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FROM THE CEO
Tina Thomas shares Edmonton
Community Foundation’s vision for
building a better city
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LOOPED IN
Stay up to date on the latest news,
events and initiatives from ECF
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BUILDING CONNECTIONS
Fostering friendship between seniors
and students
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PHOTO: COOPER & O’HARA
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FAMILY MATTERS
Estate planning can be complicated
for blended families — but it doesn’t
need to be
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LEAVING A LEGACY
Seanna Collins gives back to the city
she loves
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START ME UP
Four easy steps to establish your
own endowment
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BETTER FUTURES
Fraternity brothers start a new fund to
support Edmonton’s Food Bank
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ONE LAWYER, ONE FAMILY
Melissa Bourgeois is changing how
couples divorce
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FROM HEARTBREAK TO HOPE
How the Britton family is turning loss into a
lasting legacy for the community
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WATER IS LIFE
A Métis scientist advocates for Indigenous
knowledge in water policy
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FOOD FOR THE SOUL
Helping students get the nourishment
they need to flourish in school
thrivetogether we
thrivetogether we
FALL 2025
SUMMER 2025
CEO
Tina Thomas
DIRECTOR, MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS
Oksana Gowin
MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR
Andrew Paul
EDMONTON COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION
9910 103 St. NW Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada T5K 2V7
T 780.426.0015 F 780.425.0121
PERMISSION
ROOTED
TO BE PROUD
IN PLACE
How a Métis student award empowered
Kirsten Letendre’s voice for the water
How Zita Cobb revitalized
Fogo Island
CONTRIBUTORS
Kate Astaire, Zachary Ayotte,
Lisa Ostrowski, Cooper &
O’Hara, Caitlin Hart,
Tom Ndekezi, Renato Pagnani,
Andrew Paul, Nick Ross,
Paul Swanson, Aspen Zettel
PRINTING
Transcontinental Printing
PUBLISHER
Trudy Callaghan
ODVOD MEDIA CORP.
10221 123 St. NW
Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1N3
T 780.451.1379
odvod.com
DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Amanda Goddard, Yuliia Syvokin
MANAGING EDITOR
Jodi Glen
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