BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health

City: 
Vancouver
Profile: 

The BCCEWH is currently doing work on:

- Girl-Centred Approaches to Prevention, Harm Reduction and Treatment Link: http://www.coalescing-vc.org/virtualLearning/section6/documents/GirlsDG2...

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contact name: 
Ginny Gonneau
Phone: 
604-875-2633

2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy

City: 
Montreal
Profile: 

 The 2110 is an independent, student-funded, Concordia University organization, mandated to promoting gender equality and empowerment particularly as it relates to marginalized communities. This mandate is achieved through on-going programming, campaigns, resources, services, and advocacy.

VISION

contact name: 
Devon Simpson
Phone: 
514.848.2424 ext. 7431

4Unity Youth Media Productions

City: 
Toronto, Ontario
Profile: 

4UNITY productions is a youth driven media association dedicated to facilitating multimedia-based opportunities [audio, video, new media] for youth ages 14 to 29 in Parkdale and across the GTA.

contact name: 
Cass Elliot

A.N.A.S.A Collective

City: 
Scarborough
Profile: 

The Always Nubian, Always Scarborough Association (A.N.A.S.A) is a not-for-profit initiative administered by its charitable partner, Schools without Borders. A.N.A.S.A. is an emerging organization determined to invest in the prosperity of women of color.

Mission:
Supporting under-serviced girls and women through their growth and developmental changes from a holistic perspective.

contact name: 
Nadine Peazer
Phone: 
416-723-8331

Actua

City: 
Ottawa, Ontario
Profile: 

Actua is a national not-for-profit organization that supports the development and delivery of hands-on programs that inspire youth in science, engineering and technology. Each year, Actua's network of member organizations reaches over 200,000 young Canadians (ages 6-17) through summer day camps, school workshops and community outreach activities.

contact name: 
Virginia Hall
email: 
info@actua.ca

Agitate

City: 
Ottawa
Profile: 

Melissa co-founded Agitate, an organization/networking collective for Queer Women of Colour in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.  She coordinated the Women's Resources Center at the University of Ottawa and host a women's music, arts and issues show on CHUO 89.1 FM. She is an activist in the queer, immigrant feminist and human rights community in Ottawa.

contact name: 
Melissa Laveaux

Alexandra Community Health Centre

City: 
Calgary, AB
Profile: 

A health & social service organization committed to providing holistic primary health care, working with the community to champion group & individual potential for health & well-being. The centre works with a wide range of other resources & support services to promote & maintain a broad view of health - the achievement of physical, intellectual, emotional & spiritual well-being.

contact name: 
Toupey Luft

All Kinds of Girls

City: 
Worcester, Massachussetts
Profile: 

All Kinds of Girls ( AKOG) is a mentor program for girls ages 9-12. The mission of AKOG is to cultivate leadership, self-esteem, and self expression in girls through games, creative writing, discussion, art, and improvisation/acting-and to have Tons of Fun ! Run through Women's Studies program at Clark University, this program provides girls a safe space in which to use their voices, creativity and minds.

contact name: 
Jessica Willis

All Women's Empowerment and Development Association (AWEDA)

City: 
Halifax
Profile: 

All Women's Empowerment and Development Association (AWEDA) is dedicated to the social-cultural and economic empowerment of marginalized immigrant and refugee women focused on their effective integration into Canadian society.
Since 2005, AWEDA has helped low-income immigrant and refugee women overcome 
barriers to employment, and expand their horizons.   Some of these women are 

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contact name: 
Rosamond Luke
Phone: 
902-406-4095

Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne AFFC

City: 
Ottawa
Profile: 

The Alliance des femmes gathers French-Canadian women and young women living in a minority context.

The Alliance represents their interests and those of their families, advocates for their rights and supports the actions leading to their empowerment and community development.

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contact name: 
Manon Beaulieu
email: 
info@affc.ca
Phone: 
613-241-3500