Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook. The Bay has established a reputation for quality and style through an unrivalled assortment of products and categories including fashion, home, beauty, food concepts and more. The Bay operates featuring Marketplace, one of the largest premium life & style digital platforms in Canada, with a seamless connection to a network of 84 Hudson's Bay stores. Through a digital-first, purpose-driven lens, The Bay helps Canadians live their best style of life. Our goal is to improve the lives of Indigenous people by building awareness, education, and connections between all peoples in Canada. Inspired by Chanie’s story and Gord’s call to build a better Canada, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
By partnering with organisations doing critical work under its three pillars, Hudson's Bay Foundation provides funding for programs and initiatives driving meaningful and sustainable change.ĪBOUT THE GORD DOWNIE AND CHANIE WENJACK FUND In 2021, Hudson’s Bay Foundation launched Hudson’s Bay Foundation Charter for Change, committing $30 million over 10 years to accelerate racial equity in communities across Canada.
Hudson’s Bay Foundation is a registered charity, working to address racial inequality by investing in education, employment and empowerment opportunities for Indigenous Peoples, Black People and People of Colour. To sign up for updates about The Blanket Fund and learn more about the granting process, visit ABOUT HUDSON’S BAY FOUNDATION Today’s action is part of many we are taking to reconcile with Indigenous communities.”ĭWF will begin accepting applications for Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund early next year and the first round of grants are expected to be awarded in September 2023. “Oshki Wupoonwane | The Blanket Fund very deliberately focuses on grassroots efforts to impact change, and partnering with DWF to ensure the Fund is administered by an Indigenous-led organization with national reach, is a critical component. “The HBC point blanket is a powerful representation of the company's history, and it factors into many different stories and connections to our past,” says Iain Nairn, President and CEO of The Bay. Acknowledging the many layers of symbolism the blanket embodies in history, art, pop culture, and commerce is an integral part of The Bay’s Truth & Reconciliation journey. The HBC Point Blanket has been called many things throughout its history: an essential trade item, an enduring emblem of Canada, a carrier of disease, and a symbol of colonialism. This work helps to acknowledge and share more about the defining role HBC played in colonization and is a meaningful step forward on the path toward truth and reconciliation.” “This Fund will support Indigenous-led initiatives and will create opportunities throughout Canada for Indigenous people, communities and organizations to build capacity, tell their own stories, and elevate the strength of their communities. “Our partnership with Hudson’s Bay Foundation in the creation of Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund is a meaningful action that ultimately increases awareness and understanding of the true history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and is an important ReconciliACTION,” stated Sarah Midanik, President & CEO, The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. With this announcement, Hudson’s Bay Foundation is pleased to announce a $1 million contribution to kick off the official launch of Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund. Funding recipients will be identified through a community process, whereby applicants participate in the prioritization of initiatives. This new partnership will enable Hudson’s Bay Foundation to direct proceeds from the blanket sales to DWF, who will administer the funding. For organization grants, the focus will be on capacity building, and funding to support individual initiatives will ensure continued local impacts in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities across the country. Offered through two different grant streams, The Blanket Fund can be accessed by both grassroots Indigenous communities and organizations, and by Indigenous individuals undertaking related initiatives. Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund will provide support for Indigenous cultural, artistic and educational activities.
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