This Giving Season, Help Us Give the Gift of Stability
Hi friend, It’s Giving Tuesday and we’re excited to launch our first ever Giving Season campaign anchored in a simple, powerful message: give the gift of stability. For over two [...]
CAWI’s Transit Therapy Line Preliminary Results
You're speaking, we're listening. Preliminary results from CAWI’s Transit Therapy Line are in, and the message is clear: We need reliable, accessible and affordable public transit in Ottawa. "Unreliable [...]
Join us for CAWI’s Action Forum: Cities as Places & Spaces of Care
Join us for CAWI’s Action Forum: Cities as Places & Spaces of Care Good news! It’s time for CAWI’s Action Forum, and you’re invited. This year, we are coming [...]
Participatory Gendered Budgeting Workshop
Participatory Gendered Budgeting Workshop Since 2008, the City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) has worked with residents to understand and influence the city budget through community workshops, training, and [...]
Celebrating 20 years of Collective Advocacy
We reached a remarkable milestone: we have officially turned 20! Since our beginnings, we’ve been committed to creating a caring and equitable city where all residents and communities are empowered, [...]
The Civic Care Collective – Sneak Preview of new CAWI Circle!
On July 14th, we launched our newest Circle, The Civic Care Collective! Over the past year, we’ve been hearing from many of you (CAWI friends and members) that you would [...]
How Is the New Bus System Working for You? We’re Listening.
OC Transpo implemented a New Way to Bus on April 27. This is one of the most significant changes to Ottawa’s bus network in years. These changes can affect daily routines in real and personal ways, [...]
Bill 6 received Royal Assent at the Ontario Legislature. Take action with CAWI.
The Safer Municipalities Act introduces new penalties that criminalize people living in poverty and experiencing housing instability. It targets people with mental health challenges and those who use substances, while [...]
CAWI’s Submission to the Gender Housing Justice Review Panel
The City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) is proud to have contributed to the Gender Housing Justice Review Panel, a national human rights review examining Canada’s failure to uphold the [...]
Nominations for our Caroline Andrew Civic Engagement Award are now open!
Do you know a CAWI member who embodies feminist leadership, champions civic engagement, and creates real change in their community? We are now accepting nominations for the Caroline Andrew Award, [...]
You’re invited to CAWI’s Annual General Meeting
Mark your calendar! CAWI’s Annual General Meeting is happening on Monday, June 23 at 5:30 PM at the Rideau Community Hub (815 St. Laurent Blvd). A caring city is a [...]
CAWI announces the departure of Valerie Stam, co-Executive Director
Dear members, friends, partners, and supporters, I first encountered the City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) back in 2008, shortly after I began working as a Community Developer in Sandy [...]
Annual General Meeting
Join us for our 6th AGM as we celebrate our latest year! We are happy to introduce the candidates for our 2024 Board of Directors, put forward by the Board [...]
Elections Canada Toolkits
Elections Canada has created two toolkits to guide you through participating in a Federal Election! Have you ever considered running in a Federal Election? Learn from Elections Canada on how [...]
Caring Cities Women’s Action Forum
CAWI is excited to announce the return of our Women’s Action Forums, starting with one on Caring Cities taking place on March 27th 2024 at the Rideau Community Hub! CAWI’s [...]
Nominate a community leader to the Caroline Andrew Civic Engagement Award
CAWI has the honour to announce the first Caroline Andrew Civic Engagement Award, named after one of our co-founders, Caroline Andrew. Caroline was a a firm believer in the power of [...]
CAWI hosts public consultation for the City’s first Anti-Racism Strategy
The City of Ottawa will officially launch its first Anti-Racism Strategy soon in the spring, and CAWI is the host of one of this sessions! The community townhall is part [...]
Moving towards a Distributed Leadership Model
Intersectional feminism describes how our overlapping identities - gender, race, language, class, ability, sexual orientation, to name a few - impact how we experience oppression, power and discrimination. As intersectional [...]
CAWI stories: a woman fighting hunger, one bag at a time
With CAWI since 2004, Cathy Hamilton is always present at the civic engagement tables – Making Voices Count and Maamawe – and last year she started a remarkable volunteer project, [...]
Support the Starts With Home campaign to end Ottawa’s housing crisis
Ottawa’s housing crisis is alive and kicking. Despite the past success of our It’s Time For Action campaign, the government needs to do more to meet the needs of our [...]
It’s Time for Action beats its $12 million goal for affordable housing
It’s Time for Action was a highly successful campaign run by CAWI through our Making Voices Count program. The campaign aimed to make affordable housing a priority in Ottawa’s 2019 [...]