over $260,000. It is a two-year project that will take place in 80 communities. It should affect the living conditions of 500 women. I hope that answers your question.

Status of Women committee  There will be 80 workshops in the communities, so the number could be as high as 80.

Status of Women committee  What we define as a community can vary. Really, there will be 80 workshops.

Status of Women committee  It's a project submitted by the WinSETT Centre, which was created following a previous project when we had identified the need for a centre that specifically targets the issue of women in non-traditional jobs. The program will create complementary modules that will be integrated

Status of Women committee  We are already funding a number of projects. Typically, as you mentioned, aboriginal communities need to adapt the tools or approaches used so that they're culturally appropriate. For instance, in the last call for proposals, we funded the La Ronge Native Women's Council, which i

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, members of the committee, thank you. My name is Linda Savoie, and I am the Director General of the Women's Program and Regional Operations. I am joined by Pascale Robichaud, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Operations, and Victoria Martino, Senior Program and

Status of Women committee  Now, for aboriginal examples....

Status of Women committee  In a very broad-stroke nutshell, the types of results we're getting for girls are always related to creating conditions for future success. What that looks like is increased access for girls to information about healthy relationships. It looks like delivering workshops that devel

Status of Women committee  For those circumstances where we were referring to specific projects, we will; some were more general comments that relate to multiple projects. But we will make sure that we provide you with something useful.

Status of Women committee  I'll start with some of the key characteristics, and then I'll let Madame Martino give you some examples of actual components of those projects. The blueprints are very different from the approach of continuous intake. In February 2011 we sought out proposals under seven differe

Status of Women committee  Very much so.

Status of Women committee  For a group to just go out on a limb and fully dedicate a resource to developing a project, not knowing if it's perfectly aligned with what we would be seeking, involves risk for them, definitely, so the feedback we've received from groups since we first tried this blueprint proj

Status of Women committee  Yes. Of the seven themes on which we called for proposals in February 2011, we had three themes that specifically focused on economic prosperity. One was to increase the recruitment of women in non-traditional employment. One was to increase their retention in non-traditional emp

Status of Women committee  That's nice of you to say.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I am.