In 2009, The EJLB Foundation awarded grants totalling $1,872,000 to support a variety of concrete endeavours which reflect the Foundation’s environmental priorities and concerns.

The recipients are:

Algoma Highlands Conservancy
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
$150,000
For the acquisition and protection of the 2,600-acre King Mountain Property with its twin peaks among the highest points in Ontario.

Alternatives Journal
Waterloo, Ontario
$10,000
For a campaign to raise awareness of the magazine among environmental organizations.

Les Amis de la Montagne
Montreal, Quebec
($150,000, over two years) $75,000
For monthly forums aimed at increasing public awareness of the Mount-Royal and its long-term protection.

Les Amis du Jardin botanique de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
$3,000
For an urban vegetable garden program for adolescents.

Appalachian Corridor
Ville de Lac-Brome, Quebec
$40,000
For the protection of the natural corridor spanning the Vermont/Quebec border and extending from the Green Mountains, through the Sutton Mountains, to Mount Orford.

The Bruce Trail Conservancy
Hamilton, Ontario
($50,000, over two years) $25,000
For the acquisition and protection of the 176-acre Lindenwood property in the Sydenham section of the Bruce Trail.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Ottawa, Ontario
($10,000, over two years) $5,000
For a strategic review of its mission and structure.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Ottawa, Ontario
$30,000
For core administration and operating expenses.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society / Manitoba Chapter
Ottawa, Ontario
$10,000
For a campaign to establish the 150,000-hectare Fisher Bay/Ochiwasahow National Park located on the southwest basin of Lake Winnipeg.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society / New Brunswick and Quebec Chapters
Ottawa, Ontario
$15,000
For a campaign to promote the protection of the Restigouche river watershed.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society / Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Chapters
Ottawa, Ontario
$15,000
For a campaign to establish land management plans that conserve or restore connectivity and establish a network of new protected areas for the Isthmus of Chignecto.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society / Quebec Chapter
Ottawa, Ontario
$5,000
For a campaign to expand the Gaspésie National Park, improve forestry practices in the area, as well as identify and maintain a wilderness corridor with the Forillon National Park.

Canadian Peregrine Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
$4,000
For an inner-city school visit program.

The Canary Research Institute for Mining, Environment and Health
Ottawa, Ontario
$50,000
For the promotion of improved mining regulations and policies, for studies on the environmental and socio-economic impacts of mining operations, as well as for administrative expenses.

Canopy
Vancouver, British Columbia
($40,000, over two years) $20,000
For a campaign to promote the production of paper from agricultural residue pulps, such as wheat and flax straws.

Comité Saint-Urbain
Montreal, Quebec
$2,000
For workshops on municipal composting held at McGill University as part of Quebec Garbage Reduction Week.

Conservation Council of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
$5,000
For a public symposium on 40 years of environmental activism.

Conservation Council of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
$20,000
For public presentations of a report investigating the environmental connection of cancer rates in New Brunswick communities with high industrial pollutant releases.

Conservation Foundation of Greater Toronto
Downsview, Ontario
($100,000, over two years) $50,000
For the acquisition and protection of the 50.45 acre Swan Lake property located within an area of the Oak Ridges Moraine designated as Natural Core under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan.

Deep River Science Academy
Deep River, Ontario
$5,000
For a summer environmental research program for high schools students.

The Earth Rangers Foundation
Woodbridge, Ontario
$5,000
For the Earth Rangers' environmental education summer programs for children in Ontario parks.

Ecology Action Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia
$50,000
For efforts to increase the provincial network of protected areas and ensure their ecological integrity.

Éco-Nature de Laval
Laval, Quebec
$3,000
For the development of educational programs on Canada geese.

Energy Probe Research Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
$25,000
For the Nuclear Community Education Project aimed at stimulating media debate on nuclear power and the greening of Ontario’s electricity system.

Environmental Defence Canada
Toronto, Ontario
($200,000, over two years) $100,000
For a public education campaign on the Tar Sands oil extraction project covering 57,000 square miles of northern Alberta and its impact on human health, global warming, the Athabasca River and Aboriginal rights, as well as for administrative expenses.

Environmental Defence Canada
Toronto, Ontario
$25,000
For a campaign promoting the enactment in Ontario and Quebec of legislation countering Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) which are intended to intimidate and silence citizens and groups contributing to civil society by raising the threat of massive legal retribution.

Evergreen
Toronto, Ontario
($40,000, over two years) $20,000
For the restoration of the stretch of the Highland Creek which flows through the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus.

Fondation Muséums Nature Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
$5,000
For the implementation of sustainable environmental projects in Quebec schools.

ForestEthics
Toronto, Ontario
$15,000
For the campaign to protect Ontario’s Boreal Forest.

Friends of St. Victor Petroglyphs Cooperative Ltd.
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan
$5,000
For a book on the St. Victor Petroglyphs aboriginal rock carvings.

Georgian Bay Forever
Toronto, Ontario
$10,000
For the completion of the mapping and inventory of the wetlands of eastern and northern Georgian Bay.

The Georgian Bay Land Trust Foundation Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
$20,000
For the acquisition and protection of the 16-acre Gillen property located along the north end of Giants Tomb Island in Georgian Bay.

Global Forest Watch Canada
Edmonton, Alberta
($30,000, over three years) $10,000
For the production of specific reports, maps and geospatial data related to energy developments present and future in Canada’s forests.

Great Lakes United
Montreal, Quebec
$25,000
For a pilot project at a primary school in an underprivileged area of Montreal promoting the green treatment of storm water.

Green Kids Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
$2,000
For an environmental education theatre tour directed at school aged children.

Hinck’s Dellcrest Centre
Toronto, Ontario
$10,000
For an environmental awareness community garden project at the Winchester School.

Intervale Associates
Doyles, Newfoundland
$15,000
For a DVD on the peat filter wastewater treatment systems of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
$30,000
For the development of a sensor network for remote environmental monitoring at Polar Bear Provincial Park.

London Regional Children’s Museum
London, Ontario
$5,000
For the endangered species education program.

Mont-Saint-Hilaire Nature Conservation Centre
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
($150,000, over three years) $50,000
For the acquisition and protection of a 293-hectare property located in Saint-Denis containing a major Richelieu Valley wetland and forming part of a proposed forested corridor linking Mont-Saint-Hilaire to the Lac Saint-Pierre Biosphere.

National Environmental Treasure
Toronto, Ontario
$25,000
For the establishment by the Small Change Fund of an internet platform allowing donors to connect with grassroots groups seeking small grants.

Nature Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
$10,000
For the Green Budget Coalition, which regroups 20 leading environmental organizations, and its campaign to advance environmental sustainability in Canada.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada
ìToronto, Ontario
($600,000, over three years) $200,000
For the securement of more than 10,000 acres of ecologically significant properties located in Prince Edward Island (Boughton Island), Quebec (the Sutton Mountain Range), Ontario (Pelee Island), Newfoundland and Labrador (the Grand Codroy Estuary and Sandy Point) and New Brunswick (the Tabunsitac Lagoon and Estuary), as well as for capacity building and core administration expenses.

Nature Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan
$10,000
For the Stewards of Saskatchewan Program that engages rural landowners in conserving grassland habitat in southern Saskatchewan.

The Nature Trust of New Brunswick Inc.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
($100,000, over two years) $50,000
For a capacity building initiative aimed at increasing the pace and quality of land conservation work in New Brunswick.

Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation
Welland, Ontario
($30,000, over three years) $10,000
For a comprehensive inventory of the natural areas of the Niagara region and the development of a database with interactive mapping capabilities.

Le Nichoir Wild Bird Rehabilitation Centre
Hudson, Quebec
$5,000
For a school educational program on avian conservation.

Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust
King City, Ontario
$20,000
For land transaction costs to secure conservation easements on strategic properties in the Moraine.

Ontario Farmland Trust
Guelph, Ontario
$25,000
For the easement registration costs of three agricultural properties with significant natural heritage features, the 141-acre Hindmarsh property located south of the Town of Goodrich, the 150-acre Martinic property located in the southeastern portion of Adjala-Tosorontio, and the 48-acre Samuel property located near the Town of Milton.

Partners for Youth Inc.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
$5,000
For a youth leadership training program focused on environmental adventure based education.

The Pembina Foundation for Environmental Research and Education
Toronto, Ontario
$25,000
For a public campaign on renewable energy as a cost effective alternative to coal and nuclear based power.

Petitcodiac Riverkeeper
Moncton, New Brunswick
$10,000
For programs aimed at educating and engaging youth and the public in the protection and conservation of the Petitcodiac, Memramcook and Shepody watersheds.

Polaris Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
$15,000
For public forums throughout Canada on the impact of the Alberta Tar Sands on the environment.

Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John’s, Newfoundland
($150,000, over two years) $75,000
For the Protected Areas campaign directed at establishing the proposed Mealy Mountains National Park, the Lake Joseph Atikonak Wilderness Reserve, the Great Northern Peninsula Forest Wilderness Reserve and the Ripple Pond “Fog Forest” Ecological Reserve.

rare Charitable Research Reserve
Cambridge, Ontario
$50,000
For the acquisition and protection of a 90-acre old growth forest property adjacent to Indian Woods located in the Township of North Dumphries.

Rivers and Lakes Foundation of Canada
Coaticook, Quebec
($30,000, over two years) $15,000
For a study on the impact of erosion from agricultural lands on the proliferation of cyanobacteria.

Rouge Valley Foundation
Scarborough, Ontario
$4,000
For the planting of native trees and shrubs as part of the restoration of an eight-acre property in the Town of Markham.

Sackville Rivers Association
Sackville, Nova Scotia
$5,000
For the Fish Friends program and the release by students into local streams of salmon fry raised in classroom fish tanks.

Santropol on Wheels
Montreal, Quebec
($40,000, over two years) $20,000
For the design of a sustainable urban food system applicable to its Meals on Wheels program, the largest on the island of Montreal.

Saskatchewan Environmental Society
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
($10,000, over two years) $5,000
For the expansion of its pesticide reduction campaign to additional neighbourhoods of the City of Saskatoon.

Sierra Club of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
$50,000
For a public education campaign on the Tar Sands oil extraction project covering 57,000 square miles of northern Alberta and its impact on human health, global warming, the Athabasca River and Aboriginal rights.

Société de conservation des Îles de la Madeleine
Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec
$20,000
For a campaign to protect critical properties of ecological importance in the Magdalen Islands.

St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences
Cornwall, Ontario
$5,000
For a summer internship program for adolescents.

Tatamagouche Centre
Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
$5,000
For the installation of solar panels as part of the implementation of the Centre’s Environment Strategy.

Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs
Toronto, Ontario
$4,000
For the Green Thumb/Growing Kids Children’s Garden and Nature Project providing ecological gardening activities to inner-city children.

Toronto Zoo Foundation
Scarborough, Ontario
$5,000
For the green and sustainable management of the Zoo’s operations, facilities and natural areas.

Two Countries, One Forest Society
Greenwood, Nova Scotia
$50,000
For core administrative expenses and support of landscape scale conservation work across the northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion.

Université Sainte-Anne
Pointe-de l’Église,Nova Scotia
($60,000, over two years) $30,000
For the erection of a 50 kW wind turbine, a major component of a renewable energy demonstration project.

University of Alberta / Environmental Research & Studies Centre
Edmonton, Alberta
$15,000
For the delivery of video conferencing seminars by university scholars engaged in environmental research to Canadian high school teachers.

University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
($50,000, over two years) $25,000
For a research project on dye sensitized solar cells (Grätzel cells) as a promising new technology for converting solar into electrical energy.

University of Toronto – Sustainability Office
Toronto, Ontario
$20,000
For student-lead environmental projects using the University as a living laboratory.

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Toronto, Ontario
($100,000, over two years) $50,000
For conservation efforts of Ontario’s northern Boreal biodiversity and unique ecosystems, continued mapping and GIS support of the northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion conservation planning atlas and for core administrative support.

Women’s Healthy Environments Network
Toronto, Ontario
$25,000
For outreach programs and educational workshops on the impact of toxic products on children’s health and the environment.

YMCAs of Quebec Foundation
Montreal, Quebec
($10,000, over two years) $5,000
For the Kanawana Camp environmental education program.

Yukon Conservation Society
Whitehorse, Yukon
$20,000
For work on major environmental issues affecting the Yukon and administrative expenses.