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Shared Platform Projects

MakeWay’s shared platform is home to some of the most innovative social change projects in Canada, building solutions to a range of complex environmental and social challenges.

Above Ground

Above Ground works to ensure that companies based in Canada or supported by the Canadian state respect human rights wherever they operate.

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Arctic Funders Collaborative

The Arctic Funders Collaborative is a small network of philanthropic funders investing in the Arctic to support and contribute to the collaborative efforts needed for Arctic communities, cultures and ecosystems to thrive.

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BE Initiative

The Black Environmental Initiative’s purpose is to create more opportunities for Black communities and individuals to participate in environmental action.

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Dene Nahjo

Dene Nahjo is a new generation of leaders and community builders promoting Indigenous leadership and advancing social and environmental justice for northern peoples.

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EcoAnalytics

EcoAnalytics is a Canadian market research initiative of non-profit environmental groups, which aims to better understand public opinion in support of Canada’s environmental movement.

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ENRICH Project

The ENRICH – Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health – Project works with Indigenous and Black Communities to address the impacts of environmental racism.

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EntrepreNorth

Supporting community-based entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses and livelihoods across Northern Canada.

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IPCA Innovation Program

The IPCA Innovation Program seeks to support the establishment of Indigenous protected and conserved areas across Canada by building capacity, mobilizing knowledge, and facilitating Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship initiatives.

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Northern Birthwork Collective

The Northern Birthwork Collective’s mission is to create culturally safe and gender inclusive spaces, programming and services for our community as it relates to reproductive health, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the parenting journey.

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Qanak

Fostering Inuit community engagement with governance structures, and supporting leadership skills development in the next generation of leaders.

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Resilient Waters

Working to protect the integrity of wild fish habitat in the lower Fraser River by identifying, upgrading, and replacing aging flood control infrastructure.

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Shift

Bringing together and educating Canadian pension fund savers, leaders, and influencers to minimize climate risks and tap opportunities in a low-carbon economy.

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Turtle Island Institute

Reawakening the spirit of ancestral Indigenous ways of knowing, speaking, doing, and being to help changemakers realize large scale transformational systems change.

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