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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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A baseline on racial justice: where we’re at and where we’re headed

Amidst mobilizations around the world in defense of Black lives and urgent calls for racial justice, MakeWay staff came together at all levels to better understand our role and how we could do better. As an organization committed to helping nature and communities thrive together, we knew that inequality and discrimination must be addressed along the way. But how?

Reflections from the Arctic: On the importance of Inuit-led land and water monitoring programs

For some, the Arctic is considered the final frontier. It’s a place filled with mystery and promise of more resources to extract and sell. For those of us who live here, our lands and waters are an extension of our family. We are in close relationships with the beings that inhabit this place, we interact and learn from our environment daily. It has been this way for countless generations, but external pressures are impacting the pristine quality of our land and water.

Vision, partnership, and perseverance: new conservancy protects sacred Tahltan land in northwest B.C.

A new conservancy will protect sacred Tahltan land adjacent to Mt Edziza Provincial Park. The strong vision and perseverance of the Tahltan people over the last 20 years has resulted in the agreement with governments and environmental organizations to buy out mineral tenures and protect the 3,500 hectares in Northwest British Columbia.

MakeWay launches 2020 Year in Review

The MakeWay 2020 Year in Review is now live! This year marks our 20th anniversary as an organization, and our first as MakeWay. In this Year in Review, we highlight inspiring community stories from coast to coast to coast, share the biggest lessons we learned through Covid-19 and the racial justice movement, and review our financials.

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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