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Groups invited to organize Wildfire Community Preparedness Day events GUELPH, ON–Canadians can now apply for funding to support their local Wildfire Community Preparedness Day activities, and join municipalities from coast to coast in a national effort to reduce wildfire risk to local communities. Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is an annual, …

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada contributes an additional $50,000 to Let’s Talk Science CAMBRIDGE, ON–The Toyota Canada Foundation announced a $150,000 investment in Let’s Talk Science to support national science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education outreach for youth across Canada, regardless of gender, geography, culture, language, abilities, or financial status. …

Foundation urges people to “Turn yourself upside down” to support the first Women’s Brain Health Day, December 2 TORONTO, ON–It is a social media challenge that will upend the way we look at dementia and other brain-aging disorders that disproportionately affect women. Literally. Thousands of supporters of Women’s Brain Health …

Developed in partnership with RBC, Ableton, & Signal Community Forum TORONTO, ON–The SOCAN Foundation has unveiled a new Equity X Production Mentorship Program for new music producers, developed as a result of research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative that identified a significant disparity between the number of men and women …

Social media and other digital platforms offer people with Diabetes the opportunity to exchange stories and connect TORONTO, ONov–On Saturday, November 30, Pinch Social, the team behind Social Media Week Toronto, will be hosting the official launch of “Unboxing Type 1” to mark the end of Diabetes Awareness Month in …

For the fourth consecutive year, $110,000 in charitable grants will be presented on International Women’s Day TORONTO, ONov–L’Oréal Paris announced submissions for the Canadian edition of the 2020 Women of Worth Grand Award Program are open now through January 5, 2020. Entering its fourth year, the signature philanthropic initiative honours …

(photo by Amy Pawluk) TORONTO, ON–The AFP Philanthropy Awards were officially recognized at a luncheon that closed out the 2019 AFP Congress in Toronto. “On behalf of all us at the AFP Greater Toronto Chapter, congratulations to the 2019 honourees. They are an extraordinary group of people who have made …

Volunteer of the Year at 2019 Philanthropy Awards TORONTO, ON–CIBC congratulate Laura Dottori-Attanasio (second from left), the firm’s Chief Risk Officer, on receiving the prestigious Volunteer of the Year award at the annual Philanthropy Awards luncheon hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)’s Greater Toronto Chapter. The award recognizes …

RBC will bring together charitable organizations, technology experts to build multi-partner coalitions to address and help solve our shared environmental challenges TORONTO, ON–RBC announced the launch of RBC Tech for Nature – a multi-year commitment by the RBC Foundation to new ideas, technologies and partnerships focused on protecting our shared …

TORONTO, ON–November 26th marks the 10th anniversary of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada (MGFC). Incorporated in 2009, MGFC was established to create a means through which Canadians could make donations to registered charities through their mobile devices. MGFC was founded by key members of Canada’s wireless industry, working in partnership …