ACE Announcements

Harper Government Invites Canadian Organizations to Celebrate Canada

Organizations wishing to apply for funding to plan Celebrate Canada 2012 activities may submit applications up until January 16, 2012.

The Government of Canada provides financial assistance for activities organized during the Celebrate Canada period, from June 21 to July 1. These activities...

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Creative City Network of Canada Summit

Creative City Network of Canada is pleased to announce that the 2012 Creative City Summit will take place October 21 – 23, 2012 in the City of Victoria, British Columbia.

2012 Summit Theme: Fertile Grounds: Culture in Your Community

On the occasion of the Creative City Network of Canada's...

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Immigrant Youth Leadership Training!

Civic Engagement Alliance (YCEA) is a leadership training program which aims to promote a strong sense of Canadian identity and citizenship by providing immigrant youth with leadership skills, service learning and cross-cultural bridging opportunities. The program consists of 5 components...

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Call for Submissions

Share your city’s success story and become the next Big Idea @ Cities of Migration!

Successful cities are led by innovative, forward-looking local governments that work hard to serve the best interests of the public, including new immigrants. These cities view inclusion and the diversity of the...

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The Essential Nature of Recreation and Parks

Check out this feature on ARPA and an interview with our own Carol Petersen as part of an article entitled: "The Essential Nature of Recreation and Parks" by Melissa St. Dennis for the ARDN newseletter.

Great stuff, Carol!

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The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s National Aboriginal Initiative website

The Canadian Human Rights Commission's National Aboriginal Initiative has created a web presence for outreach to Aboriginal people and communities. Fact sheets, guides and other resources are available on the website.

The Alberta Human Rights Commission also offers the brochure Aboriginal...

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December 10 is International Human Rights Day

December 10, 1948 was the day on which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by member nations of the United Nations.

A Canadian, John Humphrey, was the primary author of the Declaration. The members of the UN hoped that the horrors of the recently ended war could be avoided if a...

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Human rights and multiculturalism scholarship

Students pursuing graduate studies in Canadian human rights or multiculturalism are invited to apply for the Alberta Award for the Study of Canadian Human Rights and Multiculturalism. There are two awards of $10,000 each - one for Master's level study and one for Doctoral level.

This award...

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Is Your Municipality Delivering Excellence in Recreation and Parks?

ARPA and ACE Communities is inviting you to be one of 10 communities to receive the new Service Excellence Program assessment tool and coaching FREE of charge over the next 6 months!

How do we assess our organizational capacity? Do our stakeholders have confidence in the effectiveness of the...

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Aboriginal Arts, Culture, and Heritage Grants

Check out these aboriginal-related grants.. Many of these programs aren’t utilized to their fullest so let’s charge into the New Year and tap into these great resources! Or, at least, spread the word to those who might be interested in applying!

Take note: most of these aren’t due right now...

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