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Wordfest is a non-profit arts organization that brings readers and writers together to experience the power of story through a premier international writer’s festival and year-round literary events. Wordfest’s main event is a six-day literary festival that features upwards of 70 writers from the local, national and international stage. The Festival has approximately 65 separate events and attracts an audience of over 15,000. In addition to the annual Festival, Wordfest hosts literary events throughout the year. Events include poetry and spoken word performances, current event panels, publishing industry workshops, art installations, youth and multilingual programming, in-school performances and featured events with the biggest and brightest stars of the book scene. Wordfest is considered one of North America’s premier literary festivals, attracting over 15,000 audience members in 2013. Wordfest is further dedicated to a youth education program, Book Rapport.

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The Wild Pacific Trail is a hiking and interpretive trail located in the village of Ucluelet. The trail skirts the rugged cliffs and shoreline along the West Coast of Vancouver Island. It overlooks Barkley Sound and the Broken Group Islands to the east and the open Pacific Ocean to the south and west. Our Vision is to create a spectacular trail system tracing scenic and cultural areas on the Ucluth Peninsula, especially the outer coast from Amphitrite lighthouse to the beaches of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The trail offers an outdoor hiking experience that is free and appropriate for all fitness levels, for many generations to come. Our goal is to maintain a trail corridor that preserves a natural setting and enhances the walking experience through interpretive signage about culture, history and nature.

The Foundation raises money for bursaries so under-represented women, and women with limited financial means can attend WIFT-T programs. As part of our strategic plan, we will also be launching a fundraising campaign to update our groundbreaking study Frame Work: Employment in Canadian Screen-Based Media-A National Profile. The Foundation also allows us to hold networking events that support the industry as a whole. Your donation will help directly support women in screen-based media (film, television and digital media) to build, advance and sustain their careers nationally and internationally.

Green Calgary staff and volunteers provide interactive environmental education, resources, and services to ten of thousands of Calgarians each year in schools, through businesses, in communities, through our products sales, in workshops & courses, through our website, by telephone and email. As a result, Calgarians are reducing their environmental impact at home, at work, and at school.

We offer three primary programs: Let’s Talk Science Outreach: Community-based program that connects youth and educators with outstanding STEM volunteers, including post-secondary students and industry-based professionals. Available for free across Canada, over 3,500 volunteers from 40 university and college sites engage youth in a wide variety of meaningful STEM-learning experiences, including the Let's Talk Science Challenge, a team-based competitive enrichment event for Grade 6-8 students offered at 23 sites. CurioCity: Web-based program to connect students and teachers with the STEM community, offering an interactive and reliable place for youth, ages 13-17, to explore and engage in STEM issues using technologies and relevant contexts that appeal to them. IdeaPark: Dynamic new online place for early years and Kindergarten/primary educators to access tools, resources and services that help them support young children’s development as critical thinkers and problem solvers.

Welcome to Historica Canada, the largest, independent organization dedicated to Canadian history, identity and citizenship. Canada needs a strong, non-partisan advocate of civic engagement. Why us? Because too many Canadians do not know their past, and it weakens our democracy. Nor do we know enough about the nature of our citizenship. The Historica-Dominion Institute’s mission, then, is to promote our memory and celebrate our identity. To become—in an imaginative, relevant way—the future of the past in Canada. Today, more than 140 years after Confederation, Canadians wonder who we are. A commitment to the story of Canada is not only a commitment to remember our ancestors and the country they built; it represents the soul of our citizenship.

Our mission embraces our ideals. It provides a direction for change, a foundation for the formulation of policy, and a philosophy for the conduct of our affairs.

Founded by its current artistic director Scott Leithead, the Kokopelli Choir Association has been providing quality choral music performance and instruction in the Edmonton area and beyond since its inception in 1996. Over the years, the association has grown from a single youth choir to a family of 4 choirs; with each choir focusing on bringing spirit and artistic integrity to their performances. Kokopelli, the original youth choir, with members ranging in age from 14 to 24; Òran, which includes new members as well as past Kokopelli members aged 20 years and older; Shumayela, an apprentice choir with members in the 10 – 14 year old age group; and Kikimasu, our newest addition with singers aged 8 to 12. The choir is known for their unique style of presentation, which combines high quality musical delivery and artistic staging. The choirs have a diverse repertoire, ranging from canonical repertoire to avant garde contemporary works and African traditional pieces.

The Democracy Education Network (DEN) coordinates educational programs that teach Canadians how to be effective advocates for their concerns as participants in government and big business decision-making processes. DEN is a registered research and education charity incorporated federally in September 1993 (Charitable Registration Number 88604 4999 RR 0001). DEN also teaches governments how to engage Canadians in meaningful and respectful ways when making decisions or policy changes. DEN is non-partisan and supported by donations from Canadians and grants from foundations.

Newfoundland and Labrador Laubach Literacy Council Inc. is a registered, volunteer charitable organization that aids in the development of Laubach Literacy Councils in the province. We provide free, confidential tutoring to adults in reading, writing and numeracy skills. Training is provided to tutors in keeping with Laubach standards. The NLLLC, in association with local Laubach Councils, recruits and trains tutors recruits learners recruits and trains trainers provides ongoing support for our learners, tutors and trainers provides training through seminars, workshops and conferences promotes lifelong learning provides free resource materials supports all literacy programs endorsed by NLLLC

We are a global community of dedicated volunteers, creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programmes. We are founded on our belief that peace is possible through friendship - and that the real difference can be made by starting with children. Our values are -Friendship -Inclusiveness -Enthusiasm -Engagement -Cooperation CISV provides a range of unique, education group activities, which develop cross-cultural understanding in children, youth and adults from around the world. By encouraging respect for cultural difference and the development of self-awareness, CISV empowers each participant to incorporate these values into their lives as they become global citizens and strive for a more peaceful world. Although CISV is a fun and an exciting experience, there is a lot more to it than just that. Our multicultural programmes are based on sound educational principles and objectives.