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Eddie Ayoub is an artist, a 30-year participant in Winnipeg’s art community, and Artistic Director of Wanda Koop’s community art organization, Art City. Josh Ruth is a self-proclaimed art enabler who, as Managing Director of Art City, is in service of anyone seeking opportunities to express themselves creatively. In this instalment of Our Next 100, Josh and Eddie share their vision for Winnipeg's next 100 years.

About Our Next 100: We invited community members representing various sectors and Cause areas to share their visions for Winnipeg’s next 100 years, and the potential role philanthropy might play in achieving them. This series is an audio adaptation of their aspirational essays, collected in the second special centennial edition of The Foundation’s magazine, Building a vision for our next 100 years. You can find the essays on our website at wpgfdn.org/next100, or read the full issue on our Publications page.

Learn more about how the arts contribute to the well-being of individuals and are part of a Winnipeg where community life flourishes for all.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1960s/learning-growing-and-healing-through-art/

The fifth episode of our Way Back Winnipeg series, written by Jim Blanchard, focuses on Winnipeg in the 1960s.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1960s/exciting-growth-troubling-divisions/

In the fifth episode of our Foundation Focus series, we chronicle the history of The Winnipeg Foundation in the 1960s.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1960s/expanding-scope-supports-a-growing-city/

The Foundation is on a journey of truth and reconciliation, and is committed to learning and evolving as we pursue social justice and equity for all.

https://www.wpgfdn.org/1950s/committing-to-learning-and-growing-on-our-shared-journey-of-truth-and-reconciliation/

Sky Bridges assumed the position of CEO of The Winnipeg Foundation April 27, 2021 – the first day of the community foundation’s second century. In this instalment of Our Next 100, Sky shares his vision for Winnipeg's next 100 years.

About Our Next 100: We invited community members representing various sectors and Cause areas to share their visions for Winnipeg’s next 100 years, and the potential role philanthropy might play in achieving them. This series is an audio adaptation of their aspirational essays, collected in the second special centennial edition of The Foundation’s magazine, Building a vision for our next 100 years. You can find the essays on our website at wpgfdn.org/next100, or read the full issue on our Publications page.

2021 has been a busy year for the Winnipeg Art Gallery, with the recent grand opening of Qaumajuq, the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art in the world. And, on April 27th, the Winnipeg Art Gallery will be joining The Winnipeg Foundation in celebrating The Foundation's 100th anniversary with the launch of two new exhibitions: The Alloways' Gift, and Rosalie Favell: Family Legacy.

BeCause Radio spoke with Dr. Stephen Borys, Director and CEO of the WAG, to learn more about Qaumajuq and the new exhibitions, and how their stories reflect on the past, while inspiring hopes for a better future for our city. 

Women’s organizations have played key roles in the advancement of the nonprofit sector. It can be argued that women’s organizations, whether formal service groups or informal in structure, are an essential building block in expressing philanthropy.

https://www.wpgfdn.org/1950s/celebrating-womens-role-in-philanthropy/

Muriel Richardson is a significant figure in The Winnipeg Foundation’s history. She was the first female Winnipeg Foundation Board member, serving with distinction from 1944 to 1962. She broke ground as the first female Chair, a position held from 1955 to 1962.

https://www.wpgfdn.org/1950s/a-lifetime-of-firsts-muriel-sprague-richardson/

Since 1957, A&O Support Services for Older Adults has been been providing innovative programs and services that empower and support older Manitobans, improve their quality of life, and increase connection and social engagement. BeCause Radio spoke with Amanda Macrae, Executive Director of A&O Support Services for Older Adults, to learn more.