From across the North, hunters, harvesters, and guardians gather at camp to create a shared vision for evaluation
The positive energy throughout the group was strong. Sounds of drums, laughter and talking, clicks of laptops and projectors coming to life, hammering, and boat engines across the calm lake water. Clanging dishes in the bustling kitchen where the next delicious meal for 25 hunters, harvesters, and guardians gathering on Mackenzie Island, about a 20-minute […]
A summer with MakeWay: Canada Summer Job student reflections
By Kate O’Connor, 2022 Canada Summer Jobs placement student This summer, I worked with MakeWay and OneEarth on the newly launched ‘Fair Earth Living’ initiative which aims to accelerate the ways that communities across Turtle Island can shift cultures and behaviors so we can all live happy lives in balance with nature. The concept of […]
Nancy Uqquujuq Karetak-Lindell receives Order of Canada
MakeWay congratulates board director Nancy Uqquujuq Karetak-Lindell on being appointed the Order of Canada for her commitment to bringing northern and Inuit voices to Parliament. Of Arviat, Nunavut, Nancy was elected as an MP (Nunavut’s first MP and first female MP for the Eastern Arctic) – in 1997. She was re-elected easily in the 2000, […]
The story behind MakeWay’s 2022-25 Strategy
In spring of 2021, Anishinaabe Elders T8aminik Rankin and Marie Josée Tardif, shared a powerful teaching with MakeWay staff and board known as the Seventh Fire Prophecy. Known for hundreds of years, this story tells of a time when western civilization has put all living things, even humans, on the brink of extinction. We were told of […]
Federal budget reflections: increased reporting requirements
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research For this third installment of federal budget reflections, we’re looking at increased reporting requirements. Of the three changes for charities included in the budget, this one offers the least detail, mentioned only in the section about the disbursement quota. Here’s what the budget has to say: The […]
Federal budget reflections: non-qualified donees
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research Last week, we looked at the federal budget’s proposed changes to the disbursement quota. Today, we’ll have a look at another change for the charitable sector that would allow charities to provide funding to non-charities, a diverse group generally referred to as non-qualified donees. It’s a bit […]
Federal budget reflections: the disbursement quota
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research Last week’s federal budget included a few hot topics for the philanthropic sector, if not the charitable sector more broadly, including an increase to the disbursement quota, changes to how charities can work with non-qualified donees, and some new reporting and transparency requirements. Over the next few blog […]
A phone call I’ll never forget: MakeWay receives transformative gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
I’m thrilled to share the exciting news that MakeWay is about to receive a transformative gift of USD 15million from MacKenzie Scott. You might have heard of this disruptive philanthropist who has been making headlines in the past few years with her ground breaking approach to giving. Scott publicly disclosed this gift today in her […]
Human-Cougar coexistence: Echo Conservation’s work protecting BC’s wildlife
Based in Vancouver, Echo Conservation has been working since 2014 to advance conservation initiatives in British Columbia, protecting wildlife and wilderness. “The name Echo was inspired by a region we worked in when we first started to protect grizzlies, wolves, and endangered mountain caribou,” says project director Thomas Knowles. Echo’s work is based on four […]
How Hinaani Design Helped Tell the Story of MakeWay’s Northern Program
For MakeWay’s new Northern Program booklet, graphic designer Nooks Lindell (Hinaani Designs) crafted a series of richly meaningful Northern images.
