This fund supports a new generation of leaders and researchers by providing accessible and practical learning and development experiences, respectful of traditional ways in a bush environment to create dynamic, sustainable and self-determining communities where human capacity is rooted in indigenous knowledge and values.

Small Change Fund believes in people. We believe people know how to figure out and fix the problems in their communities, their cities, their countries. We believe people can make change without long studies, thick reports, and big money. We believe people want to help each other. We believe in making that simple.

Catherine Emrick has joined Tides Canada as Senior Associate, Aquaculture Innovation. She will focus on advancing aquaculture solutions that protect wild salmon and the marine environment.

The TCI Director will provide leadership for Tides Canada Initiatives, our shared services and governance model in the charitable sector.

Tides Canada projects and partners are blogging directly from the global climate conference in Copenhagan until Dec 18th. Check out their blogs and Facebook site.

ForestEthics Canada is seeking an energetic and creative Senior Energy Campaigner to lead their work on the Canadian Tar Sands campaign and their climate work in Canada.

Tides Canada project the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition will represent the voice of young Canadians in Copenhagan.

The changemakers of Tides Canada’s community gathered on Nov 26th to celebrate the holiday season. Photos on facebook.com/tidescanada.

Award-winning Canadian authors Andrew Nikiforic and Ian McAllister embark on multi-media speaking tour, A Story With Two Ends.

Be inspired by Canada’s top changemakers through our new Facebook page! Click the link below and become a fan today.

They’ve called her the new face of environmentalism. Founder of PowerUP Canada adorns the cover of November’s Readers Digest.

GreenThink believes that education is key to building the attitudes and behaviours needed to create a sustainable future.

Huffington Post gives the thumbs up to Tides Canada project ForestEthics Canada and their new online video campaign on climate change.

Award winning author Dr. Gabor Mate speaks about his latest book over lunch at Robson Square along with his ongoing work with addiction in the DTES.

Students from Emily Carr’s digital media school are offering up their skills to help your cause. Taking submissions now….

The largest gathering of Canadian youth on climate change wrapped up on Monday. Read Amber Church’s blog on Power Shift 09 including her thoughts on the parliamentary protest.

The report offers greater detail on Tides Canada’s grant-making. It features stories from our remarkable donors and projects and lists our charitable giving funds, 2008 grant recipients, and partners.

This fund supports wilderness-based experiences for youth at risk and other disadvantaged individuals and communities.

This fund supports infrastructure projects, educational opportunities and improvement of the health and well-being of Cameroonian Youth

The purpose of this fund is to treat conditions for which conventional medicines provide limited relief by developing alternative prescription medicines; to cure many thousands of people by building a network of clinics where treatments can be provided; and to educate the public honestly about the risks and benefits of psychedelics and marijuana.

Global warming can be overwhelming, but together we can stop it. Join us and thousands of others for a public gathering on Cambie Bridge to call for action on climate change on October 24th Vancouver.

Tides Donor Andy Wright launches his remarkable book of photographs taken within the wilds of the Great Bear Rainforest on October 22

Reserve a seat and support ROSE, a project of Tides Canada. “Models of Inspiration” is a filmathon about extraordinary women from China to Liberia. October 24th.

70’s poem ‘Unless The Eye Catch Fire’ reinterpreted for Vancouver Writers Festival

The Vancouver Sun’s Tracy Sherlock reports on the green screening of The Age of Stupid, sponsored in part by Tides Canada. View photos from the October 6 event.

Investigative journalist Monte Paulson of the Tyee will discuss creative solutions to homelessness. October 9th at the Museum of Vancouver.

Local Food Plus (LFP) is an award-winning non-profit organization that nurtures regional food economies across Canada by certifying farmers and processors for local sustainable food production and helping them connect with buyers. We also educate about the environmental, social and economic benefits of local sustainable food systems, helping to ensure food security for future generations.

PEACE Mexico supports working hand in hand with communities in Mexico to provide holistic education combined with community action programs that enable people to improve their quality of life as well as their financial stability.

Politicans and A-list actors join together for the Tides Canada sponsored Green Carpet screening of “The Age Of Stupid” at Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Lingana brings training tools and sustainable livelihood skills to youths and their communities in conflict areas, empowering the next generations to coexist with peace and understanding.

Step into conversation with two of the world’s leading figures in the world of art for social change/art in community who are coming to Vancouver on October 18 and 20.

On World Water Monitoring Day, September 18, Tides Canada recognises the importance of initiatives like Waterlution and FLOW

More than 30 new funds have been established this year at Tides Canada by a diverse mix of donors, activists, and charities. Meet the latest members of our growing social change community.

Pathfinder International’s mission is to ensure that people everywhere have the right and opportunity to live a healthy reproductive life.

Tides Canada congratulates fund holders Nina and John Cassils on the article about their charity work published on the front page of The Vancouver Courier newspaper.

Tides Canada Project Capacity Waterloo Region is looking for a leader who is passionate about fueling social innovation within the non‐profit sector.

Tides Canada fund Hoops 4 Hope is featured in The Province newspaper. Article by Kent Gilchrist

The Rainforest Solutions Project is a joint initiative of ForestEthics, Greenpeace Canada, and Sierra Club of BC. RSP promotes conservation options and economic alternatives to industrial logging on British Columbia’s Central Coast, North Coast and Haida Gwaii.

An exploration of Toronto’s fascinating waterfront history is the starting point of a unique Waterlution workshop Sept 11-13. Twenty young leaders will connect for in-depth dialogue on re-imaging and revitalizing Toronto’s harbour.

The Dadiya Rural Development Fund supports the sustainable rural development of the Dadiya people in the Gombe State of Nigeria.

Project Enlighten provides educational and humanitarian programs and projects for the children and people of Southeast Asia, with primary focus on school-building projects and scholarship funding.

This fund was created by PETA to stop animal abuse and suffering on factory and fur farms, in the entertainment industry and in vivisection, and to promote compassion, the ethical treatment of all animals, and education.

This fund supports programs which sponsor a biennial lecture and seminar on the application of economic theories to issues of poverty, disadvantage, and social justice.

This fund supports the Cambodian Landmine Relief Facility and its humanitarian outreach projects.

The Big Wild Fund is a joint initiative between MEC (Mountain Equipment Coop) and CPAWS (the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society) that supports wilderness conservation across Canada.

Are you someone who lives with financial abundance and has deep concern about the world’s myriad challenges? Join us at Play BIG Sept 2-6 at Hollyhock.

The project is focused on developing the skills of urban youth through riding and learning about horses.

The Urban Solutions Institute provides research, analysis, and insight on solutions for environmental sustainability, homelessness, and social inequity in Canadian cities.

Sustain Ontario is a multi-stakeholder, collaborative initiative whose mission is to build and strengthen a just and sustainable local food system in Ontario.

Scarborough Access Centre is an anti-violence project that works to promote safety and empower women and children fleeing domestic violence by providing a one-stop resource centre with easy access to a range of services.

Round River Canada is dedicated to conservation strategies that preserve and restore wild places; it strives to develop and support traditions that sustain wildness. These efforts are anchored in the principles of conservation biology, supported by field research and community planning.

Rivers Without Borders protects the diversity and abundance of fish and wildlife species and their habitat in the transboundary watersheds of Canada and southeast Alaska.

The Remember Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE) project works to prevent violence against women by creating a virtual community to facilitate the use and further creation of women’s memorials, thereby nurturing a cultural shift towards the remembrance and valuing of the women we have lost to violence.

Reel Youth encourages and empowers young people through the medium of film.

This fund supports RAN’s mission to protect forests, their inhabitants, and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, civic engagement, and community education.

Oceans Initiative conducts research projects on whales, dolphins, and other marine wildlife in British Columbia and around the world.

Located in the South Okanagan, BC, the Naramata Conservation Initiative works to conserve and encourage sustainable management of environmentally-sensitive wilderness areas and heritage legacies.

The Media Democracy Project works nationally, regionally and locally to support a diverse public service-oriented media system through public education and civic engagement.

Island Conservation Canada is dedicated to preventing extinctions and protecting natural ecological and evolutionary processes on islands.

The Headwaters Initiative Project works to create a more informed and connected community engaged in the conservation of some of British Columbia’s great rivers.

The Halifax Initiative is a coalition of development, environment, faith-based, human rights, and labour organizations working for global economic democracy and justice.

GLOBAL REEF is a conservation initiative dedicated to increasing ocean literacy through the production of multimedia film projects.

The Forum on Privatization and the Public Domain seeks to create a public forum on the relationship between private property, various forms of commons, the public domain and public good, as well as the consequences of current efforts of privatization on the public domain and public good.

FLOW strives to ensure an effective and sustainable Canada-wide water strategy.

East Scarborough Storefront is a partnership of more than 35 community groups and social service agencies working together to create a thriving community in East Scarborough, Ontario.

The Contact Project supports leadership development in the environmental and social change communities.

The Centre for City Ecology works to further the ideas and legacy of Jane Jacobs, renowned urbanist and author. The Centre’s goals and objectives are to increase ‘urban literacy,’ and to promote civic engagement, community leadership, and local involvement with city-building processes.

Capacity Waterloo Region works to enhance the effectiveness and capacity of non-profit organizations in the Waterloo, Ontario region.

Canadian Youth Climate Coalition is composed of leading youth organizations and individuals from across Canada that tackle the biggest challenge of our times, the emerging climate crisis.

CBAN promotes food sovereignty and democratic decision-making on science and technology issues, genetic engineering in particular, in order to protect the integrity of the environment, health, food, and the livelihoods of people in Canada and around the world.

BC Marine Conservation Analysis helps advance marine planning initiatives in British Columbia by identifying potential areas of high conservation value.

Banyan Youth Initiatives is a grassroots youth-led collaboration that is committed to education, leadership development, and skill building for at-risk youth to build cost effective sustainable communities.

Sarah Goodman talks to BCBusiness magazine about leaving Teck Cominco (and her crackberry addiction) behind.

Artbridges strives to alleviate poverty by bridging and advocating for people who want to make a difference through community arts in under-resourced communities.

The York Region Alliance to End Homelessness is a coalition of stakeholders who are working collaboratively to implement a strategic response to homelessness and risk of homelessness in our communities. Our Vision is Connected and Engaged Communities: Homes for All. Our Mission is to facilitate collaborative solutions to homelessness and poverty in York Region.

Rick Gill a fundraiser for Hoops4Hope, a Tides Canada client, reports back to us from South Africa where donated sneakers have arrived and the new office has opened…see email with photos

Canopy (formerly Markets Initiative) score another major coup in the fight to save Canadian forests, securing a commitment from Canada’s major daily newspaper

Living Oceans Society, a Tides Canada fund holder has completed their deep sea coral expedition…view the incredible footage from their 2 weeks under the sea

Living Oceans Society, a Tides Canada fund holder, explores the deep sea coral gardens off the BC Coast with the Finding Coral Expedition ..view Day 10 by video

Tides Canada client awarded Canada’s highest journalism honour for a publication of its scope and size.

On World Oceans Day, Erin Ashe and Dr. Rob Williams of the Oceans Initiative Marine Wilderness project at Tides Canada explain the vital link between ocean acoustics and whale survival…

The Tyee Investigative Fund provides fellowship grants to journalists researching under-reported social, economic, and environmental issues in BC and beyond.

Up With Women supports programs around housing, safety, and the economic empowerment of women.

Vancouver Magazine Profiles Tides Canada’s Vice-Chair Joel Solomon

The Go Campaign Canada Foundation Fund is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of Tanzanian children, rescuing them from poverty and hunger, supporting their health and education, encouraging them to become self-reliant, and empowering them by providing not just care but hope.

Keep a Child Alive Fund supports children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and the developing world by providing life-saving medication, assistance, and orphan care.

Tibetan Nuns Project Fund raises funds for education and support to approximately 500 nuns in five different nunneries in northern India.

Transformation Fund supports the creation of unique learning spaces that encourage relational leadership skills and the valuing of our diverse natures and natural equality.

Honours Strachan’s life-long goal of making a difference in the world by ensuring that children, youth, and families in areas of the world where living circumstances are difficult are provided with life-enriching athletic, educational, and health opportunities to help them reach their full potential.

St. Paul’s School Fund was created to support St. Paul’s School to educate young people for lives of purpose and giving back to the community.

SOLID Fund supports community-based grassroots development projects assisting those affected by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sojourners Fund supports the mission of Sojourners as a voice of Christian conscience manifested through its magazine and grassroots projects that promote values at the crossroads where faith, politics, and culture meet.

This fund supports Social Ventures Institute (SVI), an annual event that offers mission-based entrepreneurs an opportunity to share challenges with peers in an atmosphere of trust and goodwill.

SEAS Project Fund supports the School for Esoteric Studies Inc’s Spiritual Evolution Assessment Scale web launch and subsequent general support.

Room to Read Fund supports an international non-profit organization that is committed to creating long-term solutions to the challenges of illiteracy by intervening early in a child’s life and providing ongoing educational opportunities in communities.

Rideau Institute Research Fund was created to support a peace and justice research and education project to better inform decision makers, opinion leaders and the public about Canadian policy on national and international issues.

PowerUP Canada supports Canadians for Climate Leadership, a non-partisan initiative aiming to foster public engagement and awareness about global warming and support balanced and well-informed policy on climate change.

Please Mum Foundation Fund supports charitable initiatives for children and youth. Please Mum is a Canadian-based company that creates high quality, durable kids clothes.

Pacific Wild works with environmental organizations, local communities, educators, businesses, scientists, and a concerned global citizenry to defend wildlife, protect habitat, and ensure that biodiversity protection is at the forefront of land and marine use decisions in Canada’s Pacific Coast.

Oceans Fund supports Living Oceans Society’s charitable activities, namely research and education projects that increase public awareness of the problems affecting our oceans and solutions that will ensure our oceans will be healthy for generations to come.