PROJECTS: British Columbia
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ERIC MING COMMUNITY HERO SCHOALRSHIP
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC
PARTNERS: Strathcona Community
Centre Association
TERM: Ongoing
PERSONS AFFECTED: One male and one female student per year
Program:
This memorial scholarship celebrates the life of Eric Ming, a community hero with a passion for volunteerism, basketball, and giving back to all facets of his community. Using a joint means-based and achievement-based assessment approach, the scholarship is awarded to one male and one female graduating student from a public Vancouver secondary school each year to assist with post-secondary costs.
$10aDAY CHILD CARE PLAN FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA
LOCATION: British Columbia
PARTNERS: Early Childhood Educators
of BC, Centre for Spatial Economics
TERM: 2017
PERSONS AFFECTED: BC families
Program:
Partnered with Early Childhood Educators of BC to commission an examination of the proposed $10aday Child Care Plan for the province of British Columbia prepared by C4SE. The focus of the study was to estimate the socioeconomic impact of implementing and operating the proposed ten dollars a day child care plan for the province of British Columbia.
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (VIFF)
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC
PARTNERS: Vancouver International
Film Festival
TERM: Ongoing
PERSONS AFFECTED: 150,000 annual admissions
Program:
Africa Today Film Series (2010) highlighted both the diversity of a flourishing continent and its emerging cinema scene. Revolution + Empowerment On Screen (2011), a festival theme focused on personal empowerment, social activism and recent political upheaval. Spotlight on the Short Film Program (2012). From 2014 to present, we sponsored the Great Divide Series, which addressed the wide-ranging effects of inequality throughout the world.
HONOUR HOUSE SOCIETY
LOCATION: New Westminster, BC
PARTNERS: Honour House Society, Adrian Oliver Memorial Run
TERM: Ongoing
PERSONS AFFECTED: Emergency services personnel and their families
Program:
The annual Adrian Oliver Memorial Run was established in memory of Constable Adrian Oliver, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who was killed in the line of duty in Surrey, British Columbia in November 2012. Proceeds raised from the Run are directed to Honour House. The Honour House Society is a home away from home for Canadian Forces personnel, emergency services personnel and their families to stay, completely free of charge, while they are receiving medical care and treatment in the Metro Vancouver area.
STRATHCONA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL CLUB
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC
PARTNERS: Strathcona Community Centre, Rotary Club of Vancouver Sunrise
TERM: Ongoing
PERSONS AFFECTED: ~500 youth annually
Program:
An inner-city basketball program for boys and girls aged pre-K to Grade 12 in Vancouver with the objectives of providing a safe and positive environment for young athletes, as well as access to facilities, equipment and nutrition programs in Vancouver’s downtown eastside
VANCOUVER FRINGE FESTIVAL
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC
PARTNERS: Vancouver Fringe Festival
TERM: Ongoing
PERSONS AFFECTED: ~40,000 annual admissions
Program:
The First Vancouver Theatrespace Society mission is: Cultivating artists and audiences to create an open and vibrant independent theatre community. The society mounts the annual 11-day Vancouver Fringe Festival featuring hundreds of theatre artists and over 700 performances. Within the Festival, the Lochmaddy Foundation specifically funds the Dramatic Works Series. The society also produces the Fringe Presents series of “off-season” theatre productions and presents the new Theatre Wire platform to promote the local independent theatre community and provide sales and marketing to Vancouver’s independent theatre productions.
NEW FORMS FESTIVAL
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC
PARTNERS: New Forms Media Society
TERM: 2012 - 2014
PERSONS AFFECTED: ~4,000 annual admissions
Program:
New Forms facilitates multimodal art works and engages in discussion on their role in our cultural environment. Since its inception, an integral element of the NFF is the recognition of independent and groundbreaking artists; the NFF aims to showcase and increase awareness of these artists and their work. The NFF is part of a larger, international, multi-media festival movement, which explores the ever changing and evolving world of art and creates a platform for artistic growth.