Having been there for only a couple of months, I've had to spend a lot of time on understanding what the organization does and what its inner workings are, as well as learning our initiatives as much as possible, but I have had an opportunity to meet with many of the NGOs that are delivering national projects for us, particularly the partnership projects.
When I was in New York at the UNCSW, I did have an opportunity to meet with 15 or so of the organizations representing the labour sector, and we had a very good conversation. We mutually agreed that we would continue to have meetings and periodic get-togethers to exchange information.
I am planning on visiting the three regional offices, and I've asked them to set up meetings with NGOs and influential organizations on women's issues within their regions so that I can meet with them as well to discuss their issues and learn from that process.
In my view, probably the key source of information that will be coming in to Status of Women Canada is to learn the issues that people are facing when they're working directly with women in the communities.