 Adobe Systems
Adobe has selected TakingITGlobal to as an Adobe Youth Voices grantee. Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high-school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) provides breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on their world.
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Canadian International Development Agency
CIDA's aim is to reduce poverty, promote human rights, and support sustainable development. CIDA was established in 1968 to administer the bulk of Canada's official development assistance (ODA) program. The measure of its success lies in its contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Canada's broader international policy objectives.
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 Cisco Systems
Cisco enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University.
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Longview Foundation
Founded by William L. Breese, the Longview Foundation for World Affairs and International Understanding has been helping young people in the United States learn about world regions and global issues since 1966. Through a grant awarded in 2007, TakingITGlobal is enhancing its Understanding the Issues section of the Online Community.
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 Microsoft
Microsoft is the world's largest software company. Microsoft is partnering with TIG through Partners in Learning, its global educational philanthropy initiative. Separately, several Microsoft offices are working with TIG to increase local content and outreach - making TIG ever more relevant to communities worldwide.
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Open Society Initiative for West Africa
OSIWA is dedicated to supporting the creation of open societies in West Africa marked by functioning democracy, good governance, the rule of law, basic freedoms, and widespread civic participation. OSIWA believes that it best serves by sustaining catalytic and innovative initiatives that add value to the efforts of West Africa's civil society. Thanks to their financial support, Creating Local Connections West Africa has been implemented in five West African countries.
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 RBC Financial Group
RBC is Canada's leading financial services company and one of the nation's foremost corporate citizens. RBC has been an integral supporter of TIG, having now funded fourteen full-time positions for young people to work at our organization for up to one-year since 2001. This innovative arrangement is a partnership between RBC, TakingITGlobal, and Careeredge, Canada's youth work experience internship program.
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 The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
The vision at the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation is a Canada where all people have the opportunity to develop their potential and contribute to the betterment of their communities and country. The Foundation has been instrumental in the conception and development of our Creating Local Connections Canada program.
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 The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition. In 2006, it launched a five-year, $50 million digital media and learning initiative to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Through their support TakingITGlobal, along with Global Kids and Asia Society, launched Youth Media Exchange, where young people share and create digital media around global issues.
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 The Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), one of Canada's leading grantmaking foundations, is an agency of the Government of Ontario. The Ontario Trillium Foundation is a catalyst that enables Ontarians to work together to enhance the quality of life in their communities. We believe that communities across Ontario are rich in talent, creativity and drive, and our grants stimulate communities to build on these assets.
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 The Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation
The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation is dedicated to the development of sound and innovative public policies, founded on those values fundamental to Canadians, and designed to foster the continuing evolution of a dynamic and independent Canada. To this end, the Foundation is the main supporter of our Climate Change Policy: Youth Take Action project The Foundation also supported the creation of TIG Xpress, our HIV/AIDS educational engagement program.
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