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February 11, 2020
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Today, Vancouver Foundation is launching the new brand and website for Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) as we open applications for the spring cycle of NSG grants. The program is based on the idea that the best people to effect change in a community are the ones within it. So we provide small...
February 7, 2020
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Sarah Huebert (she/her/hers) is a registered social worker specializing in social justice, children and families as well as community planning. She currently works as a Researcher at the Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) where she has developed knowledge in qualitative research...
February 7, 2020
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Shagufta Pasta is a Vancouver based researcher, writer and facilitator who considers Vancouver, Toronto and Johannesburg home and is deeply committed to bringing an equity lens to philanthropy, higher education, health and the rapidly changing world of work. She has a B.A in Political Science from...
February 7, 2020
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Chris comes to Vancouver Foundation with 12 years of research grant administration experience at UBC. His areas of specialization are animal welfare and applied biology. Prior to UBC, Chris spent 20 years in Canadian independent schools, beginning as a teacher in New Brunswick and finishing as Head...
February 7, 2020
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Crecien Bencio is a community developer and facilitator based in Vancouver BC. He is a queer, young, person of colour who was raised in a low-income, Filipino, immigrant household. These experiences inform his work and his creative practice. Currently, he is working full time at a neighbourhood...
February 7, 2020
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Joseph Bardsley is a professional performing arts fundraiser and arts manager based in Vancouver, BC. He currently serves as the Development Manager for Music on Main, one of Canada's most exciting presenters of contemporary classical music. Joseph heads up MoM's public and private-sector revenue...
February 7, 2020
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Spencer loves helping people build skills they can use to empower themselves. His interests include youth engagement and disability, which he has enjoyed working on in his role as Youth Program Leader for Easter Seals BC, and previously through his work on Vancouver Foundation’s Fresh Voices and...
February 7, 2020
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Joshua Beamish is the Artistic Executive Director of Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, a contemporary dance organization founded in 2005. Professional, educational and social justice and welfare projects in the arts and cultural field have taken him throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa...
February 7, 2020
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Andrew Siu works for the Health Design Lab, a research centre at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design focused on applying participatory design research methods to improve complex health challenges. He previously worked for the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, a government organization...
February 7, 2020
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Keiko has worked in academia for over 10 years in the public health field in the US and internationally. She is now running her non-profit, Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society, to link her passion and experience to build healthy and more resilient communities. Keiko completed a Doctorate degree in...
February 7, 2020
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Dr. Joyce O’Mahony is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University. She brings expertise in public health nursing, and immigrant and refugee women’s community-based mental health care research. Her program of research has been motivated by the need to further the...
February 7, 2020
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Angela Hapke is currently the cofounder of Central Referral Solutions, a digital health start-up launching a product to ensure that no patient is lost in the referral process to specialists. A passion for creating solutions for defined problems that are complex to change led to the founding of the...
February 7, 2020
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Rod Allen, recently retired, has been the Superintendent for Bulkley Valley, Cowichan Valley and, Prince George School Districts. Formerly the Assistant Deputy Minister with the BC Ministry of Education, Rod was the architect of British Columbia’s transformation to personalized learning and led the...
February 7, 2020
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Susan Fox has an academic background in business, entrepreneurship, innovation and systems change. For the past 17 years, she has worked with various not for profits, community planning tables and projects at the local and provincial level dedicated to addressing the social determinants of health...
February 7, 2020
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Laura Kozak is a design researcher, cultural organizer and mother to two. As a Research Associate with Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s Shumka Centre, she has played a key role in advocating and advancing opportunities for emerging artists and designers in British Columbia. A core interest...
February 7, 2020
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Montana Burgess grew up in BC’s interior. She has over 12 years experience working to tackle the climate crisis through civil society participation at the community, regional, provincial, national and international levels, including coordinating civil society at over 25 UN climate conferences and...
February 7, 2020
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Karl Tegenfeldt brings over 15 years of experience working in the social/affordable housing sector, in both direct service and program management roles. His holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington, and is currently the Manager of Housing Services at The Bloom Group...
February 7, 2020
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Alim Fakirani is an educator and researcher born and raised in Montreal. After completing undergraduate work at McGill University, Alim pursued graduate studies in the field of education at the Institute of Education – University College London, UK for two years on a scholarship. Alim’s...
February 7, 2020
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Shantini Klaassen ( Shawn -tin-nee Claw -son ) is the Director of Operations at OpenMedia, an non-profit that advocates for International digital rights. Her background is in theatre, and she was the operational leader of two of Vancouver's most exciting theatre companies; the Vancouver Fringe...
February 7, 2020
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Chantelle Krish is a communications executive with diverse experience and a leadership approach rooted in collaboration across sectors to advance systemic change. Chantelle has led advocacy initiatives on systemic barriers to gender equality, leading to policy changes at all levels of government...
January 30, 2020
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Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society Endowment Fund