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Since 1923, Hashomer Hatzair Canada has been working with youth to build community, progressive Jewish values, links to Israel, youth leadership and life-long friendships. Hashomer Hatzair provides the highest quality youth-led informal education, enabling its youth members to take full responsibility for their education, culture, principles and active community participation. Through year-round programming and summer activities at Camp Shomria, each age group, led by youth leaders, learns and grows together in a setting that promotes and models youth leadership, individual excellence, mutual responsibility, social, environmental, and economic justice, respect and cooperation.

Hillfield Strathallan College is the product of two founding schools, the oldest of which has served Hamilton and its surrounding communities since the turn of the century. In 1962, Hillfield College for boys, and Strathallan College for girls, amalgamated on the present campus; the College became fully co-educational in the mid-seventies. The College is organized into three divisions. The Early Education division includes both Montessori and Junior Schools which take the child up to age nine in an integrated program; the Middle division encompasses Grades 5-8 in an integrated program with some subject specialization; and the Senior division offers a comprehensive 9-12 program which includes Ministry of Education requirements in its design.

The Huntsman has been an active steward of the ocean resource by finding ways to educate citizens about the oceans for the past 40 years. The education programs of the Huntsman have been pioneering; knowledge-based activities that have influenced the development of highly qualified personnel in the marine sciences and the oceans industry sector of the Canadian economy. The hands-on school programs have engaged over 35,000 students - ranging from elementary school age to university graduate level. For many, it is their first introduction to the Canadian Atlantic region.

Huron University College is an institution that provides an engaging and challenging educational experience that gives our students a distinct advantage throughout their entire lives. Over the next decade, Huron will attend to its academic strengths and traditions, its reputation, its commitment to student centeredness, engaged, and success, and its facilities and infrastructure.

Inter Pares is a Canadian organization dedicated to promoting international social justice. In Canada and overseas it works to build understanding about the causes and effects of poverty and injustice, and the need for social change. Inter Pares accompanies communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Canada to create sustainable livelihoods and healthy futures, including humanitarian assistance and human rights protection for people caught up in civil violence. It supports people’s struggles for self-determination and their efforts to challenge structural obstacles to change, accompanying people in their efforts to hold their governments accountable and to promote democratic social and economic policies. Through advocacy and coalition-building, Inter Pares also links social action at home with social change work abroad, promoting relationships of mutual support among activists around the globe. For more information, please visit www.interpares.ca.

JMJ Children's Fund is supporting children in schools in Ghana, India and Malawi. We are also helping to provide food for children in a Remand Home in Nigeria, with its attached orphanage. JMJ has been supporting a program called Youth Alive which teaches young people in Malawi how to fight AIDS.

The Cash Drive is the engine of all the wonderful programs we have at John Ross Robertson such as Scientist in the School, Learning Through The Arts and Artist in the Classroom. These all run on your financial support, this funding pays for school supplies and programs the Toronto District School Board no longer provides.

Purpose: To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Vision: JA will be the partner of choice for businesses, educators, and policy-makers around the globe seeking to expand workforce and economic development. We will be revered for providing experiences that promote the skills, understanding, and perspectives students will need to succeed in a global economy and become productive, contributing members of society. Values: - Belief in the boundless potential of young people. - Commitment to the principles of market-based economics and entrepreneurship. - Passion for what we do and honesty, integrity, and excellence in how we do it. - Respect for the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds of all individuals. - Belief in the power of partnership and collaboration. - Conviction in the educational and motivational impact of relevant, hands-on learning.

Camp Kee-Mo-Kee is a residential summer camp owned and operated by the United Church of Canada. Kee-Mo-Kee is located just minutes outside of London, Ontario, nestled in a beautiful wooded area with extensive hiking trails and nearby streams. On site are 9 cabins, a craft lodge, dining hall, swimming pool, chapel, and a variety of sports facilities. The camp program provides creative and exciting challenges in a Christian atmosphere. A variety of music, crafts, sports and outdoor activities are incorporated in every week. There are all-camp events, cabin activities, special meals, and theme days.

Heritage Christian School, which began in 1986, is a ministry of Kelowna Christian Centre (KCC). HCS is a private, co-educational, non-profit school, Preschool to Grade 12, that was given recognition (Group 1 rating) by the BC Ministry of Education. All teaching staff are fully certified by either the Independent School Branch or the British Columbia College of Teachers.

The B Sharp Youth Music Program, based in the heart of Como, is a free music education program based in Fort Worth. It is the only El Sistema-inspired music program in North Texas. El Sistema-inspired programs are unique to the community and culture of its participants and are a vehicle for social change and betterment through the teaching of music.

Mission: Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.Vision: We envision a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate.Value: We believe in the power of women to form a more perfect democracy.