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Women's Outreach

NATIONAL WOMEN’S OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Gisèle Fontaine (Colonel retired) MStJ MSC CD RN CHE,

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Contact: gisele.fontaine6@gmail.com

The Respect Canada Women’s Outreach Program builds the foundation for working with partners to improve our understanding about the challenges faced by women who served in the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and as former First Responders. The program is designed to advance the capacity for sharing information about services and best practices, create bridges between the support communities and guide future initiatives.

There are three (3) Lines of Effort (LoE) to Women’s Outreach:
1) Understand the environment;

2) Expand the support network; and

3) Advise and collaborate on forums focused on women

The Women’s Outreach Program Overview provides further details can be downloaded here

SECTIONS

Women Veteran Support Organizations/Programs

National Level Committees, Forums, Networks for Women Veterans

Ongoing Research About Women Veterans

Reports, Publications and Other Resources

Online Courses

WOMEN VETERAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS/PROGRAMS

Organizations can also be found on the Respect Map, which includes their geolocation, mandate, and contact info.

NATIONAL LEVEL COMMITTEES, FORUMS, AND NETWORKS FOR WOMEN VETERANS

These national level forums, committees, councils and networks champion the interests of women Veterans:

For RCMP and CAF Veterans:

 

Specific to RCMP Veterans:

 

Specific to CAF Veterans:

ONGOING RESEARCH ABOUT WOMEN VETERANS

(last updated March 2025)

Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families

  • Women Veteran’s Health Survey. The association between unmet health and well-being needs and mental health for women Veterans of the CAF and RCMP. Learn more about the study.
  • Women’s Well-being in post-service life: Evaluating the psychological, social, and systemic factors associated with transition from the Canadian military. Learn more about the study.

Veterans Affairs Canada

  • CAF-VAC Women and Diversity Health Research Collaborative. Facilitating collaboration and knowledge mobilization across VAC & CAF military and Veteran women’s health and wellbeing research areas to identify research themes, projects, and subject matter experts.
  • Veteran Women Menopause Scoping Review – Conduct a scoping review on the available peer reviewed research and grey literature on the experiences and biopsychosocial impacts of perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause on women Veterans’ health and well-being outcomes.
  • Women Veterans Pelvic Health Research – Exploring the Risks, Burdens and Biopsychosocial Impacts of Pelvic Health Issues for Women Veterans.
  • Experiences of LGBT purge survivors with Veterans Affairs Canada Programs and Services.
  • Exploring the Experiences and Impacts of Interpersonal Violence Affecting Veterans and their Families. Explores help-seeking behaviors and outcomes related to the experiences and impacts of interpersonal violence among Veterans and their families;
  • Exploring the Well-being of Women Veterans: Using the 2022 Canadian Veteran Health Surveys.
  • CAF-VAC Women and Diversity Health Research Collaborative. Facilitating collaboration and knowledge mobilization across VAC & CAF military and Veteran women’s health and wellbeing research areas to identify research themes, projects, and subject matter experts.

Lawson Research Institute

Ontario Tech University

  • Life Experiences of Homeless Canadian Women Veterans. A qualitative study to explore their life experiences before, during and after military service, and examine how these experiences have led to being unhoused. To create toolkits to help eliminate the risk factors of homelessness in order to prevent further homelessness in this population.

REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES

ONLINE COURSES/LEARNING EXCHANGES