Alberta
Girls’ Fund Grants

Girls Inc. of Northern Alberta, Discovery Leadership, Fort McMurray
2006-2009: $75,000 over three years
Girls Inc. of Northern Alberta is dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Using research-based informal education programs, girls are encouraged to take risks and master challenges. The Discovery Leadership program fosters leadership skills and effects lasting change by pairing girls up with women volunteers to design and carry out a community action project. The program is offered in Fort McMurray and two other nearby communities: Anzac and Fort McKay.

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS), On the Move
2006-2009: $75,000 over three years
Currently running in Alberta, New Brunswick and Newfoundland
CAAWS is a national organization working to ensure that girls and women have access to a complete range of opportunities and choices, and have equity as participants and leaders in sport and physical activity. On the Move is a fun, girl-directed, sport and physical activity program aimed at reaching inactive girls who have either never had an experience in sport, or who have had a negative experience. The CWF grant supports three On the Move program sites: Miramichi, New Brunswick; St John’s, Newfoundland; and Calgary, Alberta.