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December 24, 2013
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This report outlines the Fresh Voices process, key themes and recommendations that emerged, and reflections on the process. While the project dealt with the experiences of immigrant and refugee youth in British Columbia, many of the findings are relevant throughout Canada. This information is...
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January 20, 2013
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In the summer of 2011, Vancouver Foundation set out to learn what issue people in our region care about the most. What they told us was a surprise. We expected people would choose poverty or housing or any of the issues that dominate the headlines. But what people said concerned them the most was a...
January 12, 2013
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Vancouver Foundation encourages all our grant recipients to build awareness of their projects. News releases, newsletters, posters, flyers and advertising are all ways your organization can share the impact of your work. You can also acknowledge Vancouver Foundation on social media by using...
December 18, 2012
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By now, many of our readers are familiar with the Connections and Engagement Survey Vancouver Foundation conducted in the spring. Our survey found that most neighbourhood connections in metro Vancouver are weak, most residents do not participate in any form of community activity, and forging...
December 11, 2012
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December 11, 2012
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Our Mission To harness the gifts of energy, ideas, time, and money to make meaningful and lasting impacts in communities. Our Vision Healthy, vibrant and livable communities across British Columbia. Our Vision, Defined Healthy: a community where the people, the economy and the physical environment...
December 11, 2012
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Inspired by Alice’s generosity, local businessperson and philanthropist Whitford VanDusen added $10,000 to her endowment and encouraged nine other prominent families to match his own gift. From that, Vancouver Foundation was born and the original $101,000, plus contributions from donors like you,...
November 18, 2012
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Initiatives.jpg Community Research Our research tells us that people today feel a lack of togetherness in community life. A lack of belonging. Through community consultations and independent research, we’ve heard a hunger for social connections, and a desire among people from different ethnicities...
November 18, 2012
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We work with individuals, corporations and charitable agencies to create permanent endowment funds and then use the income to support thousands of charities. The original capital is endowed so that it generates income in perpetuity. We recognize that communities are complex and that collaboration...
July 1, 2012
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This report is a result of a journey we began in the summer of 2011. We set out to learn what issue people in metro Vancouver care about the most. The intent was to help us decide where to focus additional energy and resources to have a greater impact in the community. In 2011 we polled 275...
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May 11, 2012
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One of the most surprising findings from our Connections and Engagement Survey came from a question that we thought we knew the answer to. We asked people what prevented them from participating in activities that could make their neighbourhood a better place to live. We thought that not having...
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May 11, 2012
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We may like to think of youth as a time free of the worries, burdens and sometimes jaded views of adulthood but this is not true of metro Vancouver’s 25 to 34-year-olds. Our survey on Connections and Engagement showed consistently that those in the 25 to 34-year-old age group feel more isolated and...
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May 11, 2012
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We spoke to over 100 community leaders, including leaders of Chinese-Canadian organizations and non-profits, and asked them what community issue they thought was the most pressing. People told us that they were very concerned about a growing sense of isolation and disconnection. They said they feel...
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May 11, 2012
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Vancouver Foundation’s 2012 Connections and Engagement Survey found that most neighbourhood connections in metro Vancouver are weak, most residents do not participate in any form of community activity, and forging meaningful relationships is a challenge for many, particularly across barriers of...
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May 11, 2012
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Our survey found that new immigrants — people who have lived in Canada for five years or less — are very optimistic about the new lives they hope to build for themselves and for their children. That in itself may not be surprising, but what is interesting is that their optimism fades the longer...
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May 11, 2012
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Vancouver is one of the most densely populated cities in North America. In 1990, less than 25% of the population lived in apartments/condominiums. Now it’s over 40% and rising. The region’s housing needs and the desire to build more sustainable cities, means even more high-rise apartment buildings...
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May 11, 2012
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Vancouver Foundation’s survey found that metro Vancouver can be a challenging place to make new friends. One in three people say it is hard to make new friends here. And one in four say they are alone more often then they would like to be. When we first released these findings, particularly the one...
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May 11, 2012
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A neighbourhood is so much more than a geographically localized area. It is the place we call home, where our children play, and where we have the most invested financially and emotionally. If we care about any place in our community, it would normally be our immediate neighbourhood. One of the...
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May 11, 2012
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This report presents a model of several causal pathways that lead citizens to become more committed to their neighbourhoods and community, and more willing to take actions to solve problems or participate in activities that make neighbourhood and community better. The model is based on the data...
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December 28, 2011
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Vancouver Foundation’s vision and long-term objective is healthy, vibrant, and livable communities. Our mission is to mobilize the gifts of energy, ideas, time, and money to make meaningful and lasting impacts in communities. As a community foundation, we recognize that many things go into creating...
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September 28, 2011
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In the summer of 2011, Vancouver Foundation conducted a public consultation to determine what one or two community issues we should focus additional efforts on over the next three to five years. Our work in this new priority area would involve some granting but it would also include other activity...
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