Top 10 for 2003 -

"When I launched the Stephen Lewis Foundation, I was completely at a loss when it came to most of the administrative, financial and even legal details.

Tides Canada created a home for us in our start-up, and held the hands of our staff as we collectively put an entire apparatus in place.

They still perform an indispensable range of functions for us.

The advice they offer is utterly reliable; the knowledge they share is encyclopedic, the principles driving them are rooted in the quest for social justice.

I wouldn't lay down my life for Tides Canada, but I'd surely surrender my reputation."

Stephen Lewis
Director, Stephen Lewis Foundation

Top 10 for 2003

Sojourn House
Toronto, Ontario

In the aftermath of 9/11, refugee-serving groups have found fundraising especially difficult. One leading organization providing bedrock support to the ever-growing refugee community in Toronto is Sojourn House.

Donations:
Sojourn House
c/o The MUC Shelter Corporation
51 Bond Street
Toronto, ON M6B 1X1

Santropol Roulant
Montreal, Quebec

Santropol Roulant is a youth-run community hub that has trained over 1,200 volunteers and employed 155 young people. They deliver up to 90 meals a day to Montrealers living with a loss of autonomy, particularly seniors. Their strong focus on food and food security issues acts as a vehicle for bringing people together across perceived barriers, whether language, culture or generation. Learn more. Donate.

Santropol Roulant
4050 rue St.Urbain
Montreal, Quebec H2W 1V3

Community Ownership Solutions Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Community Ownership Solutions Inc. (COS) reduces poverty in Winnipeg through building quality business-based jobs for low-income people. Successful projects include Inner City Renovations, a start-up enterprise that employs over 20 full-time staff providing construction and renovation services to not-for-profit housing development corporations.

Donations:
Community Ownership Solutions, Inc.
Rm 100 – 211 Bannatyne Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3B 3P2

Portland Hotel Society
Vancouver, British Columbia

Portland Hotel Society is active in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, committed to promoting development, advocacy and services for individuals living with substance abuse. With Vancouver’s new municipal focus on these issues, they have a huge opportunity to build their programs throughout the community.

Donations:
Portland Hotel Society
20 West Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
V6B 1G6

Tlingit Family Learning Centre
Atlin, British Columbia

Situated within one of North America’s largest remaining intact watersheds - the Tlingit Family Learning Centre offers Taku River Tlingit First Nation families child care, an after school program, language classes taught by elders, employment counseling and training. It also serves as a hub for a number of innovative conservation and sustainable economic development projects within the Taku River Watershed.

Donations:
Tlingit Family Learning Centre
PO Box 203
Atlin, BC V0W 1A0

Canadian Women’s Foundation – Violence Prevention Fund - National
Toronto, Ontario

Last year CWF raised over $500,000 for programs working on violence against women. Projects supported include activities to involve teens in violence prevention, to support outreach to isolated women or to help coordinate violence prevention strategies and services in local communities. Learn more. Donate.

Donations:
Canadian Women’s Foundation
504 – 133 Richmond St. West
Toronto, ON M5H 2L3

Hollyhock Leadership Institute
Vancouver, British Columbia

The Hollyhock Leadership Institute provides leadership training & strategic support for people working towards environmental and social change. Through teaching practical skills, developing winning strategies, and building collaborative alliances, HLI serves to inspire, rejuvenate, and catalyze new visions, and new positive solutions for change. Learn more.

Donations:
Hollyhock Leadership Institute
C/O Sage Centre
680 - 220 Cambie St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M9

Canadian Boreal Fund at Tides Canada Foundation - National
National

The Canadian Boreal Fund was established at Tides Canada to support the Canadian Boreal Initiative – possibly the most extensive national conservation vision ever. The CBI is an extraordinary alliance of conservation organizations, First Nations, industry and others committed to the conservation and sustainable development of Canada's Boreal forest, a region that covers 53% of the country, spreading over the northern part of all provinces except P.E.I, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Learn more. Donate.

(Fill in the amount, go to the next page, and select the Canadian Boreal Fund from the drop down menu).

Donations:
Canadian Boreal Fund of Tides Canada Foundation
680 – 220 Cambie St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M9

Ecology Action Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Ecology Action Centre has been an active environmental advocate in Halifax and beyond since 1971. The membership-driven Centre currently focuses on marine, wilderness, transportation, food security, and development issues. Learn more. Donate.

Donations:
Ecology Action Centre
1568 Argyle St.
Halifax, NS B3J 2B3

Campaign 2000
National

Campaign 2000 is an effective non-partisan network of over 85 national, regional and local partner organizations committed to increasing public awareness of the levels and consequences of child/family poverty. and to building support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Learn more. Donate.

This will take you to the Family Service Association of Metro Toronto, Campaign 2000’s fiscal sponsor. Enter your donation amount, go to the next page, and select “Child Poverty” from the drop-down menu.

Donations:
Campaign 2000
c/o Family Service Association of MetroToronto
355 Church Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1Z8