BeCause Radio

Learn more about how Environment and Animal Welfare grants through The Winnipeg Foundation have made a lasting impact on the vitality of our community.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1990s/creating-eco-conscious-citizens/

Joy Loewen is CEO of the National Screen Institute and a Board Member of The Winnipeg Foundation since 2019. In this instalment of Our Next 100, Joy shares her 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.

With more than 50 years of conservation efforts and 660 acres of urban greenspace, FortWhyte Alive continues to grow with the community and nature around it. BeCause Radio spoke with Carolyn Townend, Communications and Brand Manager at FortWhyte Alive, to learn more about the organization's roots in wildlife conservation and how they've expanded and adapted over the years.

Peri Venkatesh and Patrice Yamada are Winnipeg Foundation Donors and Legacy Circle Members. In this instalment of Our Next 100, Patrice shares 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.

The eighth episode of our Way Back Winnipeg series, written by Jim Blanchard, focuses on Winnipeg in the 1990s.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1990s/the-rises-and-falls-of-a-prairie-city/

In the eighth episode of our Foundation Focus series, we chronicle the history of The Winnipeg Foundation in the 1990s.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1990s/reflecting-on-its-role-in-the-community/

Since 1986, the Manitoba Children's Museum has been a place where kids can learn and imagine in an interactive learning environment. BeCause Radio spoke with Lisa McDonald, Director of Marketing & Communications at the Manitoba Children's Museum, to learn more about the museum, the difficulty of being closed for the better part of a year, and some of the successes that have come out of the organization's pivoting and problem-solving.

On August 3, a formal opening ceremony was held at The Forks for a new public artwork created by KC Adams called Tanisi keke totamak …. Ka cis teneme toyak, which means "What can we do, to respect each other."

The 11-foot-tall installation is fabricated out of steel and concrete with internally lit flames, and it is located at the Peace Meeting Site, close to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights at The Forks. It's one of a series of public art installations commissioned by The Winnipeg Foundation for The Forks as part of The Foundation's ongoing Green Spaces Strategy. The other installations are by Val Vint and Jaimie Isaac, and all three installations are being supported by project curator, Dr. Julie Nagam.

BeCause Radio spoke with KC Adams following the opening to learn more about her vision for the installation and what she's hoping people will reflect on when they see it.

Dorota Blumczynska stepped into the role of CEO at the Manitoba Museum earlier this year in the midst of one of the many closures museums and other organizations and businesses have had to push through. In this interview, Dorota shares what she's learned about the Manitoba Museum since starting, and how she plans to help shape its future to foster community, make space for complicated conversations, and be an agent of change.

Patricia Mainville is the Principal at Argyle Alternative High School and a Board Member of The Winnipeg Foundation. In this instalment of Our Next 100, Patricia shares her 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.