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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