WAC The Winnipeg Arts Council Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation with charitable status, charged by the City of Winnipeg to distribute funding to arts organizations and artists, to manage the City's Public Art Policy, and to foster development of the arts for the people of Winnipeg. As a pre-eminent city-building organization, the Winnipeg Arts Council focuses on the quality of life in the city and how arts and culture determines Winnipeg's reputation as a City of the Arts, both nationally and internationally. The Winnipeg Arts Council currently receives just under $4.1 million for this purpose along with another $500,000 designated for the Public Art Program.Grant ProgramsGrants are made available to not-for-profit arts organizations and individual artists and arts administrators working in all artistic disciplines. Applications are peer assessed, and the existence of high professional standards, community and audience support, and financial viability are key considerations in arriving at grant recommendations.Public ArtIn 2001 WAC was directed by City Council to develop a Public Art Policy for the City.
SMD has existed in various forms since the late 1940s. Today, the SMD family includes a head office in Winnipeg as well as six regional offices throughout Manitoba that provide services and support to people with disabilities in rural areas. SMD is also affiliated with national organizations such as Easter Seals Canada.
Based on projections, disability in Manitoba will continue to rise over the next 25 years. The Society for Manitobans with Disabilities strives for long term sustainability so that programs and services are available to meet the needs of children, youth and adults with disabilities.
the Southern Chiefs Organizationthe Southern Chiefs Organization Inc.Mission StatementWe, the Chiefs of the Southern First Nations of Manitob,a hereby agree to establish an independent political forum to protect, preserve, promote, and enhance First Nations peoples' inherent rights, languages, customs, and traditions through the application and implementation of the spirit and intent of the Treaty-making process.ObjectivesThe Southern Chiefs Organization is established:1.1 to assist members First Nations in the advancement and achievement of their goals as mandated by the Chiefs meeting in Summit;1.2 to provide a common front for initiatives mandated by the Chiefs meeting in Summit;1.3 to promote and assist member First Nations in providing good government for their First Nations;1.4 to assist member First Nations in promoting and defending Treaty and aboriginal rights as mandated by the Chiefs in Summit;1.5 to assist member First Nations in holding the Crown, and holding the Federal and Provincial governments responsible for the fulfillment of their fiduciary duties and other responsibilities and obligations.Read more by downloading our SCO Constitution and Accord PollsDo you believe you are getting quality service from your doctors and the nurses who provide care