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CEO Update | April 2025

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Read Inspirit’s latest CEO Update by Sadia Zaman, as originally published in Inspirit Foundation’s Spring 2025 newsletter. Three times a year, the process of writing this message inevitably begins with a blank screen.  Writing is so much about sense-making in your own brain first and then moving that jumble of thoughts onto a screen in a … Continued

Inspirit Newsletter | April 2025

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Read our latest newsletter and learn about the New Narratives Fund launch, the first Cultural Land Trust purchase in Canada, op-eds in several publications, latest granting partners, and much more. Plus, CEO Sadia Zaman ponders chaos and control. View the newsletter here.

CEO Update | October 2024

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Read our latest CEO Update, as originally published in Inspirit Foundation’s Fall 2024 newsletter.

Inspirit Newsletter | October 2024

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Learn about Inspirit’s ranking as a top equitable funder, features in several publications, latest granting partners, and much more. moment.

CEO Update | March 2024

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Read our latest CEO Update, as originally published in Inspirit Foundation’s Winter 2024 newsletter.

Inspirit Newsletter | March 2024

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Read our latest newsletter, which includes a message from CEO Sadia Zaman, media coverage on our guide for funding journalism, new grantee announcements, an impact investing event held at the Inspirit office, and much more.

CEO Update | April 2023

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Read our latest CEO Update, as originally published in our Spring 2023 newsletter. My understanding of ‘systems’ has evolved throughout my life. Systems were integral to my family’s experiences of immigration, to learning English as a second language, to growing up as a brown teen girl in a small Prairie town, and to watching my … Continued

Reflecting and Moving Forward Together

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Reflecting and Moving Forward Together The past year saw significant organizational changes for Inspirit Foundation. In August of 2018, the Board of Directors hired new CEO Sadia Zaman. Sadia brings with her a wealth of insights and experience in not-for-profits, public broadcasting/journalism as well as the arts. You can read more about Sadia here. The … Continued

Celebrating Islamic Heritage Month

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Celebrating Islamic Heritage Month October is Islamic Heritage Month (IHM), and we are reflecting on the Muslim organizations and change leaders we have the honour of working with. Here at Inspirit, IHM is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions and leadership of Muslims in Canada. As an organization committed to addressing Islamophobia, we believe in amplifying … Continued