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PLUGGED IN
People with disabilities get hands-on
help navigating tech
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SOWING SUSTAINABILITY
Equipping non-profits with a toolkit
for financial stability
17
SKIN DEEP
enCompass offers a unique tattoo
removal program
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WE’RE HERE
An Edmonton-based Queer documentary
makes its European debut
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IN THE RIGHT PLACE
Shorefast is transforming local economies
with an innovative program
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ENDOWMENT EMPOWERMENT
What is (and isn’t) in a Shariah Compliant
Investment Portfolio
4
FROM THE CEO
Tina Thomas reports back on
community impact
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PRESERVING PRAIRIE
HISTORY
ECF grant helps save Spruce Grove’s
historic grain elevator
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THE RIGHT NOTE
Pro Coro keeps choral music alive —
and launches careers
ANNA GRODZKA SERVED AS POLAND’S FIRST OPENLY
TRANS MP. SHE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE POLAND’S
LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW THEIR “TRUE PATHS”.
PHOTO: JOANNE PEARCE
thrivetogether we
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
CONTRIBUTORS
Eric Beliveau, Darrin Hagen,
Caitlin Hart, Areeha Mahal,
Tom Ndekezi, Lisa Ostrowski,
Renato Pagnani, JoAnne
Pearce, Nick Ross, Janice
Saxon, Cory Schachtel
PRINTING
Transcontinental Printing
ROOTED
IN PLACE
How Zita Cobb revitalized
Fogo Island
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PUBLISHER
Trudy Callaghan
ODVOD MEDIA CORP.
10221 123 St. NW
Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1N3
T 780.451.1379
odvod.com
ART DIRECTOR
Colton Ponto
DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Amanda Goddard, Yuliia Syvokin
MANAGING EDITOR
Jodi Glen
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