December 15, 2020

According to a new survey conducted by YWCA Canada, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), Canadian Women’s Foundation, G(irls)20 and Oxfam Canada, women’s rights organizations in Canada are facing increasingly insurmountable challenges that threaten their very existence.

December 4, 2020

CRIAW-ICREF, along with 60 other organizations, signed on to this letter with clear recommendations for the Taskforce on Women and the Economy. The scope, composition and where it is housed is central to its success in truly addressing women's economic inequality.

October 14, 2020

August 13, 2020

The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF) is seeking a Communications Officer to join our team for up to a one-year term with the possibility of extension. CRIAW-ICREF’s Communications Officer’s primary responsibility is to lead the organization’s communications. The Communications Officer reports directly to the Executive Director.

August 12, 2020

Congratulations to Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan, Katherine Eun-Young Bell and Yasmeen Nematt Alla who submitted their project entitled Documenting Communal Care Practices!

July 2, 2020

Call for chapter proposals! How do transnational power systems affect research practices? How can these projects be decolonized? A new edited volume on transnational research, decolonization and power structures is accepting abstracts until July 15.

June 30, 2020

On this Canada Day, CRIAW-ICREF wishes to draw attention on the pervasiveness of white supremacy and systemic racism in Canada and stands together with other activists and allies to call to end these oppressive structures. Read the full statement here.

May 13, 2020

The Barbara Roberts Memorial Fund is now accepting applications.

April 22, 2020

Check out CRIAW and the National Association of Women and the Law’s concept note on core funding, endorsed by dozens of women's organizations and allies!

The women's rights sector is facing many challenges amidst COVID-19 to keep their projects going, organizations operating and staff employed.

Meanwhile, the pandemic is highlighting and exacerbating existing forms of discrimination and marginalization experienced by women and girls, particularly those that experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination

This concept note offers a concrete way for the government to immediately assist women's organizations and is one of the many needed actions and initiatives to support our sector.

April 13, 2020

The University of New Brunswick's Department of Mechanical Engineering is hiring an Assistant Professor with specialization in Experimental Fluid Mechanics.

April 6, 2020

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on everyday life have already been extraordinary. From self- isolation and physical distancing to mass closures of non-essential stores and workplaces, and schools and childcare centres, our everyday lives have dramatically shifted. While many changes are necessary, there are different impacts on different people, in particular on women.

March 30, 2020

The Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies is hiring 3 part-time professors for the Spring-Summer 2020 semester.

March 23, 2020

There's a new feature on the CRIAW-ICREF website! You can now find the project overviews and publications from our two newly completed projects under the "Completed Projects" tab. Happy reading!

March 8, 2020

CRIAW's statement on International Women's Day

February 20, 2020

For the first time ever you can download Take Action for Equality, Development and Peace: A Canadian Follow-up Guide to Beijing '95 written in 1996. Learn more about the Beijing Platform for Action, the critical areas of concern that were identified in 1995, how the BPfA can be applied in the Canadian context to advance women's equality and more! Click here to download this guide.

January 30, 2020

Le Département des sciences sociales de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais sollicite des candidatures afin de pourvoir à un poste de professeure ou professeur
dans le domaine de la science politique en pensée critique (féminisme, postcolonialisme, intersectionnalité)

January 24, 2020

January 20, 2020

“If you could work together with the government to make one change right now, what would that change be?”

This new report presents the findings of a two-year case study identifying key issues of concern on the topics of gender issues, public policy, and public engagement in the province of Saskatchewan, and to obtain participants’ recommendations for addressing these issues. Click here to read Surveying Policy Priorities: The Saskatchewan Women's Issues Study.

December 19, 2019

The Ontario Equal Pay Coalition, CRIAW and a broad coalition of women’s groups are seeking someone to organize a Women’s Economic Justice Summit in April 2020.

Fee for service contract, January 6 to April 30, 2020. Up to 35 hours per week at $40/hr for 16 weeks. Possibility of extension.

Deadline to apply is January 3rd, 2020. Click here for more information.

December 19, 2019

Theme: Bridging Divides, Building Solidarity for Change: Feminists Confronting Colonialism, Anti-Black Racism and Patriarchy

Deadline for abstract submissions: January 27, 2020