Funding Stories

“Peer Employment Works” 2023 – 2025 Operation Come Home (OCH) has been providing employment services to thousands of vulnerable youth in Ottawa since 2009. Since then, OCH has utilized a best practice supported employment model that came from the United

“World of Choices and Company Program” 2020 – 2022 ONFE’s Career Readiness programs help students discover career paths that were unknown to them, the skills employers are seeking, and education and training choices that can enhance their employability. World of

“Measuring What Matters” 2014 – 2017 The goal of the project was to create a broader set of goals and measures of success for kindergarten to grade 12 education in Ontario that would encourage the development of the policy, curriculum, programs

“Measuring What Matters 2: Enhancing Support for Broad Competencies in Education” 2017 – 2020 The goal of this work was to builds on the achievements and learnings of the last 3 years of the previous grant in order to realize

“Communications” Grant 2008 – 2009 Despite the risks, long hours, hard work and uncertainty that is part and parcel of running a business, the satisfaction of developing something from nothing, of working independently and growing an idea into a viable

“Healthy Child Development” Grant 2004 – 2008 There is no underestimating the impact of literacy upon young minds. For infants and children alike, reading engages, soothes, entertains and presents a world of possibilities and opportunities. As young minds develop, the

“Train-the-Trainer” Grant 2007–2008 Over the past 20 years, Canadians have become more familiar with the dark legacy of Canada’s residential schools. Through the government’s Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, countless stories have come to light about First Nations

“Peer Mentorship Program” Grant 2010-2013 St. Francis Xavier University was awarded a three-year grant in 2010 by the Board of The Counselling Foundation of Canada to develop a Peer Mentorship Program to support incoming students. St Francis Xavier University (StFX)

“Youth Mentorship” Grant 2001 – 2004 For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgendered youth, the struggles of identity and acceptance can weigh heavily upon personal development. As these youth take those early steps towards adulthood, many are marginalized because of

“Community Succession Plan” Grants 1999–2005 (Regent Park Health Center) 2006–2008 (Pathways Canada) Make a goal of breaking the cycle of poverty and under-achievement in a historically disadvantaged neighbourhood, let the community determine a focus for attention, develop a model that

“Tri-mentoring Program” Grant 2000–2004 The Tri-Mentoring Program (TMP) strives to assist Ryerson’s (Now known as Toronto Metropolitan University) culturally diverse student body in their pursuit of personal goals, academic achievements and career success. The Tri-Mentoring Program aims to assist students

“Webfolio” Grant 2012-2015 The Service de placement de l’Université Laval (SPLA) was awarded a three-year grant in December, 2012 to adapt and distribute its Webfolio outside the university. The SPLA supports student independence by providing services that will prepare them