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EECF Provides $600,000 Capacity Building Grant to Cree Nation Youth Council
The EECF is proud to provide $600,000 over a five-year period to support capacity building within the Cree Nation Youth Council.
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Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation and Cree School Board Partner to Provide $214,000 in Scholarships for Cree Students
The Eeyou-Eenou Chiskutamaachewin (education) Scholarship Program benefits Cree students studying medicine, nursing, social work, and education.
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Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation welcomes New Director of Communications and Community Outreach
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation (EECF) is delighted to welcome Karen Joyner-Blom as Director of Communications and Community Outreach.
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EECF Receives $15,000 in Donations from Newmont Éléonore
This year, over 100 Newmont Éléonore employees contributed almost $7,500 to their Orange Shirt Day Fund. The company matched this amount for a total donation of $15,000.
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Figurr Architects Collective Raises $7,000 for Cree Students
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation has received a generous contribution from Figurr Architects Collective. The Figurr Architects Cree Education Fund raised $3,500 from its employees and partners, which Figurr matched for a total donation of $7,000.
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Mastercard Foundation Supports Cree Nation Youth
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation is very pleased to announce that we have received a $3 million donation from the Mastercard Foundation to support and empower the youth of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee.
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Recognition by Fulbright Canada
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation was recently given a Fulbright Canada “Honouring Nations Canada” Indigenous Governance Award for the innovative Teepee Project.
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Willie Iserhoff 1955-2024
The Board members and staff of the Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Willie Iserhoff.
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The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation is proud to partner with the employees of Newmont Éléonore in the establishment of the Newmont Éléonore Employees Orange Shirt Day Fund.
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2023 Forest Fire Emergency Fund
The forest fires in Northern Quebec this Spring and Summer are an extraordinary disaster, with both immediate and long-term effects for people, wildlife, and the land.
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Cree-Mohawk Teepee Project
EECF and partner Beneva Assurance provide sustaining funding to Cree Health Board for innovative teepee project that gives long-term Indigenous medical patients a welcome dose of culture.
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Sophie Happyjack-Bosum Memorial Fund
The family of the late Sophie Happyjack-Bosum has established a fund in her memory at the Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation.
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Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute launches its new interactive web site
Congratulations to Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute on the launch of its wonderful new interactive web site.
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Grant to support Robin’s Nest women’s shelters
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation is very pleased to announce a grant to support the Robin’s Nest women’s shelters in response to COVID-19.
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Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund
During the COVID-19 crisis, many Eenou and Eeyou living in the James Bay region, and many Elders in particular, are facing serious challenges in terms of their health due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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Power Corporation Gives Generously
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation is delighted to announce a generous contribution from Power Corporation to the Foundation’s “Casting Our Net Wider” inaugural fundraising campaign. The gift will be allocated to the Foundation’s Youth Development
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Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation Partners with the Mastercard Foundation
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation is pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Mastercard Foundation’s COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program.
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Capitale Gives Major Donation
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation is delighted to announce receipt of a generous $200,000 donation from the La Capitale Foundation. The donation is to be used for health and social service projects in Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec.
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RBC Grant
The Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation (EECF) is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $75,000 grant from the RBC Future Launch Community Challenge.
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Leaders Gather to Hear Cree Vision of Collaboration
Montreal business and philanthropic sector leaders gather at Maison des Régions to hear more about “The Grand Alliance” and the Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation.
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