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Program: Major Project Grants

The Breach

The Breach is an independent media outlet producing public service journalism. This grant supports The Breach in its analysis of mainstream Canadian media coverage of the Israel/Palestine war.

Indigenous Communication Arts at First Nations University

First Nations University of Canada seeks to have an ongoing transformative impact through education based on a foundation of Indigenous Knowledge. Indigenous Communication Arts specializes in journalism and public relations. This grant supported a Indigenous Journalism Teaching Fellowship.

Eastern Door

The Eastern Door is a community-based newspaper serving the community of Kahnawake. This grant supports the Sharing our Stories project, a weekly series of stories told by Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Elders in English and the Kanien’kéha language.

Indigenous Visual Culture at OCAD University

The Indigenous Visual Culture program at OCAD University combines practice-specific and interdisciplinary studio-based learning, and courses in the visual, cultural, social and political history of Indigenous peoples. This grant supported the Nigig Visiting Artist Residency.

Muslims in Media

Muslims in Media supports productions and offers professional development opportunities for artists working on nuanced depictions of Muslim life. This grant supported Episodic Muslim Writers Room, a training program for mid-tier Muslim screen-based industry writers in Canada.

Columbia Institute & Shareholder Association of Research and Education

A joint project between Columbia Institute and SHARE, the Reconciliation and Responsible Investment project provides workshops, webinars, and conferences for Indigenous trust officers and mainstream institutional investors, coordinates a leadership cohort of trust officers, and develops guidance, policy and metrics for investors on reconciliation objectives.

Indigenous Communication Arts at First Nations University

The Indigenous Communication Arts (INCA) program at First Nations University is a unique program in Canada that provides journalism and communications education that is immersed in an Indigenous worldview and delivered within an Indigenous-led institution. This grant supported the Intergenerational Learning for Indigenous Language Broadcasting program.

Ricochet Media

Ricochet Media is a national, not-for-profit media outlet with a mandate to serve the public interest. They publish rigorous, well-edited investigative journalism and incisive opinion with a focus on climate, Indigenous rights and corporate and government accountability.

Humber College StoryLab

Humber College’s StoryLab was created to bridge the innovation gap between education and industry in the fields of journalism, data science and storytelling writ large. This grant supported the “Surviving Hate” project, a collaborative journalism project to fill the data gap on the reporting of hate crimes and incidents in Canada, with a focus on … Continued

Mosquers

The Mosquers was started in 2006 as a short-film festival to provide a platform for local films by Muslim filmmakers in Edmonton. It has emerged as a key organization in Canada’s Muslim creative sector over the past decade. This grant supported the 2021 Mosquers festival.