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Lougheed House is a national and provincial historic site owned by the Province of Alberta and operated by Lougheed House Conservation Society. Lougheed House Conservation Society is a non-profit society, devoted to the restoration and public enjoyment of the historic Lougheed House. Also known as Beaulieu, Lougheed House was home to Senator James Alexander Lougheed, Lady Isabella Hardisty Lougheed, their six children and staff. This grand sandstone prairie mansion was built in 1891 and enlarged in 1907; the impressive scale and the high quality of the design, materials and interior furnishings of the house reflected the wealth and prestige of the Lougheeds. An article in the Calgary Daily Herald claimed it was "one of the finest residences in the Canadian northwest."
•Mission Possible is a non-profit organization in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside providing opportunities for people challenged by homelessness and poverty. •Mission Possible is helping people achieve a renewed sense of dignity and purpose through meaningful work. •Mission Possible is creating jobs that lead people to lasting change.
Autism Calgary serves as the unity of families, caregivers, and supportive professionals collectively striving for a supportive, accepting and understanding community for individuals and families living with ASD. Through family education (advocacy, information & referral) and peer to peer networking, Autism Calgary helps families and individuals to become knowledgeable, independent self advocates. Through Public and Community Education, Autism Calgary empowers the community through greater awareness and understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (www.aidslaw.ca) promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research, legal and policy analysis, education, and community mobilization. The Legal Network is Canada's leading advocacy organization working on the legal and human rights issues raised by HIV/AIDS.
We are a non-profit agency that provides support to Seniors (age 60 and older) and to Adults with temporary or permanent disabilities (age 18 and older) to assist them to live safely and independently in their own homes and community of Glanbrook and Hamilton while placing great value on respect and excellence.
We channel our efforts into 4 areas: democracy, peace and citizenship; social justice movements; media, Information and Communications Technologies as well as social ecology. We also inform Canadians about national and international issues. We succeed in doing so through: our website, Alternatives' newspaper (free newspaper), our participation to Social Forums and coalitions, organisation of conferences and debates. Coutries in which we have projects Democracy, peace and citizenship: Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Haiti, Cuba, Niger, Morocco, Democratic Republic of the du Congo (DRC), Canada - Immigration Program Social justice movements: Brazil, Argentina, Sudan, DRC, Niger, South Africa, Canada - Coalitions Media, Information and Communications Technologies: Arab World, DRC, Mali, Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Canada - Internship Program Social ecology: Cuba, Pakistan, Indonesia, Haiti, Canada - Rooftop Garden Project
Founded in year 1988, PROMIS organization offers diverse services and activities to satisfy the clearly expressed needs of the community, through a global integration approach. Our services and activities are offered to all the Island of Montreal’s newcomers. However, certain services are mainly addressed to residents of the Côte-des-Neiges district. Hereafter, we enumerate the most important services offered by us: 1. Escorting program to newcomers 2. Family Support 3. French courses 4. Employment Integration 5. Regionalization 6. School support 7. Food actions (collective kitchens, Good Food Box, community garden) 8. Guest House
Chaque don est immédiatement transformé en action concrète à Carrefour pour Elle. Depuis 25 ans, la Fondation a remis plus de 2 275 000 $ à Carrefour. À tous nous disons MERCI!
Kidpower™'s work with children, teenagers and adults is endorsed by law enforcement, health professionals, parents, teachers, and other concerned people. We teach "People Safety Skills" including skills for personal safety, boundary-setting, self protection, self confidence, self-defense and advocacy through workshops that emphasize success-based practice. We offer high quality services tailored to fit the needs of people of different ages and life situations. We believe that people learn best by doing, and all of our programs give our students the opportunity for upbeat, realistic, safe practice of "People Safety skills" in contexts relevant to their daily lives. These skills can prevent most bullying, molestation, assault, abduction, harassment and exploitation. The Kidpower™ success-based method of teaching helps build our students' beliefs that they are valuable, powerful, and competent. www.kidpowermontreal.org
Working for people, around the world. Engineers Without Borders Quebec (ISFQ, Ingénieurs sans frontières Québec) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1994 by engineers wishing to contribute to the development of various communities around the world. The members of ISFQ are primarily active or retired engineers. In the preparation and the realization of its projects, ISFQ applies the principles of sustainable development as defined in 1987 by the United Nations. Sustainable development was presented as being "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs".
Founded in 1996, the Helios Centre is an independent, non-profit energy research group, dedicated to developing the knowledge base required to foster appropriate strategies, policies, regulatory decisions and market choices for a sustainable energy and climate future. Energy: Research, sponsored or not, on legislative, regulatory and commercial solutions ; Studies and expert advice responding to specific needs of decision-makers and other stakeholders in the energy sector ; Publications to raise public awareness regarding the path to sustainable energy. Climate change: Analysis of international negotiations and the evolving of the regulatory framework ; Identification of opportunities and analysis of policy and regulatory issues ; Expert support in developing CDM projects under the Kyoto Protocol ; Support for capacity-building and the implementation of Designated National Authorities (DNA) ; Professional training enhancing public understanding of climate issues.
Park-To-Park Trail is a regional initiative to create a 230 km east-west recreation trail through Parry Sound, Muskoka, and Haliburton. The route will connect several provincial parks, communities and ammenities to provide trail users with an unforgetable trail experience. As a link in the Trans Canada Trail, the P2P trail is intended to be a "shared-use" network with such uses as hiking, cycling, cross country-skiing, snowmobiling, horseback riding, dog sledding and ATVing.