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Just a phone call away: How East Scarborough Storefront is building community during COVID-19
April 17, 2020
As Canadians adjust to an unprecedented new reality in the wake of states of emergency, physical distancing, and isolation from much of what is familiar, we have also witnessed incredible responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creating spaces for the North: Reflections from Inuvik
December 11, 2019
Killulark Arngna’naaq is Tides Canada’s Northern Program Specialist, based out of our Yellowknife office. She recently traveled to Inuvik to take part in a strategic planning retreat for a future organization focused on Gwich’in and Inuvialuit youth. The gathering took …
Five questions to make your philanthropy more thoughtful and values-aligned
December 6, 2019
The year-end is a milestone for many who engage mindfully in their philanthropy – a time of reflection and planning. December is a time to celebrate all the ways in which we have engaged in personal or family philanthropy through …
Building Sustainable Local Food Solutions in Northern Manitoba
November 26, 2019
Since time immemorial, Indigenous communities have been practicing holistic ways of being, and relationships with land and water. These ways of being and reciprocal relationships sustained nations. That is, until colonization disrupted and damaged local food systems, knowledge sharing, and …
Pacific communities: Beacons of hope in the face of climate crisis
November 6, 2019
Greta Thunberg stood at the podium and captivated the world as she addressed the climate crisis at the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Summit in New York last month. There was no mincing of words. “You have stolen my dreams …