Who We Are

Up With Women is a growing registered charity dedicated to helping recently homeless and at-risk women to build sustainable, prosperous careers and businesses with the aim of permanently exiting poverty. We serve eight regions in three provinces (GTA, Ottawa, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Vancouver and Montréal).

What we do

Up With Women clients undergo a year-long intensive program of career and entrepreneurship-based one-on-one customized coaching, in-depth personality and emotional assessment tools, group-support sessions, and soft-skills development. We partner clients with International Coach Federation certified professional coaches for bi-weekly career coaching, who are then trained to serve our clients. All coaches provide their services at pro-bono, thereby allowing Up With Women to deliver high quality service at a very low cost.

Who we work with

The selection process is targeted to women who have experienced a range of set-backs.

Why we do it

Talented women are falling through the cracks. Many women experience career interruptions due to life events – but the longer one is out of the job market, the harder it is to get back in. The cycle of homelessness and poverty can be extraordinarily difficult to escape. Up With Women gives the skills and opportunities to break the cycle. See “Breaking the Cycle” for more details.

2018 Audited financial statements

2017 Audited financial statements