University of Toronto

Purpose

This 23-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The University of Toronto’s Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) will achieve this through a project titled “R3Work” to: 1) REFRAME inequity as innovation opportunity – by building a community of practice in gender-based analysis by scaling GATE’s Gender Analytics training program, 2) RE-IMAGINE a future where care work is valued – by building a National Research Network on Care Work in the Recovery Economy; and 3) REDESIGN workplaces for equity – by testing structural interventions for systemic change. At the end of the project, GATE will have 1) encouraged a more equitable and effective allocation of resources by scaling a practical 5-course specialization on gender analysis to be used by the Canadian public, 2) increased networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change by building a National Research Network on Care Work in the Recovery Economy, and 3) advanced inclusive policies and practices by developing and testing structural interventions, identifying best practices and identifying useful policies. This project will collect and disseminate to the Canadian public digital stories from a diverse group of people of how they have used gender-based analysis to improve policies, products and services. GATE will also convene diverse members into the Research Network on Care Work in the Recovery Economy to document the challenges experienced due to the pandemic and then will disseminate key recommendations for policies towards a care-based recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.