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SiG

Social Innovation Generation (SiG) was a partnership jointly developed by the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR), the MaRS Discovery District, and the PLAN Institute.

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WellAhead (2015-2021)

WellAhead aims to improve child and youth mental health by integrating social and emotional wellbeing into K-12 education.

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Vibrant Communities

Vibrant Communities is a network of 100 cities that are creating comprehensive poverty reduction strategies.

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Supporting Family Caregivers

Launched in 1999, the Care Renewal program funded 13 community-based projects. They tested new ways of helping family caregivers experience relief physically, emotionally, psychologically, socially and spiritually.

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Sport for Development

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation's Sport for Development initiative envisioned and supported a network of community leaders. The goal? To actively use sports programs to help build more resilient places to live.

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Renew

RENEW aims to promote the long-term ecological health of the planet by encouraging low-carbon models in the corporate, community and public spheres, and by supporting effective national and regional climate and energy policies.

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Possible Canadas

Possible Canadas was a partnership of diverse organizations dedicated to enabling conversations about the future of the country, helping us to imagine the kind of society that we and our successors would relish living in.

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Green Street

Green Street was a national program equipping young people with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to a sustainable future.

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Community Service Learning

The Community Service Learning (CSL) program was launched in 2004 with grants to ten universities. The aim was to develop and expand their community service-learning programs.

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ArtsSmarts

ArtsSmarts used the arts as a canvas for impacting student learning and building a more inclusive educational system

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