News & Updates
Open Letter | Charitable, academic, & private sector leaders urge Ottawa to limit child care funds to nonprofit/public providers
The Lawson Foundation has joined other charitable, academic and private sector leaders in urging Ottawa to limit child care funds to only nonprofit/public providers. Read the open letter here (Lisez la version française de la lettre ouverte ici).
Statement | In Honour of the 215 Children
It is with shared grief that we offer condolences to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Peoples on whose territory the deaths of 215 children occurred at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, children who were forced to attend as "students." We humbly recognize that we...
Report | Approaches to Learning Amid Crises: Reflections from Philanthropy
In interviews with seven foundations from Canada and the U.S. in the summer and fall of 2020, Taylor Newberry Consulting applied the lens of organizational learning to how each of these foundations made sense of their reality, asked different kinds of questions to...
Lawson Foundation’s diabetes strategy to focus on type 2 diabetes prevention in northern and remote Indigenous communities
The Lawson Foundation has a long history of supporting work in diabetes. While important progress has been made on a number of fronts, diabetes continues to be an epidemic in Canada and around the world. Today, more than 11 million Canadians are living with diabetes...
Reflections on Trust-Based Philanthropy
Our COO & Program Director, Amanda Mayer, was invited to provide a commentary on a webinar on "Trust-Based Philanthropy" organized by Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Community Foundations of Canada. Here are her reflections from the dialogue. (version...
Lawson Foundation invests $4.95 million in 8 demonstration projects to build adult capacity to support outdoor play in Early Learning and Child Care
The Lawson Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy and an investment of $4.95 million in 8 demonstration projects that will benefit Early Learning and Child Care across Canada. This strategy and investment are...
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