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The 2024 Canmore Public Library Endowment Fund Campaign, themed “Our Library, Our Stories,” runs from November 1 to December 10. The campaign features Library Champions—individuals with deep-rooted connections to the Canmore Public Library
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Each spring, as the ground turns green and the days stretch long, projects from across the Bow Valley receive funding through the BCF Community Grants Program. While the snow may be gone, the energy and excitement around giving and receiving such significant gifts makes this feel like a special time of year.
“It’s like Christmas!” says Sandy Last, who has spent six years on the Board of Banff Canmore Foundation both as a Director and Program Committee Member. Sandy has been part of the adjudication process for the Community Grants program every year since 2019, a process that gives the Review Committee as much joy as the grant recipients themselves.
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“The Bow Valley is very a dynamic community and it has its share of challenges,” says BCF Board Chair Fiona Jones. “Being a BCF Board member allows me to support flowing resources from those that are able to help to those community organizations with energy and ideas on moving forward.”
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Bow Valley Vital Signs is the BCF program that raises awareness about the priorities and aspirations, challenges and opportunities that define community vitality in this unique place. Through an iterative cycle of discovery, analysis, and reporting, Bow Valley Vital Signs sheds light on the factors and system-level dynamics that shape quality of life for local people. Our goal is to share knowledge and stories to inform and activate high-impact philanthropy and creative action for community.
BCF’s Erin Woods is the project lead for Bow Valley Vital Signs. She gave us a sneek-peak at the program’s first report which will focus on Housing in the Bow Valley.
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Systems are complex – all of us live among them, whether we see it or not. Just as the world is a web of connections, our lives touch one another’s in many ways. A big problem can have many different, interconnected causes. One move that’s seemingly far away can have repercussions very close to home. A policy decision in one sector can have ripple effects across society.
Banff Canmore Foundation takes a ‘systems lens’ approach to community-building. That means we map complex problems by understanding the dynamics of relationships, we aim to focus on the root causes of problems and we value collaboration as essential to this work. It’s holistic, it’s broad, it’s all connected.
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About BCF / Community Grants / Funding Opportunities In January 2024, Banff Canmore Foundation (BCF) launched a new portal to make it easier for organizations to apply for grants and other programs. This new tool will also support the work of the people who serve on BCF’s Grant Review Committee,…
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An ever-flowing, ever-moving source of wellbeing and positivity, the Bow River is the central geographical feature that unites and connects the communities of this valley, from Lake Louise to Mînî Thnî. Its channels and patterns are complex, beautiful, powerful. All of us who live here are stewards, collectively responsible and collectively inspired by this river.
In the spring of 2023, Banff Canmore Foundation began the process of updating how our work is presented to community. This coincided with the launch of our new three- year Strategic Plan. It was time to find new ways to amplify, explain and evolve our work through a new brand and new website.
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Language is the foundation of culture. At the Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation, the urgency of protecting and promoting language is becoming clear.
Îyârhe Nakoda Elder Terry Rider is a community leader who is involved in many aspects of life. A fluent Stoney speaker, Rider hosts a morning radio show on Siktoge ja Radio (CFIR FM 88.5) and a podcast that are both spoken entirely in Stoney.
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BCF Board Chair Fiona Jones is pleased to welcome the Honourable Ken Hughes to the Board of Directors of the Bow Valley’s community foundation.
Ken is an entrepreneur and community leader. Elected at age 34 to the House of Commons of Canada, he served as Chair of the Aboriginal Affairs Committee, and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister. Ken was the first Chair of the Board of Alberta Health Services, creating Canada’s largest health delivery service, leading through early years of development. In 2012, Hughes was elected to the Legislature of Alberta, appointed Minister of Energy, and led the creation of the Alberta Energy Regulator. Subsequently, as Minister of Municipal Affairs, he led the resolution of Disaster Recovery Assistance claims for nearly 10,000 Albertan families recovering from the floods of 2013. In September 2014, he returned to private life.
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Subhead: Supporting projects that are Indigenous-led and/or advance the TRC’s Calls to Action in the Bow Valley. Make a contribution today – let’s do more and do better, tog
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