Montrealers with ties to Afghanistan are trying to raise funds and give back to people in need after the country was hit with two 6.3-magnitude earthquakes in four days.
Title: Lift Every Voice
Description: The project aims to conduct a research study to qualify the lived experiences of Black Nova Scotian musicians as it relates to accessing employment and opportunities to participate within the music industry.
Funding Amount: $89,600
Organization: Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre
Title: Driving Diversity in our Health Workforce for Indigenous peoples and Africa Nova Scotian Communities: Operationalizing Action on Systemic Barriers
Description: The project aims to analyze gaps in the IWK s workforce to promote strategic recruitment and to represent the patients, families, and regions served by the IWK.
Funding Amount: $146,700
Title: Nova Scotia Anti-Racism and Discrimination Charter in Recreation
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In 2015, Catholic Community Services, the social services agency for Montreal’s English-speaking Catholic community, excised “Catholic” from its name and identity, rebranding itself Collective Community Services.
Catholicism can be a tough sell in Quebec, a province that rapidly secularized in the 1960s. People in Quebec, especially those under 35, are the least likely to believe in God among Canadians, according to a 2019 poll from the Association for Canadian Studies. Only 10 percent of respondents said they attend religious services.
The increasing secularization of Canadian society played a role when rebranding Catholic community services. “One of the issues for that agency was that it received funding from a nonprofit foundation that itself was very ambiguous regarding its openness to religion and funding religious organizations,” said Bishop Thomas Dowd, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Montreal at the time of the agency’s rebranding. “The que