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Breast Cancer Action Montreal (BCAM) is a non-profit activist/advocacy group directed by women who have been sensitized to the trauma of breast cancer (affecting themselves or someone close to them) and who are committed — long-term — to erasing the disease. The focus of breast cancer research must move beyond its current emphasis on treatment to also embrace a serious search for the causes of the disease and its prevention. BCAM promotes and supports the adoption of the Precautionary Principle as a guideline for action. The Precautionary Principle is a safety-first premise that states that, when there are reasonable scientific grounds for believing a process or product may not be safe, even when cause-and-effect relationships are not fully understood, preventive action must be taken.

Founded in 2001, rare is a registered charity that owns and stewards, for the benefit of the public, a stunning 900+ acres of environmentally and culturally significant land situated at the confluence of the Grand and Speed Rivers in the Region of Waterloo, one of the fastest-growing urban areas in Canada. Founded to preserve these lands intact and in perpetuity, rare focuses on peer-reviewed research as part of its Chain of Learning model. This model engages even the youngest scientists with research at rare. Working with community partners, researchers and volunteers, rare provides unique opportunities to the community to help us better understand our environment - its role in our lives, our economies, and even our survival. At rare, we believe everyone has a role to play in protecting and nurturing the environment today and tomorrow.

Founded in 1972, the Multifaith Action Society of BC has brought together people of many historic faith traditions and seekers associated with newly emerging spiritualities. As a community of varying religious beliefs, we respect our differences while seeking to celebrate the values we hold in common. We expect to learn from beliefs and practices of people of other faith traditions and believe that our own faith will be enriched by this process. MAS' primary aims are: To promote interfaith and multifaith dialogue and understanding. To provide information and resources on world religions to the community. To encourage all people of faith to collaborate on vital community programs, particularly those which provide support and advocacy for marginalized citizens or groups or foster the well-being of the community as a whole. To cooperate with other agencies and organizations to promote initiatives which contribute to the common good.

Qqs Projects Society is a value-based organization. We, along with our partners and supporters, share a common commitment to realizing specific values both in our actions as individuals and in our work as an organization: * We value our youth. We believe that our young people are our future and that they deserve opportunities to grow and learn. * We value our culture. We believe in the strength of our Heiltsuk culture and traditions and are committed to cultural revitalization that transcends generations. * We value our environment. We believe that the health of our land and waters is deeply tied to the health of our people. * We value our traditional Heiltsuk laws that govern who we are, how we act, and how we speak. * We value education and learning as a tool to help our Nation to build itself into a healthy, strong, and vibrant people. * We value respect for each other, our environment, and our friends and partners.

The Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation is a non-profit organization with Canadian charitable status, that is dedicated to the study of migrant and resident eagles and other birds of prey in the mountains of Western Canada. In addition to its scientific work, the Foundation is committed to educating people about birds of prey. This will help protect birds and their prey foods and habitats so that future generations may look in wonder at the Eagle Highway.

The GCC was created to increase awareness and appreciation for BC's rare and beautiful grassland ecosystems, to work with land managers to achieve sustainable management practices and to implement proactive projects that will ensure the conservation and stewardship of BC's grasslands. Increasing pressures from urban expansion, subdivision and development, abusive recreation, invasive weeds, forest encroachment and inappropriate land management practices threaten the long term sustainability of our grasslands. Relative to other regions of Canada where most of the grasslands have been lost, BC still has an opportunity to manage and conserve our valuable grassland heritage.

The Friends of the Tay Watershed (FoTW) is a non-profit association, dedicated to preserving and enhancing the health of the Tay River Watershed. It was founded and obtained incorporated non-profit charitable status in 2001. The Tay is a magnificent tributary of the Rideau Canal system in eastern Ontario, covering 95 kilometers and encompassing 46 lakes and numerous streams and wetlands. The FoTW involves landowners, water users, and other interested parties in programs to improve the health of the Tay River Watershed. It works to: 1. educate the public and watershed stakeholders on the benefits of maintaining and improving wildlife habitat, recreation, and water quality and quantity in the Tay Watershed; 2. carry forward the recommendations of the Tay River Watershed Management Plan; 3. promote the coordination of water protection and improvement activities from the range of organizations involved in watershed management. Please visit our website at www.tayriver.org

MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs to help them launch, grow and scale their ventures into market leaders. We provide education, advisory services, market intelligence and access to talent, customers and capital.

A charitable, non-governmental organization that: • Accepts donations of significant natural land and cares for it in perpetuity • Enters into conservation agreements with land owners and ensures that provisions designed to protect the natural character of the land are upheld • Coordinates land stewardship activities across the lands in our care • Helps people to learn more about the ecological, social, cultural and economic benefits of land conservation and encourages them to become involved in this important work • Collaborates with a broad range of partners, including community groups, private sector organizations, individuals and all levels of government in support of conservation in the Kawarthas • Promotes a viable natural environment for the long-term

The Ontario Tallgrass Prairie and Savanna Association - Tallgrass Ontario (TGO)- was established in 1999 to coordinate work by groups that wished to undertake conservation programs that would implement the Recovery Plan for Grassland Communities of Southern Ontario. The Recovery plan lists literally hundreds of tallgrass and savanna species, many of which are identified as threatened, endangered or extirpated. The landscape of Southern Ontario presents some unique conservation challenges: - less than 2% of the landscape is in public ownership - 25% of Canada's population lives and works on .25% of the nations land area - this region is home to more species at risk than any other region of the country

The Tsolum River Restoration Society was formed in September 1998. Since that time we have developed an effective rapport with our community and all the agencies that are involved in our watershed. We have instituted a hatchery program for pink salmon, completed stock and habitat assessments, seen the completion of some 20 or more restoration projects and developed community outreach and landowner contact programs that have helped those living along the river understand how to better help the ecosystem.

Gamiing Nature Centre has an interesting history of indigenous settlement and European colonization. In 1984 the Schipper family purchased the 100 acre abandoned farm on the west shore of Pigeon Lake. To protect the land from development it was put in Trust with the Kawartha Land Trust in 2002 to preserve it in perpetuity to keep it available as an environmental education site for our and future generations. This was the first gift to the Kawartha Land Trust. The family re-established the original forest by allowing the land to revert to its natural state. With planting stock provided by MNR and the help of family, friends and volunteers, hundreds of native trees were planted on the property.Gamiing Nature Centre was established as a charitable organization in 2000,with a Board of Directors to guide the activities on the property. That name was chosen to honour those who lived on the land before us and to indicate our location along the shore.See www.gamiing.org