CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND CANADA

Season 2, Episode 5

Worldwide cheetah populations have been on the decline for the last century. According to National Geographic, approximately 100,000 cheetahs roamed Africa and Asia in 1900. Today, less than 10,000 exist in the wild. Expanding agriculture, cities and infrastructure have reduced the grasslands they need to survive.

Cheetah Conservation Fund is making a difference to save these animals. They have an holistic approach that recognizes that a healthy ecosystem that supports cheetahs is one that is shared by other animals, including humans. They have programs to reduce human-cheetah conflict, helping farmers protect their livelihoods. As well, with centres in countries across Africa, they are at the leading edge of the conservation movement.

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More information can be found at: https://cheetah.org/canada

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Season 2, Episode 4

How Much Change can "A Dollar a Day" Make?

It turns out, quite a lot.

Based out of St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, "A Dollar a Day Foundation" has a simple mission: to narrow the gap between the need for and the availability of frontline mental health and addictions programs across Canada.

Their approach is even simpler. They encourage people to give what they can, even one dollar every day. Combined with gifts from others, those donations add up to meaningful change.

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Season 2, Episode 3

Ending Child Sexual Abuse through Education, Advocacy, Treatment and Prevention

Based out of Sherwood Park, Alberta, "Little Warriors" provides treatment and support to families and victims of child sexual abuse. They operate the "Be Brave Rach", which according to Executive Director Dr Wanda Polzin Holman "is the only evidence-based episodic treatment centre for children and teens in the world that specifically focuses on child sexual abuse trauma treatment."

Treatment and support is important, but Little Warriors also pioneered the "Prevent It!" program, providing training and education that may make the difference in helping stop abuse before it happens.

Season 2, Episode 2

Vimy Foundation works to preserve and promote Canada’s ongoing legacy of leadership through:

• Youth Programs (Both domestic and overseas, Vimy Foundation engages students across Canada in their country's unique legacy and First World War history)

• Commemorative Projects (The Foundation helps spread awareness and promote greater recognition of the battle of Vimy Ridge and the First World War as important milestones in Canadian history.

• Educational resources: Vimy Foundation creates, curates and shares with the public historical resources and modern perspectives on Canada's participation in the First World War.

Season 2, Episode 1

Ottawa's Parkdale Food Centre is fighting food insecurity in a different way. Rather than distributing hampers of pre-collected food, they allow their neighbours to select foods that are culturally significant or that cater to specific dietary needs. In this way, they operate more like a community grocery store than a traditional food bank.

As an estate planning professional, Greg Jizmejian works with families and individuals to help them build a robust plan. Often, this involves making sure that assets are directed to the causes his clients care about most. But, there are ways that individuals can support causes today that they may not be aware of. In this conversation, he touches on gifts of life insurance, donation of appreciated securities, and donor-advised funds.

Communication Strategist James Morris explains how consideration and empathy can be used as tools to enhance the communication strategies for nonprofits and charities. The result? Better relationships with existing supporters and better outreach to new supporters.

Jessica Diniz is President and CEO of Breakthrough T1D Canada (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). She talks about the important role leveraging data and engaging deeply with their supporters played in their rebranding of an organisation that has been making a difference for over 50 years. In addition, she shares how switching from event-based fundraising to major donors has played a significant role helping them achieving their own "big, hairy, audacious goal" of raising $100 million.

Jaime Martino, is Executive Director for Toronto’s “Tapestry Opera”, where the spirit of innovation is central to everything their company does. It informs the type of work they perform, the programs they run, how they stayed meaningfully connected to people during COVID and even their approach to finding performance space in the heart of downtown Toronto.

This mindset has allowed Tapestry Opera to remain at the vanguard of showcasing new, emerging works of art.

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Eric Saarvala is Executive Director of Raymond James Canada Foundation. In this video, he talks about "donor advised funds" (DAFs), the role they play in the charitable ecosystem, and how charities must adapt to ensure they continue to stay meaningfully connected to the individual decided which charities to support with a grant.

On this episode, Pride at Work Canada’s Director of Programs Jade Pichette describes how the organization has helped corporate Canada navigate change over the past few years to create more inclusive environments.

Jade has tremendous experience in the nonprofit sector, and they also discuss the importance that a strong organizational culture plays when organisations need to evolve and adapt to changing social and economic pressures.

Claudette Hutchinson has dedicated years working with nonprofits across various sectors. Now, she’s channelling her expertise into driving social change through her OwningMy Initiatives. In this conversation, Claudette shares the key steps she took to ensure her project started strong from Day One.

Claudette can be reached at here on LinkedIn.

Craig can be reached at Craig.swistun@raymondjames.ca

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