Canadian Centre for Political Leadership

Increase the representation of women racial minorities and aboriginal peoples.

Overview

Women in Canada fill only twenty percent of federal seats and fewer than eighteen percent of provincial seats. The Canadian Centre for Political Leadership (CCPL) provides women racial minorities and aboriginal peoples in pursuit of public office with non partisan training that will assist them in mounting successful campaigns and ultimately increase their representation in Canadian politics. The Centre works to overcome barriers that office seekers face in the party nomination process namely the lack of financial resources and access to political networks. As the first permanent centre of its kind the CCPL provides a forum in which strategies for the benefit of female visible minority and Aboriginal public office seekers can be developed and shared.