Past Workshops:

• Winnipeg— Crossways-in-Common

  (May 9, ’07)
  focus on Women & the Election

• Winnipeg— Wolseley Family Place

  (March 22, ’07)

• Winnipeg— Women’s Studies class from Dakota Collegiate

  (March 12, ’07)

• Winnipeg— Wolseley Family Place

  (March 10, ’07)
  focus on midwifery issues

• Winnipeg— Urban Circle Training Centre

  (February 23, ’07)

• Clearwater— Clearwater School

  (January 22, ’07)

• Winnipeg— Deaf/Blind Women

  (January 20, ’07)

• Ste Anne— Présenté par: Réseau Action Femmes

  (17 janvier, ’07)

• St Pierre-Jolys— Présenté par: Réseau Action Femmes

  (11 janvier, ’07)

• Winnipeg— Immigrant
  Women (3rd workshop)

  (November 30, ’06)

• St Boniface, Winnipeg— (1st workshop)
  Présenté par: Réseau Action Femmes

  (23 novembre, ’06)

• The Pas— The Kin Centre

  (November 17, ’06)

• Flin Flon— Friendship Centre

  (November 16, ’06)

• Thompson— U of M Faculty of Social Work

  (November 15, ’06)

• Notre Dame de Lourdes— Centre Dom-Benoît

  (2 novembre, ’06)

• Brandon— The Women’s Centre

  (October 17, ’06)

• Winnipeg — The Family Community Centre

  (August 17, ’06)

• Gilbert Plains

  (June 29, ’06)

• Roblin

  (June 28, ’06)

• Ethelbert

  (June 27, ’06)

• Steinbach

  (June 5, ’06)

• Winnipeg — Women in the North End

  (May 18, ’06)

• Altona

  (May 9, ’06)

• Winnipeg — Immigrant
  Women (2nd workshop)

  (April 26, ’06)

• Portage La Prairie

  (March 20, ’06)

• Winnipeg — Crossways in Common

  (March 14, ’06)

• Winnipeg — West Central Women’s Resource Centre

  (February 24, 2006)

• Carman

  (February 18, 2006)

• Winnipeg — Immigrant Women (1st workshop)

  (February 2, 2006)

• University of Manitoba Women’s Centre

  (January 30, 2006)

• Selkirk

  (January 28, 2006)

• Winnipeg — Women living with Disabilities

  (November 30, 2005)

• Winnipeg — Senior Women

  (November 24, 2005)

• Gimli (1st workshop)

  (November 19, 2005)

• Thompson

  (October 26, 2005)

• Thompson

  (October 25, 2005) Social Policy Class

• Flin Flon

  (October 24, 2005)

• The Pas

  (October 22, 2005)

• Winnipeg — Wolseley Family Place

  (July 25, 2005)
  

  Winnipeg — Crossways-in-Common

  (July 20, 2005)
  

  Winnipeg — UNPAC

  (July 16, 2005)
  

  Winnipeg — Gender Budget Coalition

  (May 14, 2005)
  

  Winnipeg — Pilot Workshop

  (April 28, 2005)

Workshops

• Workshop proceedings from across Manitoba
• Summary of what we’re hearing
• What do we do with what we’re learning
• Facilitation Package & Hand-outs

Between the spring of 2005 and the spring of 2007 we held workshops with nearly 500 women from across Manitoba representing diverse backgrounds of age, ethnicity, class, geography, lifestyle and ability. Our workshops educate women on the budget process through popular education, and they offer an opportunity for women to have their say.

Workshop proceedings from across Manitoba

North

• The Pas (November 17, 2006)
• Flin Flon (November 16, 2006)
• Thompson (November 15, 2006)

• Thompson (October 26, 2005)
• Thompson, Social Policy Class (October 25, 2005)
• Flin Flon (October 24, 2005)
• The Pas (October 22, 2005)

Rural

• Ste Anne (17 janvier, 2007)
• St Pierre-Jolys (11 janvier, 2007)
• Clearwater (January 22, 2007)
• Notre Dame de Lourdes (2 novembre, 2006)
• Brandon (October 17, 2006)
• Gilbert Plains (June 29, 2006)
• Roblin (June 28, 2006)
• Ethelbert (June 27, 2006)
• Steinbach (June 5, 2006)
• Altona (May 9, 2006)
• Portage la Prairie (March 20, 2006)
• Carman (February 18, 2006)
• Selkirk (January 28, 2006)
• Gimli, 1st workshop (November 19, 2005)

Winnipeg

• Winnipeg Workshop at Wolseley Family Place (March 22, 2007)
• Women’s Studies class from Dakota Collegiate (March 12, 2007)
• Midwives Consumer Group (March 10, 2007)
• Mother of Red Nations Women’s Council (February 23, 2007)
• Deaf/Blind Women (January 20, 2007)
• Immigrant Women, 3rd workshop (November 30, 2006)
• St Boniface, Winnipeg, 1st workshop (23 novembre, 2006)
• The Family Community Centre (August 17, 2006)
• Lord Selkirk Park Resource Centre (May 18, 2006)
• Immigrant Women, 2nd workshop (April 26, 2006)
• Crossways-in-Common (March 14, 2006)
• West Central Women’s Resource Centre (February 24, 2006)
• Immigrant Women, 1st workshop (February 2, 2006)
• University of Manitoba Women’s Centre (January 30, 2006)
• Women living with Disabilities (November 30, 2005)
• Senior Women (November 24, 2005)
• Wolseley Family Place (July 25, 2005)
• Crossways-in-Common (July 20, 2005)
• UNPAC (July 16, 2005)
• Gender Budget Coalition (May 14, 2005)
• Pilot Workshop (April 28, 2005)

Summary of what we’re hearing

Themes are reiterated in every group which speaks to the common concerns of diverse groups of women. In particular, the lack of affordable, quality, safe rental housing is raised repeatedly as a number one issue in each of our workshops.

For a summary of what we've been hearing in our workshops read our Summary. We also have a Compilation of all workshops held in the first year of the project.

« Read what women are saying about our workshops…

What we do with what we’re learning

• Women share what they’ve learned with friends, family, and colleagues. We mail a summary of the workshop to each woman who participated.
  
• We invite local media to attend our workshop and write an article or conduct interviews for the local paper or radio station. This allows women and men throughout the region to become more aware of the issues. If media don't attend we write an article and submit it to the local paper.
• We post workshop proceedings and photos on our website.
• At the close of each workshop women have the opportunity to write a letter to their MLA asking that gender analysis be made a part of the budget process and naming their specific budget priorities. Letters are copied to the Minister of Finance and the Minister responsible for the Status of Women.
• We share our findings with the Province of Manitoba through regular meetings with Treasury Board staff, the Minister of Finance, and other key Ministers such as the Minister responsible for the Status of Women and the Minister of Family Services and Housing.
• Ideas generated during the first year of the project were used in the creation of Manitoba’s 2006 Alternative Provincial Budget which used gender analysis as a lens and was co-chaired by UNPAC and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba.

Facilitation Package

UNPAC’s Gender Budget Workshop materials including many hand-outs and a large facilitation guide are available for other groups and individuals engaged in similar work to use. Download our resources here.