WAGE isn’t in a funding crisis—it has a design flaw

Women and Gender Equality Canada's latest funding forecast has sparked panic, but for all the wrong reasons. The gender equity sector must zoom out, stop reacting to fear, and push for a complete overhaul of how funding is structured.
Rechie Valdez
The piecemeal, year-to-year funding structure of Women and Gender Equality Minister Rechie Valdez’s department forces short-term thinking and stifles impact, write Rebecca Bailey and Sarah Hashem.

The gender equity sector is panicking after Women and Gender Equality Canada released projections that suggest steep funding declines, triggering alarm bells across the ecosystem. Against a backdrop of regressive gender politics in the United States, the Hockey Canada acquit...

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