Research, policy analysis and knowledge-exchange to support the advancement of women
As the only national bilingual feminist organization in Canada dedicated to research, CRIAW-ICREF has made it its mission to provide tools to facilitate organizations in taking action to advance social justice and equality for all women. CRIAW-ICREF has been researching and documenting the economic and social situation of women in Canada since 1976, using intersectional frameworks to develop a variety of important, ground-breaking research that is women centred.
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Submission to the Government of Canada, Major Projects Office on “Getting Major Projects Built in Canada – Discussion Paper on Proposed Legislative, Regulatory and Policy Reform”
F-Word, Summer 2026
In Our Own Words: Convening feminist conversations on social issues in Canada (Action Guide 1)
Putting Feminist Intersectional Solidarity into Practice (Action Guide 2)
Advocating for Institutional Change in Canada (Action Guide 3)
Worksheets for Kitchen table conversation starters
Worksheets to Build Feminist Intersectional Solidarity (FIS)
GBA Plus in HIA: Opportunities, Practices, and Guidance for the Federal Impact Assessment Process
Backgrounder on National Women’s Rights Organizations in Canada
Anti-Gender Movements and Threats to Feminist Progress
Economic Stress and how it shapes policies to reinforce or restrain anti-feminist and regressive actions (full report)