Sponsoring organizations and site locations

Many of the gender-based girls’ programs that currently operate across Canada are run through well-known agencies such as Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs/Clubs Garçons et Filles du Canada, Girl Guides, Planned Parenthood, YWCA and urban settlement houses. Municipal Parks and Recreation departments, YMCA’s, School Boards, and Public Health and health-related organizations are also involved in providing programming, staff
liaison and space for some programs. Other groups are uniquely positioned to offer programs related to their area of expertise, such as the Aboriginal Girls Camp, a technology affirmative action pilot program for Native Girls offered through Manitoba Hydro, the Women and Media Foundation’s Girls Television and New Media Camp, or the GETT (Girls Exploring Trades and Technology) camps and clubs run by Women in Trades and Technology (WITT) groups in several provinces.