Projects & Campaigns

At Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society, we believe that real change happens when the community comes together. Our projects and campaigns are rooted in advocacy, awareness, and action — each one designed to meet real needs and spark meaningful progress. Explore how we’re creating impact.

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The Gender Equity Project

The Gender Equity Project (2022–2024) was a two-year initiative based in Kamloops that raised awareness and sparked meaningful conversations about gender equity – both within our community and beyond. With a focus on women and gender diverse people, the project brought organizations together to break down silos, share knowledge, and reimagine how local services could better support equity. Rooted in grassroots collaboration and guided by an intersectional and decolonial lens, this project laid the groundwork for more inclusive workplace policies, stronger networks, and a shift in how power, voice, and resources are shared in our community. 

Read on to see the Goals and Key Action Areas that directed our work on gender equity.

Goals

  • Increase shared knowledge of gaps, barriers, assets, and action steps for addressing gender equity in Kamloops.
  • Work to break down silos and encourage collaboration among organizations serving cis-women, femme-identified non-binary and gender diverse people.
  • Identify ways to streamline the services that focus on women and gender diverse people ensuring that we utilize a grassroots approach based in community collaboration and implementation of key services.
  • Utilize an intersectional and decolonial lens to how we seek to create change.

Key Action Areas

  • Advancing inclusive policies and practices.
  • Encouraging more effective and equitable sharing of resources.
  • Increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change.
  • Supporting positive distribution of authority, voices and decision-making power.
  • Addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes.