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To prepare and equip men and women in agriculture for more effective leadership. California agriculture must continue to find those individuals who are equipped to respond to the major challenges facing our state.  

Promote scholarship, educational attainment and leadership excellence. Promote charitable activity.

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.

SDWF is a registered charitable organization. To reaffirm and promote all people's right to safe drinking water. With a focus on developing partnerships with rural communities throughout Canada and around the world, we intend to effect change at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels as well as within civil society and industries involved in the protection and production of public water supplies. We will deliver high quality, hands-on educational programs to thousands of classrooms in order to educate students, the leaders of tomorrow, about drinking water quality issues and solutions.

"Working to Revitalize and Celebrate Aboriginal Languages, Arts and Cultures"

While we primaily exist to help enable and maximize the fundraising efforts of organizations in Canada, our efforts, and those organizations we serve in Canada, can also help advance the charitable objectives of communities worldwide. How we accomplish this is through the unique programs we offer such as fundraiser grants, financing and product resources designed to best surmount the circumstantial needs of a particular organization. Our fundraising solutions can help organizations in any sector and of any size being designed simple enough to deploy by "the novice", yet offer "fundraising professionals" the scalabilty and high-yield appeal for national campaigns.

With roots that date back to 1936 when Nanaimo’s first vocational training school opened its doors, Vancouver Island University (VIU) shares a rich history and connectedness with its communities. VIU has evolved into a dynamic, internationally known university supporting a student population in excess of 18,000 full-and part-time learners, including 1100 international students, over 1500 aboriginal students, and employing over 2,000 faculty and staff. VIU operates four campuses including a main campus in Nanaimo and regional campuses in Duncan, Powell River and Parksville•Qualicum. VIU is also the proud owner of Milner Gardens and Woodlands in Qualicum Beach, recently named one of the top 10 public gardens in Canada. Offering programs from basic literacy to vocational programs, trades, undergraduate and graduate degrees, VIU encourages all students to explore their potential, discover more about their world and excel in both life and learning.

Bringing the wonderment of science into the lives of our visitors has been our passion for more than a decade. We are proud to have created a bilingual learning environment that is amazing, fun and surprising. Our teams of education specialists, museologists, scientific consultants, engineers, technology experts, and artists join forces to help people better understand our world. Whether you are a visual learner, an auditory learner or a tactile learner, no matter what your age or educational background, you are permitted to wonder and will leave our Centre having learned something new. Perhaps you will even be inspired to invent, to innovate, to take up a new interest or even to change the orientation of your career.

4-H is an organization of leaders building leaders. Approximately 6000 youth 6-21 years of age, and a grass roots network of 1800 trained, screened volunteers pledge their Head, Heart, Hands and Health as members of community-based clubs. The Cloverbud Program includes youth 6-8 years old. With projects encompassing agriculture, food, health and the environment, 4-H Ontario's "Learn To Do By Doing" clubs, camps and conferences have a successful 98 year history in developing competence, confidence, connection, character and caring within rural and urban youth.

Shawnigan Lake School is a university preparatory, co-ed boarding school for students in grades 8 through 12. Shawnigan was founded in 1916 by C. W. Lonsdale. Students are given an enriched education with emphasis on academics, fine arts, sport and good moral values. Shawnigan's aim is to develop good citizens of excellent character. Shawnigan prides itself on offering significant financial aid to deserving students and is committed to ensuring top candidates have access to a great Shawnigan education regardless of their family finances. Shawnigan Lake School is located on a gorgeous, rural, 300-acre campus 50 minutes north of Victoria. It is home to 450 students from Canada, the USA and around the world. Our website is: www.shawnigan.ca

Our public service is available to visitors to our library. Our computer library catalogue has over 20,000 records and materials on regulatory reform, policy, law and legal precedents, materials from environmental organizations and advocacy groups. The focus is on Ontario and Canadian issues but increasingly includes United States and international resources as well. The range of topics is wide: air pollution, biotechnology, climate change, environmental health, environmental law, environmental politics, Great Lakes, international trade and development, land use planning, northern development, pesticides, toxic substances, waste management, water quality and quantity, wetlands, wildlife and endangered species.

Take a Hike is an alternative education program that engages at-risk youth through a unique combination of outdoor experiential learning, academics, counseling, and community involvement. The program supports at-risk youth in making positive change in their lives through outdoor expeditions, working through issues, building confidence & improving academic abilities.