MONTRÉAL, Feb. 12, 2017 /CNW
Telbec/ - In the wake of the tragic events that recently took place
in Québec City, Québec's financial community is now joining forces
to establish Inclusion, a philanthropic fund of more than
$3.5 million to promote values
in which it deeply believes: openness, inclusiveness and
equality.
The 21 financial firms that support this initiative are
convinced that education is the best defense against intolerance,
discrimination and harassment.
Over the next five years, the new fund will support in
particular awareness and education programs in schools. The purpose
of these programs is to build inclusive living environments and
promote greater openness in young people to diversity in all its
forms.
First, the Inclusion fund will finance ENSEMBLE,
Equitas, and Institut Pacifique. These organizations work with
young people to build an environment free of discrimination or
harassment. The allocated funds will allow them, among other
things, to broaden the scope of their existing programs. Over the
years, other organizations could be selected to be part of the
Inclusion fund.
Québec's Centraide network will provide its support by ensuring
sound governance of these funds.
The financial firms that spontaneously joined this initiative
are:
- BMO Financial
Group
|
- Business
Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
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- Caisse de
dépôt et placement du Québec
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- CIBC
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- Desjardins
|
- Fondaction
CSN
|
- Fonds de
solidarité FTQ
|
- Great-West
Life
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- iA Financial
Group
|
- Investors
Group
|
- Intact Financial
Corporation
|
- La Capitale
Financial Group
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- Manulife
|
- Mackenzie
Investments
|
- National
Bank
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- Power
Financial Corporation
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- Royal Bank of
Canada (RBC)
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- Scotiabank
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- SSQ Financial
Group
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- Sun Life
Financial
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- TD Bank
Group
|
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SOURCE Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec