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.
Building community resilience to extreme weather in Toronto
Shared platform project CREW is taking an innovative, grassroots approach to preparing for the effects of climate change in urban environments.
A MakeWay summer through 4 lenses: meet our Canada Summer Jobs students
Curious about how the next generation of changemakers experienced their summer at MakeWay? Explore our work through the eyes of the four students who helped make Summer 2021 a success.
Canada still does not have a National Water Strategy! 7 reasons why now is the time
A new way of thinking about how we govern water in Canada is possible: a collaborative model with collaborative leadership at federal, provincial, municipal, and Indigenous governance levels, to ensure protection from the threat of pollution, overuse, and the climate crisis.