Education


Gaynor Family Regional Library, Selkirk

Selkirk is building a new library to be named after a major, private donor.


$50,000

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Junior Achievement, Manitoba

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Shakespeare in the Ruins, Winnipeg

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Peguis Central School


Junior Achievement, Manitoba

JA works throughout Manitoba to teach children the merits of entrepreneurship. This grant is for classroom supplies and targets at-risk students.


$7,800


R.B. Russell Vocational High School, Winnipeg

A special program known as “Open Roads, Life Learning” is helping students pursue post-secondary education.


$5,500


Hastings School, Winnipeg

Renovations to the school’s kitchen are encouraging the school to interact with the wider community.


$7,000


The Horse Connection, Winnipeg

Children at risk of doing poorly in school learn valuable skills at this therapeutic equestrian centre. Invariably, performance in school improves.


$8,800


Shakespeare in the Ruins, Winnipeg

Inner-city children will learn new skills by rehearsing and performing a Shakespearean play under professional guidance.


$5,000


Sair Training and Employment Placement Services, Winnipeg

STEPS helps its clients, most of whom endure disadvantaged circumstances, acquire the training and education to obtain employment. This grant helped furnish the computer lab.


$2,000


Career Trek

Now operating province-wide, Career Trek exposes young people to the endless opportunities available as careers. In doing so it makes staying in school non-negotiable. Payable over 3 years, this award is focused on Career Trek’s “Children Rising” project in rural Manitoba.


$45,000


Peguis Central School

An annual fashion show is staged by the students at the Peguis Central School. Its purpose is to enhance the educational experience on the Peguis First Nation Reserve by promoting the self-esteem of the students.


$6,000


Fieldstone Ventures, Ashern

Adult learners catch up with their education at this agency. Capital assets relating to student safety were acquired.


$2,025


St. John’s College, Winnipeg

Annually, St. John’s brings aboriginal students from northern Manitoba to its campus for a summer program of orientation as a taste of the university experience.


$3,000


Manitou Regional Library

Renovations are being undertaken in Manitou’s library.


$4,000