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Vision Statement: The Learning Centre Literacy Association: A vibrant, diverse community confidently exploring and using literacy.

The Pregnancy Options & Support Centre is a organization dedicated to showing God's love by meeting the needs of women in crisis by offering support to her and all those involved in the crisis pregnancy. We offer peer-counselling as it pertains to an unplanned pregnancy. Our services include options counselling, pregnancy support, parenting support groups, post-abortion care, post-adoption support,material support, and relationship counselling. We do not recommend or refer for abortion. All services are free of charge to the client with the assurance of confidentiality.

The Foundation’s mandate: To increase Science Literacy through the appreciation and interpretation of Earth sciences for students, teachers and the general public, enabling a more informed judgement of the validity and importance of current and future environmental issues.

The Edmonton Valley Zoo Revitalization Project has already begun with Phase I: a new Arctic Shores Exhibit opened in 2012 and Phase II: a new Entry Plaza and Wander currently under construction this year. “Nature’s Wild Backyard” will be Phase III of the revitalization and the Valley Zoo Development Society has committed to raising $9 million dollars for this Phase of construction that is likely to cost over $30 million dollars. The newly revitalized zoo will be a world-class facility and a leader in education and conservation.“Nature’s Wild Backyard” will be a place where the zoo’s youngest guests will have the opportunity to get up close and personal to experience the delight of watching, interacting and bonding with animals. Focused on learning through play, “NWB" will feature a make-believe veterinary hospital and underground tunnels that will allow guests to come face to face with prairie dogs and meerkats in their natural underground habitat.

C Magazine is an international art quarterly devoted to promoting critical discussion about contemporary art through in-depth essays and art criticism, interviews, artist projects and reviews. Based in Toronto, with contributors from around the world, C keeps contemporary art professionals and enthusiasts informed of significant ideas and trends in art and culture. C's publishing history is over 20 years strong, having published the first edition in 1984. Our long-term stability is dependent on the tremendous work of our volunteer board of directors, community volunteers and dedicated staff. We rely on the donations of those that support contemporary art and appreciate the need for journalistic diversity in the arts community. C magazine is published quarterly by C The Visual Arts Foundation, which has been a registered charity since 1997.

Our program is dedicated to respecting and responding to the individual needs of the child. The environment and adults will provide children with a variety of opportunities to learn through their play and interactions. Each child grows and develops at different rates and styles of learning; therefore, our program is based on the observed needs, cultural differences and uniqueness of each child with the support of parents and community. Our program recognizes that families and parents are the primary caregivers in each child’s life and is committed to respecting the values and opinions of parents, while ensuring the child’s emotional, physical, social, creative and intellectual developmental needs are met.

Canada's oldest boarding and day school for young women, The Bishop Strachan School was founded in 1867 and named to honour Toronto's first Anglican Bishop. The Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario is a university prepatory school in the Anglican tradition enrolling girls in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12.

In the wood-shop, wilderness and at sea in the boats participants grow themselves into a true ship's crew; putting those abilities to work for each other, for the Sea School, and for the community at large. We further build on this responsibility by enabling a clear path for older students train younger ones, for graduated students to become instructors, for young trainees and instructors to be referred to other training and employment experiences in our community and beyond. The Sea School is for everyone We know that people learn more from each other when they are not all alike and that every single youth is deserving of a Sea School experience. It is our commitment to not ever turn any youth away. To make this possible we provide more than 45% of our participants with bursary support.

Since 1981 Story Theatre has developed a reputation for excellence in theatre for young audiences. Travelling across Canada and internationally, Story Theatre delights audiences with its unique and infectious style of storytelling. In 2012-13Story Theatre is touring "Aladdin; the Secret Voyage!" and "The Great Beanstalk Conspiracy" to elementary schools and community theatres from St. John's, Nfld to Victoria, BC. Watch for "Hey, Bully...Bully!" in 2013-14.

The Cobourg Public Library provides open access to superior resources and quality customer service to promote and support personal and community growth for the residents of Cobourg and Hamilton Township.

The Academy for Learning for Islam (ALI) is a non-profit registered charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It aims at advancing religious and educational values of Islam according to the Shi'ah Ithna 'Ashari school of thought. It maintains a religious school of instruction for children, youths and adults. The Academy also provides counseling services and Islamic outreach programs to people experiencing religious and social problems.

A Canadian institution with a national purpose, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is an independent and non-partisan charity. It was established in 2001 as a living memorial to the former prime minister by his family, friends, and colleagues. Through its Scholarship, Fellowship, Mentorship, and Public Interaction Programs, the Foundation supports outstanding individuals who make meaningful contributions to critical social issues.