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EmbraceBC
A government-led initiative, EmbraceBC provides funding opportunities for community-based anti-racism and multiculturalism projects.
Through six distinct program elements, EmbraceBC seeks to inspire community members, residents and sector leaders to welcome, accept and embrace difference, on both personal and institutional levels.
Arts engagement funding will support increased public awareness and understanding of social, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity through artistic mediums. EmbraceBC intends to support projects that focus on bringing diverse groups together, to interact and collaborate on endeavours that build inclusive communities.
Dialogue is a development tool that encourages and sustains community-based conversations on what it means to live in harmony in a multicultural society.
Community engagement and dialogue projects enable dialogues that foster trust and relationship building between various sectors and diverse cultural communities, including:
- Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities
- youth
- seniors
- recent immigrants
- native-born Canadians
Inclusive leadership development and mentorship will support the development, mentorship and recognition of leaders who teach about and promote inclusive communities, cultural diversity and anti-racism.
Interfaith bridging will make possible the building of relationships between diverse, established faith communities that seek to promote understanding of intersecting identities (for example, the intersection between a person’s faith and spirituality and their cultural, ethnic or racial identity).
Support for organizing against racism and hate will enhance the ability of communities to effectively respond to incidents involving racism and hate crime.
Public education will help engage the public around racism, multiculturalism and inclusion. It allows for creation of innovative, interactive educational tools.
Applying for Funding
Who can apply?
To be considered for funding through EmbraceBC, applicants must be in good standing with the Corporate Registry of British Columbia, the Canadian Revenue Agency and the Better Business Bureau of Mainland BC or Vancouver Island. Examples of organizations that may be eligible include:
- non-profit organizations
- Aboriginal organizations
- businesses
- schools
- faith organizations
- municipalities
- rural and urban communities
What kind of projects will be considered for funding?
Proposed projects should demonstrate one or more of the following themes:
- addresses systemic racism and changing institutional structures;
- addresses issues of power and privilege;
- encourages the full participation of all members of society in all aspects of the economy, as well as the social, cultural and political life of British Columbia;
- engages broad and diverse groups of partners and participants;
- builds trust and relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples;
- addresses racist behaviour and practices that impede the full participation of individuals and diverse groups in civil society;
- develops responsibility and ownership for the elimination of racism, on individual and communal levels;
- promote and support a leadership model that reflects the diversity of stakeholders involved in a project; and,
- demonstrate an understanding and analysis of the complexity of intersecting identities and the relationship of gender, sexual orientation and religion with race and ethnicity.
What kind of projects will not be considered for funding?
Folk, cultural and ethno-specific festivals or projects that do not have an educational focus or do not engage broad and diverse audiences are not eligible for funding.
When can I apply for funding?
Funding opportunities in the six program elements will be provided twice each fiscal year. For fiscal 2009/10, the following solicitations will take place:
Program Area |
Round 1 Solicitation |
Round 2 Solicitation |
Arts Engagement |
Summer 2009 |
Winter 2010 |
Community Engagement and Dialogue |
Fall 2009 |
Winter 2010 |
Inclusive Leadership Development and Mentorship |
Summer 2009 |
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Interfaith Bridging |
Summer 2009 |
Winter 2010 |
Organizing Against Racism and Hate |
Fall 2009 |
Winter 2010 |
Public Education |
Fall 2009 |
Winter 2010 |
How do I apply for funding?
EmbraceBC funding opportunities are awarded through open solicitation processes posted on BC Bid.
The open solicitation process varies with each program element. For detailed information about the solicitation process, eligibility and selection criteria, visit the EmbraceBC guidelines.
Information about funding opportunities and solicitation results are posted on the EmbraceBC website when available.
What logos do I use to acknowledge EmbraceBC funding for my initiative or project?
Third-party organizations are required to acknowledge the Province of British Columbia’s funding contributions. This applies to all initiatives funded under EmbraceBC.
There are different logos to be used by third-party organizations for produced communications materials that are provincially funded and those that are a combination of provincial-federal funding as outlined in the Funding Acknowledgement Guidelines. Your contract manager will inform you which logo to use and to answer any questions that you may have.
To receive approval for the use of the EmbraceBC and Canada Logos, you must first fill in and submit the Application for Third Party Use of BC ID and provide a sample of the materials with the logos already placed.
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