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Members

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC)
The leading child and youth serving organization providing mentoring programs across the country. Providing support to more than 1000 Canadian communities, our over 128 local agencies offer the service that the organization was founded on: One-to-One Matching. Men and women (age 18 or older) give of their time to become a mentor to a young person who can greatly benefit from having an adult role model to look up to.

Boys and Girls Club of Canada (BGCC)
They are one of the largest youth-serving agencies in Canada. Our association of over 100 Clubs located in 700 community service locations across Canada are in neighbourhoods where they are most needed including, large city centres, remote rural communities and First Nations Reserves.A leading provider of quality after school and out-of-school programs to children and youth that support the healthy physical, educational and social development of more than 200,000 young people and their families in Canada each year.

4-H Canada
Provides relevant programs and services which are consistent with the 4-H philosophy and which serve to enhance the provincial 4-H programs. The Council organizes and coordinates national and international conferences, exchanges and scholarships which focus on citizenship, leadership development, career choices, technology transfer and other pressing issues being faced by today's communities and their young people.

Canadian AIDS Society (CAS)
The national voice of people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada. Representing more than 120 community-based AIDS organizations across the country, they strengthen the response to HIV/AIDS in Canada and enrich the lives of people and communities living with HIV/AIDS. 

Canadian Associaition of Community Living (CACL)
A national and international leader for inclusion – in sharing information, training leaders, fostering public dialogue, connecting people and opportunities, seeding innovation and supporting research.

Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada)
A national association providing leadership, consultation and resources to family resource programs and related services. Its mission is to provide leadership to advance social policy, research, resource development and training for those who enhance the capacity of families to raise their children. Website provides links to its national directory, projects, position papers, and other publications. Content available in French.

Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
Provides a national leadership role in strengthening and advancing the social work profession in Canada.

Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national, independent, not-for-profit, voluntary association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community. CPHA’s members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians.

Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
A national association of paediatricians, committed to working together to advance the health of children and youth by nurturing excellence in health care, advocacy, education, research and support of its membership.

Canadian Red Cross
Their mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world. In 2007 a Youth Engagement Strategy was developped and proposed activities to create fun, inclusive and healthy environments that promote, support and encourage youth as global citizens and leaders in the Red Cross and their communities. 

Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF)
Founded in 1920, the CTF is a national alliance of provincial and territorial teacher organizations that represent nearly 200,000 elementary and secondary school teachers across Canada.

Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC)
An organization of Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist member congregations and individual members acting to enhance, nurture and promote Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist religion in Canada. The CUC provides tangible support for religious exploration, spiritual growth and social responsibility. It represents our faith in the larger social and religious environments.

Canadian Women's Foundation
They invest in the power of women and the dreams of girls. The Canadian Women's Foundation raises money to research, fund and share the best approaches to ending violence against women, moving low-income women out of poverty and building strong, resilient girls.

Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC)
CCAAC advocates for a framework that provides entitlement for all children in Canada to publicly funded, quality child care within a comprehensive range of early childhood services and family policies. Projects, provincial reports, consultation papers, and events available online. Some content available in French.

Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC)
The voice for child welfare issues across Canada. Established in 1994, CWLC is a membership-based national organization dedicated to promoting the well-being and protection of vulnerable young people. CWLC plays a significant role in promoting best practices among those in the field of child welfare, child rights, children and youth mental health and youth justice.

Family Service Canada
Family Service Canada is a national not-for-profit organization that promotes learning and the exchange of expertise through the dynamic relationships between executive leaders of family serving organizations in Canada.

Girl Guides of Canada
The organization of choice for girls and women, makes a positive difference in the life of every girl and woman who experiences guiding so she can contribute responsibily to her communities. 

Heartwood Centre for Community Youth Development
Nationally recognized leader in the field of community youth development.  Heartwood draws on over 20 years of experiences in youth development, organizational development and community youth development research.

Kids Help Phone
Mandated to improve the well-being of children and youth in Canada by providing them anonymous and confidential professional counselling, referrals, and information through technologically-based communications media.

Kinsmen Activity Place (KAP)
From working to keep children from being exploited by gangs to helping young girls escape the sex trade to providing inner-city youth with healthy recreational and employment opportunities and instruction in such life skills as cooking, KAP has the long-term objective of giving these young people a stake in their community and building links to the rest of Saskatoon.

Laidlaw Foundation
The Laidlaw Foundation promotes positive youth development through inclusive youth engagement in the arts, environment and in community. Laidlaw Foundation invests in innovative ideas, convenes interested parties, shares its learning and advocates for change in support of young people becoming healthy, creative and fully engaged citizens.

Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights
As a leader in the discussion on children's rights, the Centre has facilitated the development of initiatives and projects dedicated to the advancement and betterment of the lives of children. With this is mind, the updated Landon Pearson Resource Centre will act as a gateway for the engagement of people of all ages, who share the common love for children's rights.

The Muttart Foundation
The Muttart Foundation was incorporated as a private charitable foundation in 1953 by Merrill Muttart and Gladys Muttart. The Foundation continues to support the work of the charitable sector in Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as at a national level.  Through its own charitable activities and its funding programs the Foundation works with other funders and charitable organizations to improve the early education and care of young children and to strengthen the charitable sector.

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (Newfoundland & Labrador)
An independent office of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, which has the authority to represent the rights, interests and viewpoints of children and youth who are entitled to receive services and access programs provided by the government of that province. 

Public Health Agency of Canada, Division of Childhood and Adolescence
A focal point for policy development, research, and strategic analysis of trends regarding broad determinants of health regarding children and youth in Canada.

Save the Children Canada
The world's leading independent organization for children. They are committed to ensuring children realize the rights to wich they are entitled under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Save the Children Canada is a member of the Save the Children International. The network of 29 member organizations work together as a federation by pooling resources, establishing common positions on issues and carrying out joint projects.

Scouts Canada
The country’s leading youth organization, offers seven challenging programs for boys, girls and youth age 5-26 in thousands of individual groups in most cities and towns across Canada. Over 74,000 young people enjoy Scouts Canada’s programs, which are provided by 23,000 caring and dedicated volunteers. Scouts Canada’s national office is located in Ottawa.

UNICEF Canada
One of the world’s best recognized charities and a leading advocate for children, helping to build a world where the rights of every child are realized. Unique among world organizations and among those working with the young, UNICEF has the global authority to influence decision-makers and the grassroots partnerships to turn innovative, life-saving ideas into reality.

United Way Centraide Canada
United Ways – Centraides work locally to change living conditions for the better. The issues they face may vary, but the values and purpose that drive them are the same: to strengthen their communities and improve quality of life for Canadians. Next to governments, the UW-C Movement is the largest funder of the voluntary sector and social services in Canada.

Vanier Institute of the Family
Creates awareness of, and to provides leadership on, the importance and strengths of families in Canada and the challenges they face in their structural, demographic, economic, cultural and social diversity.

YOUCAN
A nonprofit organization specializing in youth-led methods for non-violent conflict resolution. YOUCAN is driven by youth and community volunteers and they are the key to YOUCAN's success. YOUCAN is run by young people, from our youth board of directors from across Canada, to our volunteer youth teams.

YMCA Canada
The YMCA was established over 150 years ago as a charity dedicated to the health of both individuals and communities. Their focus on inclusiveness and accessibility means they serve people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities through all stages of life. Through YMCA financial assistance programs, the YMCA is accessible to all. Today, there are 45 YMCAs and 8 YMCA-YWCAs in Canada that offer programs and services tailored to each community's needs. Together, they serve 1.98 million people in more than 250 communities across Canada - and they keep growing. All Associations are members of YMCA Canada, which works to strengthen associations and advocates on their behalf, regionally, nationally and internationally.

YWCA Canada
The country’s oldest largest women's multi-service organization. YWCA is the largest national provider of shelter to women, serving 25,000 women, children and teen girls including 6,000 fleeing domestic violence each year. They are the largest provider of literacy, life skills, employment and counselling programs in the country, and the second largest provider of childcare services.