Ten years on – transition time for Give Green Canada
After 10 years, Give Green Canada (G2) is winding down at Tides Canada. We look back on the impact of the project and how it is transitioning to its next phase in 2018.
Driving social change and empowering the sector with data
We sat down with Michael Lenczner, Project Director of Powered by Data, to chat about their upcoming conference Transform the Sector and opportunities and challenges for data in the Canadian social sector.
Start your next meaningful relationship with our spectacular, natural backyard
What does conservation mean to you? Give Green Canada, a project on Tides Canada’s shared platform, and the Stewardship Centre for BC (SCBC) have come together with “Celebrating Stewardship Legacies”, a campaign to celebrate individuals who are working hard every day to help protect our land and water as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation.
Rainforest Solutions Project wins prestigious Fuller Challenge for Great Bear Rainforest conservation
Tides Canada project Rainforest Solutions Project is the recipient of the prestigious 2016 Fuller Challenge from the Buckminster Fuller Institute. The Challenge awards $100,000 for work that pushes the boundaries of socially-responsible design thinking and considers ecological, economic, and social impacts.
Celebrating 10 years with Reel Youth
This month marks Reel Youth’s 10-year anniversary with Tides Canada and 10-year anniversary leading the youth component of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Reel Youth began in response to the challenge that most media is controlled by adults but young people have unique perspectives, and can use film making to express themselves and be advocates for positive change.
New chapter in the Green Legacies Guide explores food and farmland
Shared platform project Give Green Canada (G2) is introducing a new chapter around foodland and farmland to add to the Green Legacies Guide. The Guide is a robust resource for professional advisors and for individuals who are contemplating making a gift to benefit the environment. The new chapter provides key context and essential information to potential donors to ensure a vibrant and growing future for foodland and farmland in Canada.
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.
Powered by Data helps nonprofits use, share, and learn from data—new Tides Canada project
Data is everywhere and increasingly shapes the world in which we live. Today, more than ever, it is viewed as an important tool to help organizations do their work and make better decisions.
Enviromentum works with high school students to adopt environmentally responsible behaviours
Starting in schools, new Tides Canada project, Enviromentum, is tackling climate change in classrooms across Toronto.
#12DaysofChange: Celebrating 2015 changemakers and milestones
Once again we counted down the year by celebrating changemakers and milestones. From a new office in Yellowknife to tackling algae blooms in Lake Erie, here is a recap of our 2015 #12DaysofChange.
