Policy & Gender Based Analysis
| Great Sites | Suggested Reading |
| Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women www.criaw-icref.ca |
Gendered Jobs’ and ‘Gendered Workers’: Barriers to Gender Equality in Gendered Organizations by Lindsay Payne (2002) www.uoguelph.ca |
| Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action www.fafia-afai.org |
Gender: Challenging Attitudes, Conceptualizations and Theories Relevant to Work and Family Roles, by Tiffany Hunt (2002) www.uoguelph.ca |
| Status of Women Canada www.swc-cfc.gc.ca |
Work in a family business and gender relations: A case study of recent Korean immigrant women. Author: Min-Jung Kwak www.uoguelph.ca |
| Canadian Women’s Foundation www.cdnwomen.org |
What is Policy? (2005) by Sherri Torjmam www.caledoninst.org |
| The Canadian CED Network (CCEDNET) www.ccednet-rcdec.ca |
A Decade of Going Backwards: Canada in the Post-Beijing Era (2005) by Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action. www.fafia-afai.org |
| Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) www.sedi.org/html/splash/index.asp |
Assessing the Federal Budget 2005: What’s in it for Women? (2005) by Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action) www.fafia-afai.org |
| Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives www.policyalternatives.ca |
Canada’s Commitment to Equality: A Gender Analysis of the Last Ten Federal Budgets (1995-2004) by Armine Yalnizyan www.fafia-afai.org |
| Caledon Institute of Social Policy www.caledoninst.org |
Developing the Policy Framework for Social and Economic Inclusion: Women-centred CED in the 21st Century (2005) by the Canadian Women’s Community Economic Development Council Foundationfinal2aug05.pdf |
| Tamarack www.tamarackcommunity.ca |
Gender Budget Initiatives: Why They Matter in Canada (2005) by Isabella Bakker (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) www.policyalternatives.ca |
| Canadian Council on Social Development www.cdnwomen.org |
Social Policy, Gender Inequality and Poverty (2001) by Lorraine Davies and Julie Ann McMullin www.swc-cfc.gc.ca |
| Canadian Policy Research Networks www.cprn.org |
Women in Non-Standard Jobs: The Public Policy Challenge (2003) by Monica Townson www.swc-cfc.gc.ca |
| Le Groupe Femmes, Politique et Democratie www.femmes-politique-et-democratie.com |
Women in Parliament (2004) by FAFIA www.fafia-afai.org |
| Intersectional Feminist Frameworks: An Emerging Vision www.criaw-icref.ca |
Poverty
| Great Sites | Suggested Reading |
| United Nations Development Fund for Women www.unifem.org |
Divided and Distracted: Regionalism as Obstacle to Reducing Poverty and Inequality (2005) by Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) www.policyalternatives.ca |
| Fact Sheet on Women and Poverty (2005) by CRIAW www.criaw-icref.ca/indexFrame_e.htm |
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| Financial Capability and Poverty (2004) by SEDI www.policyresearch.gc.ca |
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| Gender Based Analysis in Community-Based Poverty Reduction: A Report on the Gender and Poverty Project (2004) by Catherine Lang and Toby Goldberg-Leong (Vibrant Communities) www.tamarackcommunity.ca |
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| Poverty and Exclusion: Normative Approaches to Policy Research (2004) by Pearl Eliadis (PRI Project) www.policyresearch.gc.ca |
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| Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty by Marta Chen et al (UNIFEM) www.unifem.org/resources/ |
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| Social Policy, Gender Inequality and Poverty (2001) by Lorraine Davies and Julie Ann McMullin www.swc-cfc.gc.ca |
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| Disentangling the Web of Women’s Poverty and Exclusion www.criaw-icref.ca |
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| UN COMMITTEE CRITICIZES CANADA FOR PERSISTENT POVERTY IN THE MIDST OF WEALTH www.fafia-afai.org |
Social Economy
| Great Sites | Suggested Reading |
| Social Enterprise Alliance www.se-alliance.org |
What We Need to Know About the Social Economy: A guide for policy research (2005) by Alan Painter www.policyresearch.gc.ca |
Women and Work
| Great Sites |
Suggested Reading |
| Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being University of Guelph www.worklifecanada.ca |
Work Life Compendium – 150 Canadian Statistics on Work, Family and Well-Being dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca |
| National Study on Balancing Work, Family and Lifestyle www.phac-aspc.gc.ca |
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| Part-time Work and Family Friendly Practices in Canadian Workplaces www.uoguelph.ca |
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| Work Life Practices and Flexibility in Small Businesses: A Canadian Research Report www.uoguelph.ca |
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| A Self-Employment Discussion Paper (2000) by Robert Wilson and Simon Bailey (SEDI) www.sedi.org/html/ |
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| The Prime Minister’s Task Force Report on Women Entrepreneurs (2003) www.liberal.parl.gc.ca |
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| Shattering the Glass Box? Women Entrepreneurs and the Knowledge-based Economy (1998) by Serge Nadeau www.ic.gc.ca |
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| Sustaining the Momentum: An Economic Forum on Women Entrepreneurs. Summary Report (2005) sprott.carleton.ca/forum |
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| Women in Non-Standard Jobs: The Public Policy Challenge (2003) by Monica Townson www.swc-cfc.gc.ca |
Women-centred CED
| Suggested Reading |
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| Developing the Policy Framework for Social and Economic Inclusion: Women-centred CED in the 21st Century (2005) by the Canadian Women’s Community Economic Development Council Foundationfinal2aug05.pdf |
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| From Poverty to Empowerment: A Research Report on Women and Community Economic Development (CED) in Canada (2004) www.cdnwomen.org/eng/3/3h.asp |
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| Inventory of Organizations Supporting Women in Community Economic Development in Canada (2004) Canadian Women’s Foundation www.cdnwomen.org/eng/3/3h.asp |
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| Women in Transition Out of Poverty: An Asset Based Approach to Building Sustainable Livelihoods (2001) by Janet Murray and Mary Ferguson www.cdnwomen.org/eng/3/3h.asp |
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| Women in Transition Out of Poverty: A Guide to Effective Practice in Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods through Enterprise Development (2002) by Janet Murray and Mary Ferguson www.cdnwomen.org/eng/3/3h.asp |
For Women
| Great Sites | |
| Economic Development Supports Export Development Canada www.edc.ca/prodserv/womex/index_e.htm |
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| Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia Women and Community Economic Development ACOA women in Business Initiative Centre for Women in Business Halifax |
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| Ontario
Community Microskills Development Centre PARO Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) |
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| Western Canada
Women’s Enterprise Centres Manitoba – www.wecm.ca Alberta – www.aweia.ab.ca Saskatchewan – www.womenentrepreneurs.sk.ca BC – www.wes.bc.ca |
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General
Womennet
Womenspace Caters Design Group Simply Reports
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| Health
Canadian Women’s Health Network Women’s Health Matters
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| Legal
National Association of Women and the Law
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For CED Practitioner
| Great Sites | |
| The Canadian CED Network www.ccednet-rcdec.ca |
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| Canadian Women’s Foundation On Line Resource Development Tool www.cdnwomen.org/CWF-tool-en/ |
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| Centre for Community Enterprise www.cedworks.com/index.html |
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| Community Economic Development Across Canada www.cedcanada.ca |
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| Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program www.carleton.ca/cedtap/ |
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