Our Commitments

We take our mission and values seriously and are continually learning about how best to live them out. This commitment extends both to how we run our non-profit organization as well as how we work with our many partners. 

Here are some examples of how we practically express our commitment:

• We provide a minimum of 10 bursaries each year for people from underrepresented and structurally marginalized communities to attend courses in our Certificate Program in Community-Based Research.

  
  

• We offer up to 24 free 1-hour coaching sessions each year, prioritizing smaller equity-deserving organizations and groups.

  
  

• We involve and mentor at least 2 placement students each year who are studying in fields that promote social justice and equity, and work to support their training in community-based research.

  
  

• We donate 1% of our annual revenues to Indigenous groups on Turtle Island as part of our reparation efforts. The Indigenous groups we support are determined on an annual basis.

  
  

• We strive to support community organizations and grassroots initiatives of various sizes. This includes mentoring smaller grassroots initiatives and non-profit organizations and looking for ways to support their development.

  
  

• We continually strive to better live out our mission and values, and so we conduct our own internal evaluation that emphasizes critical self-reflection and that helps fuel our organizational learning.