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communities thriving together.

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the momentum of change.

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community-led solutions.

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partnerships to amplify impact.

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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.

MakeWay announces first-ever open call for new Board Members

The MakeWay Board of Directors has always valued a diversity of opinions and lived experience, a wide variety of professional skills and ways of knowing, and representation from across Canada. Currently we are seeking individuals that also could bring expertise in government relations, communications, and philanthropy.

Braiding multiple ways of knowing to protect Átl’ḵa7tsem: Howe Sound Marine Reference Guide launches on World Ocean Day

With four First Nations, nine local governments, and several other stakeholders in the area, there were already several maps of various parts of Howe Sound, although no one single resource covering the whole of the biosphere. Shared platform project Howe Sound/Átl’ḵa7tsem Marine Reference Guide set out to change that.

MakeWay publishes report on Indigenous Conservation Agreements, hosts webinar

A new report on Indigenous Conservation Agreements from MakeWay and The Firelight Group – available in English and Inuktitut – scans six conservation agreements to identify best practices, challenges, and implications for the future. A webinar was held on May 11th with Steven Nitah, Shanna MacDonald, and Kunuk Inutiq to discuss.

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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