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The Town of York Historical Society operates Toronto's First Post Office, which is a post office museum and National Historic Site. As a working museum, Toronto's First Post Office operates a Canada Post Corporation authorized dealership as a continuation of the site's original purpose. The museum provides education programs for children and adults, is the custodian of a significant collection of letter-writing paraphernalia and early 19th century correspondence. The collection also includes artifacts pertaining to the history of early Toronto and the Town of York. The Town of York Historical Society is a legally incorporated non-profit organization, members of the National Historic Sites Alliance for Ontario, the Ontario Museum Association, Canadian Museums Association, the Ontario Historical Society, and numerous other local historical societies and related organizations.

The University of Alberta’s vision since its inception 100 years ago has been to be one of the world’s great universities for the public good, an institution for the “uplifting of the whole people” in the words of our first president, Henry Marshall Tory. Today that vision endures and is built upon a foundation of institutional values, vision, mission, and cornerstones. The university is one of the largest employers in Alberta, with more than 14,000 full- and part-time employees. Nearly 70,000 direct and indirect jobs in Alberta are the result of the existence of the University of Alberta. TEC Edmonton, a partnership between the university and Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, brings the results of innovation to the benefit of Albertans by fostering commercialization of research. Technology transfer stimulates economic growth through the creation of spinoff companies and technology licensing to existing companies.

The Victoria Playhouse Inc., located in the beautiful village of Victoria by the Sea, Prince Edward Island, was formed in 1981, when residents voted to encourage the production of live theatre in their community hall. It was recognized that the theatre contributed to the quality of life and the social and economic vitality of the community. The Victoria Playhouse Inc. is a registered not-for-profit organization and is managed by a five-member Board of Directors, an interim Artistic Programming Committee and Managing Director Patricia Stunden Smith. The company has produced thirty-two seasons of live theatre and performance events emphasizing contemporary Canadian plays and music. On average the Playhouse presents over seventy performances a year and during the peak season (July through September) operates seven days a week.

The Wellesley Institute is a Toronto-based non-profit and non-partisan research and policy institute. We focus on developing research, policy and community mobilization to advance population health. We conduct our work through four core pillars: housing, health care, economics, and immigrant health. The Wellesley Institute is a registered non-profit charity.

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Our mandate is five-fold: • to exhibit, collect and preserve local, regional, national and international art of the highest possible standards; • to promote visual arts in the broader community; • to provide information, education, challenge and inspiration in the visual arts; • to encourage appreciation of and participation in the visual arts; and • to provide a meeting place, facility and institution for the benefit of the citizens of Greater Vernon.

The Michener Institute is Canada's leading post-secondary educational institution for applied health sciences. Founded in 1958 and located in downtown Toronto, Michener's unique combination of theory, laboratory instruction and clinical education prepares health professionals to meet the growing demands of Canada's health care system. Michener's expertise in applied health science education is nationally and internationally renowned. We serve over 800 full-time and 4,000 continuing education students with more than 30 academic offerings, and are constantly developing new programs to meet the changing needs of Canada's health care system.

Library services are delivered through 7 branches and a virtual branch rich in digital content. Our branches provide meeting, children and study spaces, safe teen areas, public computers, programs, and over 750,000 library items. In 2012, we had 4.7 million in-branch and online visits that accounted for 4.5 million books, movies and music borrowed and 103,339 people took part in our library programs.

TIRF is a national, independent charitable road safety institute. Since its inception in 1964, TIRF has become internationally recognized for its accomplishments in identifying the causes of road crashes and developing programs and policies to address them effectively. Our work in reducing the risks for young drivers through such measures as graduated licensing, and our work on reducing the problems of drinking and driving through such measures as ignition interlocks and graduated penalties has won international acclaim. Other areas where TIRF’s work is reducing deaths and injuries include driver improvement programs, motorcycle safety, driver education and training, elderly road users and bicycle safety.

Since 1927, Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre has offered empowering, supportive programs and services to the community of Little Burgundy in South-West Montreal. Visit our website for further details www.tyndalestgeorges.com

The U'mista Cultural Society was incorporated under the British Columbia Societies Act on March 22, 1974. Since that time, it has worked towards fulfilling the mandate to ensure the survival of all aspects of cultural heritage of the Kwakwaka'wakw. To facilitate the accomplishment of this mandate, the Board of Directors, composed of any person who is an individual, family of honorary member and can trace ancestry to a member of any tribe of the Kwakwaka'wakw, is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring all policy.