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Let’s make way for nature and
communities thriving together.

Let’s make way for
the momentum of change.

Let’s make way for
community-led solutions.

Let's make way for
partnerships to amplify impact.

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Womxn’s Leadership Collective for Nature and Climate Action Launch

At the intersection of feminism and environmental justice, the Womxn’s Leadership Collective for Nature and Climate Action supports and connects women-identified and gender diverse changemakers to advance innovative climate solutions. Learn all about the launch of this MakeWay partnership.

Building Momentum for Change: 2021 Year in Review

How are Inuit hunters, birthworkers, and urban neighbours making way for a world where nature & communities thrive together? Read their stories & more now in MakeWay’s 2021 Year in Review! Full of incredible stories of community-led change.

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A Council of Indigenous Aunties is shifting the power of conventional philanthropy. Here’s how.

The Right Relations Collaborative seeks to shift the power dynamics of conventional philanthropy by inviting funders to the table set by the Indigenous Council of Aunties to be in right relationship.

Community-led hunter/harvester programs are a food sovereignty solution in Nunavut

The role of the hunter in Inuit culture expands beyond providing food: they contribute to family, community, the maintenance of traditions, language, skills, and knowledge. The newly released Hunter/Harvester/Guardian Evaluation Toolkit provides a flexible framework for hunters and communities to articulate needs and outcomes, and share that knowledge with one another.

Our planet is counting on all of us.

At MakeWay, we believe in a world where everyone is living in a stable climate and is treated fairly and equally. Where people feel secure and part of a community. Ecosystems are in balance, and waters are clean. When our environment is healthy, economies and communities can thrive. This is the world we work toward. We do it with collaboration and creativity, with changemakers, funders, community organizations and investors from coast to coast to coast.

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Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

MakeWay programming leverages our expertise, experience, strategic partnerships and deep community connections to tackle pressing local and systemic challenges.

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We are stronger together.

On the ground, providing support, creating opportunities. We work with our partners to advance environmental, social, and economic justice. We see a better future and rely on one another to build it.

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Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

MakeWay programming leverages our expertise, experience, strategic partnerships and deep community connections to tackle pressing local and systemic challenges.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

On the ground, providing support, creating opportunities. We work with our partners to advance environmental, social, and economic justice. We see a better future and rely on one another to build it.

We partner with:

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Empowering and encouraging employee giving: a different kind of Donor Advised Fund

In March 2021, the Trottier Family Foundation began its Staff DAF program, in which a DAF is set up for each individual employee with a sum of $5000 per year that they can grant to charities of their choice. Operated via a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) at MakeWay, there’s no matching of funds required or strings attached. Each staff member gets to decide where to grant the money.

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Empowering and encouraging employee giving: a different kind of Donor Advised Fund

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What’s Happening at MakeWay

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Womxn’s Leadership Collective for Nature and Climate Action Launch

Read more

Building Momentum for Change: 2021 Year in Review

Read more

A Council of Indigenous Aunties is shifting the power of conventional philanthropy. Here’s how.

Read more

Community-led hunter/harvester programs are a food sovereignty solution in Nunavut

Read more

Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

We partner with:

Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

We partner with:

Read all Stories of Impact

Do you envision a world where nature and communities thrive together? We do. Join us as we back transformational ideas and help local leaders achieve their goals.