Interfaith Bridging

Faith communities can play an important role in building diverse, inclusive communities and in eliminating racism and promoting multiculturalism across various faith traditions in British Columbia.

Funding provided through interfaith bridging will support building relationships between diverse, established faith communities and seek to promote understanding of intersecting identities, such as with a person’s faith and spirituality and their cultural, ethnic or racial identity.

To be considered for funding, interfaith bridging projects must demonstrate relevance to faith communities within British Columbia.

Examples of interfaith bridging projects may include (but are not limited to):

• collaborative projects among distinct faith communities;
• tools that encourage knowledge exchange and sharing between diverse faith and cultural groups;
• faith-based forums focused on diverse faith communities and issues of racism;
• building teams and coalitions with a diverse cross-section of faith groups for the purpose of addressing interfaith religious conflict; and
• interfaith, intra-faith and inter-denominational dialogues on racism and multiculturalism within established faith traditions.

For detailed information about the solicitation process, eligibility and selection criteria, visit the EmbraceBC guidelines (PDF - 127KB).