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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.

Classroom Connections, a registered charity, has been developing innovative educational programs in Canada for over 15 years. As an organization dedicated to learning and youth, Classroom Connections feels a strong responsibility not only to advocate for educational change, but to lead in taking action. Over 5 years ago we started an initiative to synthesize brain and learning research with the goal of pilot testing new approaches to education. Out of this, the Change it Up! program was born. Change it Up! unites high impact programming, strength-based approaches and hands-on community development in a unique and holistic combination. Initial pilot projects have been in partnership with Aboriginal communities, where the need for alternative approaches is critical. Visit http://www.changeitup.ca to see our programs in action.

Located in midtown Toronto, Greenwood offers students in Grades 7 to 12 an invigorating coeducational environment, a rigorous academic curriculum, and a fully integrated experiential outdoor education program.

Since its founding in 1988, CMSF has become the leading independent granting agency for undergraduate study in Canada. Over time, it has developed a collaborative relationship with 25 universities across Canada, each of which provide tuition grants and on-campus advisers for Loran scholars (known as CMSF National Scholars until 2007). Even though the first class of Loran scholars graduated from university in 1994, Loran scholars have already carved out distinguished careers both in Canada and abroad.

The Military Museums is dedicated to representing Canada's navy, army, and air force and educating the public, particularly youth, about Canada's military.

Even if we are poor, we won't be poor on Education. Even if we have to suffer, we won't let our children suffer.

UCEF is a registered Canadian charity that supports Ukrainian Catholic education through a variety of Endowments, Funds, and Programs for Catholic Universities, students, seminarians and educators. Among them: summer programs and internships, professorships, scholarships and bursaries, travel and research grants, and grants for publication of scholarly religious books, shipments of books, and others.

Your donation directly supports our mission to combat racism and antisemitism through interfaith education.

We are microphilanthropists. We make direct investments in specific projects rather than organizations. Our low cost/high impact model will provide Canadian donors with a unique opportunity to be engaged in grass-roots initiatives with very low investments and high social returns on investments. For 2010 we require $51,000 for our seven projects in Peru. We would also like to raise money to source similar projects in Guatemala and Bolivia.

We do three things. We organize book drives in Ontario schools so students can make a meaningful change and link to their peers in the developing world. We run the annual "Rainforest of Reading" Book Festival every November in the OECS, and we develop professional development for and with educators to support and sustain the impact of book donations and the festival.