METRAC Competitors

The road to educational success must be paved with good governance and visionary leadership – that’s why PAVE helps recruit, train, deploy and support knowledgeable, responsible school board members while providing access to the funding, programs and partners those boards need to realize their schools’ vision for success. Across the City of Milwaukee, visionary leaders, dedicated teachers and supportive communities are working hard together to give all children the excellent educational opportunities they deserve. While many vital groups focus on the classroom, PAVE is the only organization focused on the boardroom. We believe a high-performing board is the very foundation of excellence in education. Great boards execute visionary plans. They develop key partnerships. And every step of the way, they ensure accountability for results seen in the classroom. Often, these good schools need more support in one key area that brings it all together. That’s good governance. And that’s the passion of PAVE. That’s why, after 20 years of advancing reform and improving access to quality education, PAVE today has made it our goal to transform independent school boards throughout our city. We’re applying our experience and energy toward building better boards and empowering them with the resources they need to achieve sustainable success. By helping schools more effectively govern themselves, PAVE is driving performance, innovation and better education for children who need it most.

The 519 creates space for change, contributing to the advancement of 2SLGBTQ+ equality and inclusion in Toronto and beyond. As both a City of Toronto agency and a registered charity, The 519 has been a model of success in community-based service delivery and public-private city-building partnerships since 1975. The 519 operates within a unique three-pillared organizational model that is present in every program, initiative and activity we undertake. Through the pillars of service, space and leadership, The 519 Framework is what makes our organization distinct and enhances the quality of our work in the communities we serve. Service We are committed to direct, public and philanthropic service that meets the emerging and identified needs within our communities, and fosters a culture of integrity, transparency and excellence among our staff, volunteers and members. Space We create space, both physical and figurative, where individuals, groups and organizations can meet, work, collaborate, celebrate and grow together. In this space we extend ourselves beyond meeting needs to creating opportunity and imagining that a different world is possible. Leadership We share our knowledge and experience by demonstrating leadership through training, activism, advocacy and education that is designed to change society for the better. Our daily, lived experience as members of, and in service to, the 2SLGBTQ+ communities is foundational to our leadership and ensures quality, authenticity and authority to our voice.

NWAC is one of five National Aboriginal Organizations that works to improve the lives, socioeconomic, and health status of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit populations in Canada through awareness raising initiatives, political advocacy efforts, and promotion of equitable engagement in political and other processes that impact them. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of Aboriginal women within Aboriginal and Canadian societies. With 35 years of service, NWAC is proud to speak as a voice for Aboriginal women from coast to coast to coast. NWAC is the only NAO solely responsible for representing the concerns and interests of Aboriginal women in Canada. Given that Aboriginal women carry an overwhelmingly disproportionate burden of ill health, experience more violence and abuse than any other sector of the population, and are incarcerated at ever increasing rates, it follows that their needs are not being met. Until such time that Aboriginal women and their families benefit equally from the economic, social, and educational opportunities available in Canada, there will be a continued need for organizations like NWAC. The men and women who are employed at NWAC are committed to creating sustainable change in families, communities, and nations, in an effort to protect our future leaders from intergenerational traumas too often associated with Aboriginal peoples in this country.