Tag: community - BGC Canada

A BGC staff member and a youth participant smile while preparing ingredients together in the Easybites kitchen at BGC Club Airdrie.

goeasy Celebrates the Completion of its 100th easybites Kitchen in support of BGC Canada

TORONTO, July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the BGC Club in Airdrie, Alberta, which serves over 600 youth from the local community will unveil their newly remodeled goeasy easybites kitchen. The new kitchen will transform the Club’s ability to prepare...

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BGC Canada urges the Ontario Government to pass the Safe and Healthy Communities Act

BGC Canada urges the Ontario Government to pass the Safe and Healthy Communities Act

BGC Canada is calling on the Ontario Government to pass Bill 60, Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence). The Bill, brought forward by MPP Mitzie Hunter, seeks to ensure supports for community-based violence intervention programs and trauma-informed counselling...

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Group of kids walking away outside with Club staff

The charities that help struggling Canadians are struggling, too

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...

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A group of nine diverse youth and young adults smile together in front of a red brick wall featuring colorful graffiti art.

Truth & Reconciliation

Welcome to our Truth & Reconciliation page BGC Canada is committed to building knowledge and awareness about Reconciliation. We work to create meaningful connections with Indigenous communities and organizations with the goal of providing equitable, accessible, and culturally relevant services...

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A large group of children sits on a gymnasium floor together, many cheering and smiling with snacks in their hands.

Building community, one bike at a time

By Owen Charters *this op-ed was recently published on toronto.com The gymnasium echoes with excited voices as volunteers and Boys and Girls Club members begin tearing boxes open and pulling out bicycle parts. It’s August in Toronto, and I’m at...

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