Supporters

IISD Experimental Lakes Area is extremely grateful for all of the ongoing financial assistance we receive from our funders, supporters and donors.

Their generous contributions have allowed us to continue the incredible work at IISD-ELA and to preserve a legacy that began in 1968, enabling our researchers to continue finding solutions to the most pressing threats to our most precious resource – fresh water.

Major Funders

The Government of Ontario (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry)

Thank you to the Government of Ontario for a four-year commitment to provide $2 million annually to support the operation of IISD-ELA.

The Government of Canada (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Our thanks to the Government of Canada who committed $1.7 million over two years bringing the total annual support to $1 million.

CONTRIBUTORS $100,000+

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Genome Prairie
In Honour of Harold and Daphne Schiff
Michael Paterson, Gail Asper and Family, and The Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc.
The Winnipeg Foundation
One Anonymous Donor

CONTRIBUTORS $50,000-$99,999

Department of Canadian Heritage
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc.

CONTRIBUTORS $10,000-$49,999

ECO Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (Canada Summer Jobs)
Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario
Findlay Family
Susan Glass and Arni Thorsteinson
Jacor LLC
Johnston Group Inc.
Kozminski Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation
Michael Paterson
Price Family Foundation
Jim and Leney Richardson
Swancoat Investments
Vickar Automotive Group
One Anonymous Donor

CONTRIBUTORS $5,000-$9,999

Pamela and Andrew Cooke
Glenn Crook
Susan Holt
Jonathan Paterson
Stephen Paterson
Frances Pick
Red River Co-op
One Anonymous Donor

CONTRIBUTORS $1,000-$4,999

Margaret Atwood
Mariam Bernstein
Cherry Tree Productions
Steven Eisenreich
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Sheila Fraser
Daniel Gagnier
Alison Gilbert and Brian Wall – in Memory of Amy Gilbert
Campbell Grierson and Carol Gibb Grierson
gw architecture inc.
Margaret Higgins
Higgins Family
Integrity Death Care, Cremation and Funeral Planning
Gordon and Margaret Koshinsky
Richard and Hillaine Kroft
Ledcor
Gordon Nicholls
Vince Palace
Rod Paterson
Price Industries Limited
Raysolar
Royal Bank of Canada
Todd Sellers
Vincent St. Louis
Talbot Family Foundation
Tower Engineering Group
Two Anonymous Donors

CONTRIBUTORS $500-$999

Robert and Ina Abra Family Fund
Therese Adam
Paul Bettess
Joyce Betts
Dianne Clipsham
John-Mark Davies
Jim Dugan and Mary Bawden
Firefly Communications Experts
Jon and Naomi Gerrard
Dennis Giguere
Diane Guenther
Hilary Druxman Design
Rebecca and James Kirk
Philip Klassen
M Group CPA
Roger Mollot and Pauline Gerrard
Pitblado LLP
TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
Torque Brewing
Nisha Tuli and Matthew McCandless
Mike and Pat Warkentin
Jill Wilkinson
One Anonymous Donor

CONTRIBUTORS $100-$499

Doug Allan and Sandy Chalanchuk
Margaret Anderson
Erin Bend
Susan Bend
Jeffrey Betts
Geri Beveridge
Marilyn Bilsbarrow
Drew Bodaly
Diane Boyle
Lars and Satya Brink
Lisa Cahill
Steph Chandler Burns
Terrance Chapelsky
Kathy Clark
Darcy Cox
Linda Dann
Robert Darling
Gordon and Diane Davidson
Tara Despault
Larry Desrochers
Kathleen Estey
Shane Fainman
Mary Finnegan
Candace and Neil Fisher
Mary Fizer
Rowland Forster
Catherine Gardner
Anne Gilbert
Leesa Girouard
Nancy Gordon and her grandson Charley Rands
Patricia Gregory
Geoffrey Gunn and Mallory Light
Britt Hall
Gregory Hammond
Kurt Hangle
Ray Hesslein
Richard Hough
Eward Howell
Interior Illusions
Christine Johnston
Susan Kasian
Patricia Konantz
Thomas Kucera
Tabitha and Paul Langel
Donna Laroque
Joann Lloyd
Judy Mackenzie
Shirley Martens
George Matheson
Michael and Barb McCandless
Lori McCarville and Shauna Derksen
Eilean McKenzie-Matwiy
Christine McKinley
Sheldon McLeod
Malcolm McMillan
William Peter Miller
Nick Mirus
Andrea Moffat
Marcel Mollot
Daryl Neustater
Lukas Neville
Glenda Osnach
Dolorès Planas
Robert Potter
Roberto Quinlan
Patricia Ramlal
Neil Richards
Sandy and Deborah Riley
Kathy Ringland
Kelly Romas
Wayne Rosin
Bev Ross
Dimple Roy
St. Paul’s Collegiate
Blair Saltel
Anne Saltel
Kimberly Sanderson
Randall Sannes
Leona Schoen
Rueben Schulz
John Sinclair
Christine Skene
Andrea Sloan
Robert Smith
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Louis St-Cyr
Darlene Stepanik and Peter Kirby
Angus Sutherland
Bruce Townsend
James Watters
Aaron Webb
Barrie Webster
Mickey and Jim Wener
David Whiteside and Peter Lepson
Gregory Williams
Elizabeth Wires
WSL Sport & Leisure
Eleven Anonymous Donors

CONTRIBUTORS UNDER $100

Gordon Baldwin
Mariette Bayer
Lynne Boucher
Terri Bulman
Collin Carbno
Merv Chambers
Morgan Craig
Paul Cruickshank
Craig Emmerton and Jennifer Graydon
Garry Eng
Anita Jane Fedoruk
Bryan Foran
Richard Forbes
Katrina Froese
David Gorsline
Ananya Gupta
Jonathan Halasz
Brian Harack
Tammy Hildebrand
Robert Hobday
Michelle Holigroski
Theodore Hsu
Randy Jackson
Elizabeth King
Hedy Kling
Charlene Koniak
Loris Loewen
Michael Loewen
Wayne MacNeil
Heidi Markham-Tonin
Alan McNair
Dominique Monchamp
Kristy Muckosky
Derek Okabe
Ahmed Oyegunle
Jean A. Paterson
Robert and Susan Piper
Michael Proulx
Sherrill Richards
Chandra Rodgers
David Ross
Barbara Scaife
Elaine Shnier
David Simmons
Christina Tran
Hector Valenzuela
Diane VanderZande
Mary Agnes Welch
Eleven Anonymous Donors

Contributions above made between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.

For more information, please contact:

Erin Bend
Officer, Philanthropy
[email protected]
1 (204) 958-7700 ext. 719

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