Canada investments

To shape a more equitable and sustainable Canada through a focus on greater equity and self-determination for Indigenous Peoples and preparing underrepresented children and young people to participate in the economy of the future.

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Partners and projects

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Northwest Territories On The Land Collaborative

Through a community-led collaborative governance model, MakeWay aims to improve the accessibility of resources and support for land-based education and cultural revitalization activities in Indigenous communities across Northwest Territories in Canada, as a means to promote reconciliation and justice.

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Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization

Providing support to Indigenous communities in building capacity to successfully carry out their own language revitalization. Envisioning a future where Indigenous languages are healthy and vibrant, and are spoken in homes, schools, workplaces, and on the land.

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Forest conservation in Manitoba's boreal

Working with Indigenous Nations to support Indigenous-led conservation and sustainable resource management to build a resilient future for people and nature in Canada’s boreal.

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Leadership Development for Native & Indigenous Youth in the Americas

Through a cross-border Indigenous & Native Youth Leadership Community of Practice, Ban Ki-Moon Foundation seeks to enable leadership development that empower Indigenous and Native youth to strengthen and amplify their influence, to drive changemaking efforts and elevate Indigenous leadership and decision making.

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Transformative Governance: Collaborative Leadership Initiative

To advance reconciliation and enhance water sustainability, this project seeks to implement and embed a process for reconciliation-based collaborative governance that will transform community-driven decision making between Indigenous and municipal leaders in watersheds across Canada.

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Natural Infrastructure for Water Solutions

An initiative to scale up natural infrastructure on Canada's Prairies - for cleaner water and more resilient communities - from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). To take natural infrastructure from novel to normal, IISD is working with organizations and partners across the prairies to strengthen the business case for natural infrastructure, encourage uptake in urban and rural communities, and enable relevant market and policy systems.

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Canada news

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Meet the changemakers: the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources

The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources is Canada’s first Indigenous directed environmental non-profit charitable organization. It supports Indigenous peoples in building capacity to form their own institutions and partner with government and other organizations to protect their lands and waters.

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3 online resources to learn about governance and collaborative decision making with Indigenous and local communities

Three comprehensive learning resources to help inform, develop, and enhance knowledge on Indigenous governance and consultation and consent mechanisms are available online and are free to access.

287 days ago

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Natural Resource Governance

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Indigenous self-determination is a right BHP Foundation actively supports

The BHP Foundation partners with Indigenous organizations and local communities in many parts of the world to actively support self-determination.

551 days ago

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Chile program

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Proposals open for Measurement, Learning and Evaluation program partner

We are looking for a Measurement, Learning and Evaluation partner to support our country-level programs in the US and Canada.

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Canada program

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Year in review

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US$6 million invested in grants, sponsorships and donations exclusive to Canada in Financial Year 2024

Learn more about the innovative NGOs, think tanks and national and international institutions finding solutions and setting new standards for the future in BHP Foundation Annual Report to donor - Canada.

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National investments

Learn more about the work of the BHP Foundation in other countries where BHP operates