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What we are doing
Publications
G7 and gender equality
Gender-based Analysis Plus
Gender-Based Violence
- Federal Provincial-Territorial Status of Women Forum - Sexual Violence Knowledge Exchange
PDF (12 pages, 664 kb)Footnote * - Issue Brief: Sexual Violence Against Women in Canada
- (Commissioned by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Senior Officials for the Status of Women)
PDF (55 pages, 983 KB)Footnote * - Promising Practices: Healthy Relationships and Dating Violence Prevention Programs in Canadian Schools
- (Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Forum of Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women)
PDF (2 pages, 1.15 MB)Footnote * - The Nature and Extent of Sexual Violence Against Women in Canada
- Addressing Sexual Violence Against Women in Canada
- Cyberbullying and Online Sexual Exploitation in the Lives of Girls and Young Women: Workshop Summary
- Canada's National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, 2012 (Public Safety)
- Child Abuse is Wrong: What Can I do? Signs of Abuse, March 2012 (Justice Canada)
- Issue Brief: Engaging Men and Boys to Reduce and Prevent Gender-Based Violence, 2011 (White Ribbon Campaign)
- An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009 (Justice Canada)
Ending Violence against Indigenous Women
- Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview, 2014 (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
- Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women : 2015 Update to the National Operational Overview (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
- Report from Standing Committee Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada, Invisible Women: A Call to Action, 2014
- Compendium of Promising Practices to Reduce Violence and Increase Safety of Aboriginal Women in Canada (Department of Justice)
- Stop Family Violence (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Awareness Initiative Engaging Men, I Am a Kind Man
- Assembly of the First Nations, Live a Life of Integrity: Teaching and Lessons from Indigenous Male Role Models (video)
- Pauktuutit, I’m Happy Because I’m Safe campaign
- National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence, Supporting safe family environments in Aboriginal communities
- Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children, Neighbours, Friends & Families Education Campaign
- Kanawayhitowin Campaign to address women abuse, Taking Care of Each Other’s Spirit
- Native Women’s Association of Canada, Toolkit for Aboriginal Women Escaping Domestic Violence
- The Miykiwan Toolkit, The Miykiwan Toolkit is a tool designed to share knowledge and raise awareness about the impacts of family violence
Girls
- Beyond Appearances: Brief on the Main Issues Facing Girls in Canada, 2013 (Girls Action Foundation, PDF format 1.44 MBFootnote *)
- Brief: How Can We Encourage Girls and Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math? in html
Men and Boys
- Calling Men and Boys In
PDFFootnote * (26 pages, 718 KB)
Supplier Diversity
Women on Board
- Women on Boards: A Competitive Edge
- Increasing the Representation of Women on Canadian Boards
- View the report in PDF FormatFootnote * (5 pages, 1.13 MB)
- Good for Business: A Plan to Promote More Women on Canadian Boards
- View the plan in PDF formatFootnote *(1,374 KB)
- Best Practices
- Get On Board Corporate Canada (TC Economics) (PDF format, 9 pages, 975.65 KBFootnote *)
- The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation of Boards (Catalyst)
- Diversity in the Boardroom: Findings and Solutions from the ICD (Institute of Corporate Directors) (PDF format, 12 pages, 177.44 MBFootnote *)
- Canadian Board Diversity Council 2011 Report Card (Canadian Board Diversity Council) PDF format, 28 pages, 2.24 MBFootnote *)
- Gender Diversity and Corporate Performance (Credit Suisse 2012) (PDF format, 32 pages, 2.68 MBFootnote *)
- Women Director Appointments (Canadian Spencer Stuart Board Index)
- Catalyst Pyramid: Canadian Women in Business (Catalyst)
- Women Matter: Making the Breakthrough (McKinsey & Company 2012)
Women in Rural, Remote and Northern Communities
- Introduction on Canadian women in rural, remote and Northern communities
- A profile of Canadian women in rural, remote and Northern communities, 2012 (Status of Women Canada)
- Examples of Projects that address these specific needs
Women in Skilled Trades
- The Competitive Advantage: A Business Case for Hiring Women in the Skilled Trades and Technical Professions
- (Compiled by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum on behalf of the Forum of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers responsible for the Status of Women)
PDF (25 pages, 1.62 MB)Footnote * - Building Canada’s Innovation Economy: Best Practices for Supporting Women in Non-Traditional Sectors
Research and statistics
Gender-Based Violence
Gender, diversity and inclusion statistics (Statistics Canada)
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
- Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, 7th Edition
- Women in Canada at a Glance: Statistical Highlights, 2012 (Status of Women Canada) - available for order, PDF (32 pages, 1.93 MB)Footnote *
- Women in Canada – A Gender-based Statistical Report, 2010-2011 (Statistics Canada) - available for order
Women in Politics
Consultations
Legal instruments
Status of Women Canada publications that are no longer available on this web site can be downloaded from the Library and Archives Canada web site.
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