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Skills for Change is a charitable organization dedicated to employment success for immigrants and refugees. A focus on professional communications, workplace culture, skills upgrading and bridging, mentoring and language classes directly responds to the needs of hiring managers from Canada’s leading employers. With a successful background in social innovation, Cheryl May, Executive Director, saw an emerging trend in government interest for increased innovation and collaboration from nonprofits to be responsive to market shifts and less dependent on public funding. Skills for Change launched an innovation program in January 2012 to test and push out new sustainable solutions in support and services. With an emphasis on strategic analysis, the approach weighs demographic and employer needs, adapting to the changing demands of the immigration landscape.

We Inspire & Inform British Columbia’s Knowledge Network is where stories live that speak to our time. Funded by an annual operating grant from the provincial government and donations from loyal viewers, Knowledge Network offers commercial-free creative documentaries, arts and culture, drama and children’s programs from Canada and around the world. Through the commissioning of broadcast and digital interactive content, it also plays a vital role in supporting the independent production community in British Columbia.

The GCCA is a non-profit society comprised of community volunteers that jointly operates the Trout Lake Community Centre with the Vancouver Park Board. The Associations seeks to make the centre a place where health and wellness is at the forefront of thinking and where a full spectrum of social, physical, arts and culture programs enriches the lives of individuals and their community. Our responsibilities include shaping programming, hiring instructors, raising funds, and accessing grants, developing rental policy, advocating for our parks and insuring that decisions affecting the community are made at the grass roots level. The revenue generated through programs and rentals stays in our community and is invested in activities for children, special events, facility enhancements, park programs and artist residencies among other things. The Association advocates for this community on a number of levels and your voice helps us better represent the community. www.troutlakecc.com

The Foundation administers a variety of programs including initiatives in advancing agricultural knowledge, providing scholarships in agricultural disciplines, and facilitating events that communicate the importance of agriculture to Canadians.

The Saskatchewan Nurses Foundation (SNF) is a registered charity that provides bursaries to eligible Registered Nurses who are pursuing continuing nursing education at the baccalaureate, masters or doctoral level or in clinical nursing courses of at least 15 days in length. After graduation, SNF bursary recipients must work in the province for one year for every $1000.00 received.

The Alberta SPCA is a provincially incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to the welfare of animals. We encourage the humane treatment of animals through our education programs and the enforcement of Alberta's animal protection legislation.

The Vancouver Writers Fest is one of North America’s premiere literary events, held on Granville Island, Vancouver’s cultural mecca, for six days each October. The Writers Fest attracts the world’s best writers to Vancouver. Internationally renowned and undiscovered authors mingle with readers of all ages in various venues on Granville Island. The Festival has presented luminaries such as Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Peter Carey, Roddy Doyle, Timothy Findley, Tomson Highway, John Irving, P.D. James, Thomas Keneally, Rohinton Mistry, Frank McCourt, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Carol Shields. The Writers Fest offers events and programs for schools and special events throughout the year featuring Canadian and international writers. Spreading the Word, the Festival’s schools program, presents children’s writers to over 7,000 children and young people, in English and French.

Earthwise is a not-for-profit organization that promotes sustainable communities through educational programs and environmental stewardship. Our farm and garden is situated on 2 acres in Boundary Bay Tsawwassen, and here we grow organic produce and flowers, conduct Eco-tours for elementary school children, apprentice the next generation of farmers, and hold workshops and events that are attended by the community. Earthwise is also the location for our community gardens, and Wednesday evening and Saturday morning farm store.

Since 1988, the Festival has been part of the cultural and social ecology of the province. We are the only international and multi-disciplinary performing arts festival dedicated to the children in Saskatchewan, and we believe that creative, diverse and culturally aware communities don't happen by accident. A tolerant and vibrant society ready to face the challenges of the future results from planting seeds of inspiration, nurturing through participating and fun, and creating space for ideas to take root and reach for the sun. Imagination grows strong when we feed it the right stuff --- the confidence to try something new, the perspective to see something in a fresh way, the compassion to connect with those in a different situation.

We carry out our mission through community service and first aid and CPR training.

The Ottawa Humane Society is a non-profit, community-based organization and a registered charity. We have a volunteer Board of Directors, drawn from our supporters and the community at large. Since 1888, we have been the leading organization providing a safe haven for sick, injured and homeless animals in Ottawa.

Redeemer University College is a Christian undergraduate liberal arts and science university offering courses and programs leading to bachelor’s degrees in Arts, Science and Education. More than 900 students, coming from every province, several US states and a number of other countries, study at its 86-acre campus in Ancaster, ON. More than 3600 alumni work in a wide range of businesses, social service agencies, public institutions and a host of ministries in Canada and around the world.