Interview with Steve Ellis, Program Lead, Northern Canada, Tides Canada
Tides Canada’s Steve Ellis, Program Lead, Northern Canada, recently chatted with CEGN about the NWT On the Land Collaborative Fund.
Tides Canada welcomes first project in the Yukon: Our Voices
From traveling across northern Canada in 2011 to meet and learn from communities, to welcoming Stephen Ellis as our first Northern Program Lead and opening our first Yellowknife office in 2013, Tides Canada has been steadily growing our support of Northern solutions for Northern challenges. We are proud to announce and welcome Our Voices to our shared platform—Tides Canada’s very first project from the Yukon.
New NWT collaborative fund supports on the land initiatives
Our new NWT On The Land Collaborative Fund is now open for applications from communities and organizations in the Northwest Territories (NWT) with great ideas for on the land programming.
The collaborative seeks to promote and support on the land initiatives in the NWT by providing easier access to funding and other resources.
2015 Year-end Giving Deadlines
As you plan your year-end giving, we hope you will consider a gift to Tides Canada to advance our work in tackling tough social and environmental issues. Please mark your calendars with these important year-end giving dates.
Launch of On the Land: a year of photos, interviews, and videos of people who call Canada’s North their home
Over the next year, the On the Land project will showcase the people of the Northwest Territories (NWT) and the land and water that are so vital to their traditions and livelihoods. The project is a partnership between Tides Canada and Pat Kane, a Yellowknife photographer.
A new shared home in Yellowknife
Tides Canada recently hosted an Open House at our new downtown Yellowknife office. More than 60 visitors came by to see the new space where our Northern Canada program lead, Steve Ellis, is stationed along with some new officemates—three projects on the shared platform, Dene Nahjo, Northern Youth Leadership, and Arctic Funders Collaborative.
A view of Baffin Island
Earlier this summer, Steve Ellis, Tides Canada’s Program Lead, Northern Canada, travelled to Baffin Island, Nunavut, to connect with some of our partners. Also joining Steve were colleagues from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Oak Foundation, and Oceans North Canada. The group travelled to the communities of Clyde River and Pond Inlet.
Frame Lake Rehabilitation Project receives RBC Blue Water Fund support
With the Frame Lake Rehabilitation Project, Tides Canada, in collaboration with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Carleton University, hopes to restore Frame Lake to a healthy aquatic ecosystem that can once again support fish, recreational activity, and tourism.
Supporting Northern solutions for Northern challenges: Tides Canada’s Dave and Kim reflect on their travels
Tides Canada’s Dave Secord and Kim Hardy reflect on their year’s travels, where they met with Northerners from Inuvik to Pond Inlet to find out what role philanthropy could play in supporting Northern solutions for Northern challenges.
