Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation is Community Inspired. They connect the generosity of donors with the energy, ideas and time of people in the community. Together, they’ve been making meaningful and lasting impacts in neighborhoods and communities since 1943.

McLean Foundation

The McLean Foundation was established in 1945 by the late Mr. James Stanley (J.S.) McLean, president of Canada Packers, with an initial gift of $505,400. J.S. McLean made additional gifts from time to time until his death on September 1st, 1954. These gifts, augmented by a bequest under his will, totalled $1,301,000.

J.S. and Edith McLean were avid supporters of numerous charitable causes, particularly in the areas of social welfare, education, environmental conservation and the arts.

Kendor Textiles

Established in 1953, KenDor Textiles has accumulated vast experience and built a broad network of global mills that facilitate virtually any wholesale textile need.

KenDor takes great pride in specializing in environmentally & socially responsible knit and woven textiles while striving to ensure that partner mills adhere to multiple global standards of environmental and social compliance including the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®.  KenDor endeavors to continually expand its sustainable collection of Eco Premiums including TENCEL™ and Merino Wool options. 

Proudly Canadian. Serving the Global textile industry.

Vancity

Vancity is a values-based financial co-operative serving the needs of its more than 543,000 member-owners and their communities in the Coast Salish and Kwakwaka'wakw territories, with 55 branches in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Victoria, Squamish and Alert Bay.

With $28.2 billion in assets plus assets under administration, Vancity is Canada's largest community credit union. Vancity uses its assets to help improve the financial well-being of its members while at the same time helping to develop healthy communities that are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.

Eco Canada

At ECO Canada, we act as the steward for the Canadian environmental workforce across all industries. From job creation and wage funding, to training and labour market research, we champion the end-to-end career of all environmental professionals. We aim to promote and drive responsible, sustainable economic growth, while also ensuring that environmental best practices remain a priority. We challenge the status quo by existing outside the typical activist mentality.

We work alongside government, policy makers, academia, students, employers, professionals, industry, and international audiences to ensure we support Canada as a global leader in innovative workforce solutions and job creation. We remain the go-to source in the environmental labour market; our research provides unmatched statistics and analysis on the economic and labour trends that identify workforce gaps within industry.

Canada Summer Jobs Program

Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, which aims to provide flexible and holistic services to help all young Canadians develop the skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition into the labour market.