2024
Conseil de Gestion du Bassin Versant de la Rivière Restigouche is leading a broad network of partners who are remediating the shores of the river and supporting communities in the Matapedia region. We’ve renewed our support for this program.
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre initiated the Accessible Books for Young Readers project, which will create a national resource for librarians and teachers. Books in a variety of accessible forms will be available for children and teens with print disabilities. We’re pleased to support this unique program.
BC Marine Trails Network will be expanding the Coastal Caretakers outreach program this year to promote the stewardship of BC beaches and coastline among their many members. With social media, events, newsletters and videos, this program will marshal the public to help protect marine sites.
2023
We’re supporting Raising the Roof/Chez Toit again this year and the social enterprise contractor, Community Builders, who are providing training and employment experience for marginalized youth in the Sudbury area. Our previous support was for the Winnipeg housing and training program.
The Pelee Island Bird Observatory is once again hiring an Urban Bird Co-ordinator in Windsor, Ontario (a Bird-Friendly City) to broaden and diversify the engagement and support for birding and environmental awareness, and we’re very pleased to be able to support this position.
As part of our on-going support for front-line agencies, we renewed our grant for Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit, where nutritious and affordable food is provided to address the community’s food security, health, and tradition.
2022
Again this year, we’re renewing our grant program to food banks and shelters. We’ll be supporting these agencies in Iqaluit, Montreal, Yellowknife, Thunder Bay, Sorel-Tracy, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto.
The Reading Partnership has developed a successful process for helping parents support reading and literacy in young children, and we’re very pleased to contribute to this work in Scarborough.
Engaging Indigenous youth and developing environmental leadership are the twin goals of Fondation David Suzuki‘s Youth Forest Ambassador Project in northern Québec.
The Therapeutic Horticulture program of The Farm Centre in Charlottetown, PEI, will enable adults of all abilities to live fuller lives through having access to horticultural therapy programs that build community connections and networks of support.
2021
We’re very pleased to be working with Nature Canada on Phase III of the Women for Nature Mentorship program, helping young leaders in environmental work start their careers with the guidance and knowledge of very talented and experienced mentors.
With the objective of increasing the exposure of french-language writing in Canada, we’re working with The Literary Review of Canada to bring about even more book reviews of work published in french.
As Green Teams Canada continues its growth into youth leadership education, we’re contributing again to this hands-on program in British Columbia.
2020
In a year of very different needs, we worked with front-line agencies like The Mississauga Food Bank, Moison Montréal, Roots to Harvest, The Stop Community Food Centre, The Red Door Family Shelter, WIN House, Discovery House and the Brenda Strafford Centre to meet the demands that were made worse by Covid.
We also helped some of our long-time environmental and educational partners weather the uncertainty of the year.
2019
The Safe Drinking Water Foundation (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) distributes 700 water testing kits per year to schools all across Canada, and thousands of students learn the practical basics of water quality science. The next step is SDWF’s Student Action programs. Teacher packages are available in English, French and Cree.
Once again, we’re working with Business in the Streets , in Toronto. BITS runs 8-week training programs to help young entrepreneurs to learn the skills they’ll need to run their own businesses. Now, BITS is piloting a new program called Grind9, which helps the grads of the 8-week Bootcamp stay in touch with mentors in the critical launch period of their businesses and build a network that is both an educational support and a communal use of resources.
2018
We’re in our second year of working with Ecology North on the LoveNWTWater campaign. Communities are joining in to reduce bottled water consumption, and promote tap water, saving money, resources, waste disposal costs and the environmental effects of shipping. Ecology North is an important environmental educator in Yellowknife and this is just one of their many programs.
2017
We’re happy to support the expansion of the TREC Education Kids World of Energy interactive program into Alberta schools. The range of activities starts with Plug in the Sun workshops and builds up to the Solar Charging Station Design project.
We’re supporting the Going to Bat for Bats project of Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. It’s a strong community-based program to collect data on habitats and populations of bats, and monitor the presence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in western provinces.
2016
We are partnering with the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto to subsidize transportation costs for school groups from priority neighbourhoods. The Aga Khan Museum offers school programs on Islamic culture, architecture, mathematics, history and many more topics.
We contributed to the Independent Living Program at Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth, where young people receive counselling and training in the skills needed to lead self-sufficient and healthy lives.
We are partnering again with The Mount Pinnacle Land Trust in Frelighsburg , Quebec to fund the Biodiversity 2020 project and complete waterfront restoration work in the Pike River Watershed.
There are almost 260 natural science collections in Quebec and Institut québécois de la biodiversité (IQBIO) is working to catalogue these collections. Chawkers helped with the costs of this process, which will produce data on biodiversity, and advice for collection preservation and planning.
2015:
Farmstart: to help the McVean Farm run the training program for people wanting to start market garden ventures and be leaders in the next generation of farmers. The participants are new Canadians, young people and those who want second careers in the market gardening sector.
Soccer Without Boundaries Project: this is a program that creates a positive community for young children and teens from immigrant and refugee families, in Calgary, through affordable soccer camps.
Ecojustice: to support the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Ottawa.
2014:
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: to participate in land-use planning in key wildlife areas, to ensure a corridor of intact habitat.
Native Earth Performing Arts: to run the Animikiig Training Program for young playwrights, and develop a core of young writers.
Walrus Foundation: to initiate the Editorial Fellowship Program to train young journalists
2013:
Everdale Environmental Learning Centre: to build facilities at the farm site in Toronto for youth training in gardening and urban agriculture.
Ontario Nature: to run the youth leadership program and the provincial youth council.
Geordie Productions: to take theatre productions geared to youth and families on tour in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario.
2012:
Charlie’s Freewheels: to run the build-a-bike program in the Regent Park neighbourhood of Toronto.
Tyndale St. Georges Community Centre: to run orientation workshops for parents of primary school children in Montreal.
Street to Trail: to run hiking and camping experiences for homeless individuals.
2011:
Soulpepper Theatre: to run the high-school theatre education program
Hospice Toronto: to fund the training programs for youth who are care-givers at home for parents and grandparents in the St. Jamestown neighbourhood of Toronto.
2010:
Watercan: to produce educational materials for schools to teach students about global water issues.
Guelph Jazz Festival: to run the annual colloquium on improvisational jazz.
2009:
Action Communiterre: to set up and publicize community gardens in Montreal
Children’s Book Bank: to run a childrens’ book resource in Regent Park in Toronto.
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