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Regis College, the Jesuit Graduate Faculty of Theology at the University of Toronto, is one of North America's Roman Catholic ecclesiastical faculties. Inspired by the charism of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and faithful to the Roman Catholic tradition, Regis serves men and women called to minister to people of many faiths and cultures.

Since it’s inception seven years ago, Lookup Theatre has performed at The Art Gallery of Ontario, LuminaTO, Nuite Blance, HarbourFront Centre and Cirque Pacifica (Hawaii), to name just a few. They have developed and performed several full-length kids’ shows on environmental awareness at The Kid’s World of Energy Festival and HarbourKIDS. During the fall and winter 2010/2011, Lookup developed a circus and theatre show with youth in the mental health community, to build self-esteem, encourage dignity and spread awareness of mental health issues in Canada. Now and over the next 2 years the youth are going to high schools in Toronto spreading their message with our circus show. In the summer of 2011, they brought the joy of social circus and theatre to the youth in Grey/Bruce County. This coming summer of 2012 help support the youth tour their environmental show in Grey/ Bruce county.

Project Vote is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the belief that an organized, diverse electorate is the key to a better America. Since 1994 Project Vote has worked to increase civic participation in the United States, focusing on three historically underrepresented constituencies: youth, people of color, and lower-income Americans.

Heartspeak provides a platform to share your story & connect with others. Heartspeakers from all walks of life contribute and share stories that inspire (spanning ability, race, culture, socio-economic status, faith, age) and lessons learned. Heartspeak integrates topics confronting youth today—relationships, mental health, school life, transitions, mental health, addictions, safety, equity/inclusion, social justice (rights of children and youth), finding purpose, and navigating career paths. Heartspeak themes address Aboriginal issues, disabilities, homelessness, gender/sexual minorities (LGBTQI), racism, bullying/violence. Heartspeak learning resources/services bring greater understanding of the issues confronting youth today and provides a vehicle for educators/school staff (teachers, principals, superintendents); children & youth (grades 4-12/post-secondary);parents/families/siblings; community youth organizations’ to spark dialogue and share solutions.

CAUSE Canada is an international relief and development agency working in West Africa and Central America. Our development priorities include: Primary Health Care (PHC) Water and Sanitation Education Reforestation Gender-Specific Development Initiatives (Women’s Projects) Micro-enterprise Projects CAUSE Canada understands that development is a process rather than an end, and that to develop is not to have but to become. Consequently, CAUSE Canada plans, organizes, fundraises for, implements, and evaluates international development programs, in close long-term partnership with communities, that focus on the strengths people and communities already posses and assisting them to utilize those assets to become what they want to become. This is our affirmative assets-based approach.

Tyndale University College & Seminary has been one of Canada's major centres of Christian higher education since 1894! We are the oldest and largest school of our kind in Canada and the third oldest in North America. Over 30 different ethnic backgrounds are represented among Tyndale students, as well as over 30 different denominations.

We are an international Roman Catholic Religious Congregation of Priests, Brothers and Sisters announcing the Good News to peoples that have not yet been evangelized, preferably the most needy and the most neglected. We are about 2500 fathers, brothers and sisters and we work in 28 countries mostly in Africa and South, Central and North America, but also in Europe and Asia.

CMCC is a fully accredited academic institution recognized as one of the most rigorous and innovative chiropractic programs in North America. The Toronto based campus features modern teaching and laboratory space, the largest English language chiropractic library in Canada, and a network of community based clinics serving a diverse patient base with more than 74,000 patient visits each year. Founded in 1945, CMCC is a not for profit charitable organization. CMCC receives no direct government funding and relies on tuition, membership and community / alumni donations to fund its operations. Your contribution to CMCC will help us create leaders in spinal health and support research aimed at advancing the understanding and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, a leading cause of long-term disability. Improved care for these disorders can relieve the strain on health care systems around the world by helping millions of patients regain the ability to lead healthy, active lives.

The Ottawa Public Library delivers services supporting life-long learning, literacy and reading through 33 locations, mobile and virtual services. As the largest bilingual (French-English) public library in North America, OPL is committed to providing welcoming and responsive service in both official languages. The Ottawa Public Library is an agency of the City of Ottawa with a separate governing board.

Slip free of daily concerns... Rejuvenation and health are closer than you think! Derived from ancient Buddhist theory, Puti Meditation provides a unique method to free the spirit and renew the mind. It offers a space to find relief from stress and return to a state of natural tranquility, improving mental clarity and overall health. Puti Meditation applies traditional practices to the challenges of the modern day world. The result is a uniquely effective self-cultivation technique that dissolves stress, grounds the spirit, dispels illness and holistically enhances both body and mind. These self-cultivation techniques are accessible and practical, yielding results quickly. As such, they are particularly well-suited to the pressures of modern life… and the health issues that accompany those pressures. In its mere 17 years of availability to the public, Puti Meditation has already benefited millions of people.

Foster Care to Success Founded in 1981, the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA)is the only national organization dedicated solely to helping older foster youth make a successful transition to adulthood. OFA's mission is to provide teens leaving foster care with scholarships, leadership development, mentoring support, and independent living skills that will enable them to become productive, self-reliant adults.

ABC Head Start provides a proven program that helps preschool children develop the critical thinking, language, social/emotional and physical skills they need to be ready for school and achieve success in learning and life. Our early learning program integrates skills development with health nutrition and other community supports for children. We provide wrap around services for vulnerable families to help them support their child’s learning and development, promote a healthy family and address issues such as poverty, employment, settlement, English as a second language, mental health, isolation, family violence, and many more complex issues. ABC Head Start works with a wide range of community partners to meet the needs of children and families.