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Inspirit Supports Aboriginal Curatorial Collective for Curating Care Series

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In the current climate of COVID-19, how we care for communities is more important than ever. That’s why we’re partnering with/supporting the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective/Collectif des commissaires autochtones (ACC-CCA) in their call for Independent Indigenous Curators and Arts Creatives to share their stories in their Curating Care series. ACC-CCA offers $250 honorariums to eligible participants, all you need … Continued

Yellowhead Institute launches Call for Collaboration Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

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As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds across the country and in communities, the result has been uncertainty for researchers, analysts, and creators generally, who have lost work. To help support those impacted, Yellowhead is launching A Call for Collaboration. Their  hope is to boost the generation and mobilization of creative and intellectual content for communities. The Call for … Continued

Achieving a 100% Impact Portfolio: Part 2

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Given the recent volatility of the markets, Inspirit is even more committed to our impact investing strategy moving forward. In January 2016 Inspirit committed to a 100% impact portfolio, and became the only foundation in Canada to publicly state that as our goal. From the outset, we wanted to transition what was a relatively traditional … Continued

Caro Loutfi, Inspirit Board Member Named One of Top 25 Women of Influence

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As executive director at Apathy is Boring, Caro Loutfi works on a national scale and in a non-partisan manner to engage Canadian youth in democracy. In the lead-up to the 2019 Federal Election year, she worked on building and restructuring the organization to grow the not-for-profit’s impact — and the results showed. It was the … Continued

Part Eight of Jory and Jill’s Personal Impact Investing Journey

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Just when my wife Jill and I were almost halfway towards our goal of a 100% impact portfolio (see previous post), we liquidated a significant chunk of our portfolio to buy a house! The home purchase was fueled by some happy news for us: a baby! We welcomed Hayzen Marty Cohen into our new home … Continued

We Are Hiring: Program Manager

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Posted November 18, 2019 | Inspirit Foundation Job Description: Program Manager Location: Toronto, Ontario Position Details: Full-time permanent Start Date: January 2020 THE ORGANIZATION Inspirit is a public foundation focused on building a pluralist Canada. We do this by funding media and arts for social change, supporting the leadership of youth in the media and arts sectors, … Continued

We Are Hiring: Communications Coordinator

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Posted August 01, 2019 | Inspirit Foundation Location: Toronto, Ontario Reports To:  CEO Position Details: Permanent, Part-time (three days/week) THE ORGANIZATION Inspirit is a public foundation focused on building a pluralist Canada. We do this by funding media and arts for social change, supporting the leadership of youth in the media and arts sectors, and … Continued

In Conversation: Karyn Pugliese, APTN

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Published June 24, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation Our CEO Sadia Zaman recently sat down with Karyn Pugliese, Executive Director of News and Current Affairs at Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), to discuss reconciliation, journalism and the power of narrative.     This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  

Q&A: Jason Ryle

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Published June 21, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation Jason Ryle has been part of imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival for over fifteen years. In March, the organization released On Screen Protocols & Pathways —a resource for anyone who wants to create content related to Indigenous communities in Canada. Inspirit was a funder of the document, and also … Continued

Q&A: Ariel Nasr

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Published June 11, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Sudanese-born Canadian citizen, fought for six years to return home to Canada after the US wrongly accused him of having ties to Al Qaeda. In the Long Way Home, filmmakers Ariel Nasr and Aisha Jamal chronicle Abdelrazik’s visit to Sudan in 2006, the subsequent … Continued