by Emmett | Apr 10, 2014 |
Eko Nomos worked as the developmental evaluation consultant with a collaborative of the Woman’s Abuse Council of Toronto, the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic and Elizabeth Fry Toronto on a two year project funded by Status of Women Canada to undertake a gender-based analysis of the impact of policy and systems on women’s safety and to develop recommendations and actions to promote the integration of gender considerations into decision making processes on the issue of woman’s safety. Although the project was focused on the experiences of women living in Toronto it sought to leverage and build upon the work already initiated by the violence against women sector more broadly. This project resulted in a web based tool that mapped policy intersections that created unsafe conditions for newcomer women. The results of this work can be seen here: http://womanabuse.ca/policiesmatter/home.html. Blueprint... by Emmett | Apr 10, 2014 |
Canadian Labour Force Development Board, a non-profit organization that has since dissolved, hired Eko Nomos to act as the principal investigator for a research project assessing the impact of changes in legislation on: women’s participation in training programs; women’s organizations and their clients; and, funding allocations to training... 
by Emmett | Apr 10, 2014 |
This research project explored the best approaches for the Ontario government to promote womens’ and girls’ access to career development resources in Ontario, and culminated in a paper that provided the government with options for effectively providing career planning... 
by Emmett | Apr 9, 2014 |
Eko Nomos acted as lead consultant, researching, designing and delivering an employment retention service pilot. We supported WITT-NN’s business strategy by training a core group of consultants to promote and deliver the service with private sector companies. The consulting service was tested at seven corporations – Mobil Oil, Suncor, Syncrude, Sable Offshore Energy Inc., Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST), Air Inuit, and Canadian... 
by Emmett | Apr 9, 2014 |
Eko Nomos researched promising practices for integrating Canadian women into occupations where they are underrepresented, and presented findings in an interactive website for policymakers and businesses. Promising Practices in Attracting and Retaining Women in Trades, Technology and Science Occupations is a website developed for a partnership between the Canadian Labour Congress and Canadian Exporters and Manufacturers. http://www.workplaceskills.ca/promisingpractices/upper/about_website.html This website provides a broad range of promising practices and strategies to integrate women into under-represented sectors. It is designed for leaders of workplace change in both business and unions, and provides a quick reference resource that synthesizes the Canadian learning about increasing women’s participation in under-represented occupations. Its purpose is to assist employers, unions, sector councils, training institutions and other organizations that are working to include women in trades, technology and science-related employment: • To plan strong, realistic strategies to include women • To get started and build some momentum for action • To achieve concrete improvements in women’s recruitment and retention in these...