Cardus keeps bringing excellent projects to our grantmakers. This one is no exception: a dramatic, creative push to create a platform for Canadian millenials of various faiths to share the importance of their own spirituality within our multicultural context. Faith in Canada 150 will be the name for this and other initiatives which celebrate faith in Canada in our Sesquicentennial Year of 2017.
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Project Name: |
Be Not Afraid: Living Together in Difference |
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Grant Amount: |
$25,000.00 |
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Purpose of Investment: |
To bring together Millennials from various faith perspectives to cast vision for tomorrow’s Canada, honouring the role of faith in our country’s history over 150 years, and to celebrate it going forward. |
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Participating Grantmakers: |
Bridgeway Foundation |
Measurable Outcomes:
-Five dinners, with an aim to host many more, planned in major urban areas across Canada. Each attended by 7-10 millennial leaders, and each tilling ground for the culminating conference mid-2017. Dinners will be hosted in the homes of people of prominence, with discussion facilitated by a thought leader—such as David Goa or Ingrid Mattson—experienced in working with multi-faith groups.
-A two-day conference, attended by at least 200 millennials, held in Ottawa in mid-2017 and keynoted by leaders from a range of faiths.
-A concluding publication, consisting of curated reflections, keynotes, and other contributions from panelists, attendees, and related stakeholders, released broadly in an accessible digital format by the end of 2017.
-Involvement of at least five multi-faith institutional partners who will recommend and assist participants, lend credibility, nominate panelists, and be involved in the promotion of the event from the start of the project through to the conference.