Canadian Government launches a New 3-Year Pilot Project to Support Visible Minority Newcomer Women for Employment

Visible minority newcomer women integrating into Canadian society can face many barriers to employment. The goal of the pilot is to improve the employment and career advancement of visible minority newcomer women in Canada by addressing the barriers they may face – gender- and race-based discrimination, precarious or low-income employment, lack of affordable childcare and weak social supports. Some highlights of the project are:

• IRCC to launch an expression of interest process for new service providers that are not currently funded by the department.
• IRCC will provide funding of up to $7 million for new, innovative programs and services to support visible minority women in accessing the labour market and to build capacity in smaller organizations that serve or are led by visible minority women.
• IRCC will also amend existing contribution agreements of select service provider organizations (SPOs) across Canada with funding of up to $5 million.
• IRCC will work with the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation to develop a program design and measurement framework to quantify the effectiveness of specific employment interventions and program designs, learning what methods work best to support visible minority newcomer women.