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Published July 15 on CNW/Cision The new partnership will help bring more educational supplies and resources to youth in Canada through a $100,000 donation. MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 15, 2021 – BGC Canada (formerly Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada) and Kleenex® ...

By Owen Charters I had a high school teacher who liked to do a thought experiment with the class. He'd ask: “If we made contact with aliens from another planet, would the concept of individual, sovereign countries matter as much as it does today?” As the ...

By Owen Charters The news has been heartbreaking. First, the revelation of an unmarked gravesite at the Kamloops Residential School, situated on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, containing the remains of 215 children—a stark and difficult ...

Published June 4, 2021 on Cision National awareness day focuses on youth mental health and intentional connections TORONTO, June 4, 2021 - On Friday, June 4, Canada's Queen of R&B / Soul, international recording artist, multi-Juno award winning, stage and ...

Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation discovered an unmarked gravesite at the Kamloops Residential School holding the remains of 215 children. This is a horrific discovery, a tragedy of huge scale. Flags are flying at half-mast across the country, honouring ...

Published May 26, 2021 on Cision New charitable program will connect 320 stores and Club locations in large and small communities from coast to coast MISSISSAUGA, ON (May 18, 2021) - M&M Food Market and BGC Canada (formerly Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada) ...

Grants to support local, environmental and community projects, including COVID-19 relief efforts, in honor of 135th birthday of Coca-Cola (Originally published on Coca-Cola's website May 6, 2021) The Coca-Cola Foundation today announced $35 million in new ...

Youth of the Year initiative to award winners with leadership training, financial support for postsecondary education, and funding toward youth leadership programming Toronto, ON, April 30, 2021 – At the virtual Youth of the Year Awards on April 29, hosted ...

Originally published in the Globe & Mail December 11, 2020 By W. Matthew Chater, Owen Charters, Dan Clement, Peter Dinsdale, and Maya Roy One thing is true of our organizations: We exist because communities need us. More than eight million Canadians ...

By Owen Charters Youth voices are rising again on the vital issue of the environment and climate change. We have three public policy priorities for Boys & Girls Clubs: youth poverty, youth employment, and mental health. These are the areas where we’re ...