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• Canadian Council for Refugees - Youth Network Edmonton (CCRYNE)
  Funded 2011-2014 As part of the Canadian Council for Refugees, the Youth Network gives youth and youth allies a voice to address challenges faced by newcomer youth and a space to share ideas on how to meet these challenges. The Youth Network works within a gender justice and anti-oppression framework.
• Voices for Choices
  Funded 2010-2012 Voices for Choices is a non-hierarchical, collective group of individuals who are working to establish and promote a pro-choice, sex and queer-positive, as well as woman-friendly presence on and around the University of Alberta campus and the City of Edmonton.
• Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom (FLIF)
  Funded 2011-2022 FLIF is a group of Library and Information Studies students who are interested in promoting intellectual freedom and social responsibility. They believe that issues concerning censorship, freedom of expression, and social justice go hand-in- hand, and hope that through information updates and direct action, they will be able to emphasize the importance of intellectual freedom and social responsibility in the personal and professional lives of their readers and their communities.
• Cardiovascular Health Advocates, Researchers, and Innovators of Tomorrow (CHARIOT)
  Funded 2010-2011 CHARIOT is a cardiovascular health organization built on the principle of proactive philanthropy. Our goals are to advocate the importance of cardiovascular health, fundraise for cardiovascular health related charities, and to act as a centre for students of the University of Alberta to come together and collaborate towards making a difference in the Edmonton community.
• Stand with Fort Chipewyan (SWFC)
  Funded 2009-2011 Stand with Fort Chipewyan (SWFC) is a non-partisan, campus advocacy organization based out of the University of Alberta dedicated to raising awareness to the concerns expressed by the people of Fort Chipewyan, as well as lobbying the government to engage in actions to firmly establish the effect of oil sands development on the health of residents.
• Solidarity with Iran's Democratic Movement - Edmonton (SIDME)
  Funded 2009-2010 SIDME is a non-profit, grassroots collective of students and community members aimed at raising awareness about Iran’s civil rights and democratic movement. Founded in July 2009 in Edmonton, AB, in solidarity with the Green Movement, SIDME supports the Iranian people’s struggle for democracy and human rights. Since its founding, SIDME has hosted various lectures and panel discussions (in both English and Farsi), as well as photo exhibitions, film screenings, and poetry nights, educating the University of Alberta community and the broader Edmonton community about the state of human rights in Iran and about the Iranian civil society’s movement towards civil and political rights.
• Palestine Solidarity Network (PSN)
  Funded 2009-2022 The Palestine Solidarity Network is a non-profit, grassroots collective aimed at advocating for and upholding the human rights of Palestinians in the face of ongoing oppression, occupation, racism, and discrimination, both in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora.
• Edmonton Mood Disorder Society
  Funded 2009-2010 The Edmonton Mood Disorder Society are a mental health peer support group for people with affective disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression. The meetings offer a confidential and free space to meet other people, exchange ideas and find comfort in crisis.
• Centre for Community Organizing and Popular Education (CCOPE)
  Funded 2010-2014 The Centre for Community Organizing and Popular Education is a coalition of academics, educators, activists and organizers interested in promoting positive social, political and economic change and building community in the face of global neo liberalism. Their goal is to establish an authentic space for solidarity, where people with diverse interests, experiences and abilities might exchange ideas, experience, information and resources, and above all rediscover the sustaining ability of true community.
• Spark Ed
  Funded 2008-2009 SparkEd is an alternative Junior High School leadership program focusing on experiential education (learning by doing) in two main pillars. The first is issue education (educating oneself and others about issues of social and environmental justice, through the preparation of presentations on these issues for classmates and/or the school at large). The second is active education (gaining the tools and skills to organize around these issues at the grassroots level, through the organization and execution of projects that actively involve students in their communities).
• Greenpeace on Campus
  Funded 2009-2011 Greenpeace on Campus is made up of a coalition of environmentalists and humanitarians. The purpose of the group is to share information, facilitate discussion, and build support about Greenpeace initiatives on campus, and in local and global settings. Their goal is to support the development of an engaged and knowledgeable student community by offering information and opportunities to help students become active and informed about environmental issues in the community, region, nation, and globe.
• U of A Council of Canadians
  Funded 2008-2012 The Council of Canadians University of Alberta Chapter is about taking a stand on important political, social, economic, environmental and yes even cultural issues. The mandate of the group is to promote Canadian Sovereignty in reaction to pressures to integrate with the United States and a move towards globalization; to reclaim a local and global commons and to create a civil society movement including participatory democracy.
• Transit Riders' Union of Edmonton (TRUE)
  Funded 2007-2009 TRUE's goal is for Edmonton citizens, especially those dependent on public transportation, to get involved by sharing their ideas and concerns so that we can all develop a serviceable transit system for everyone. TRUE is currently formed of ETS riders who are researching and developing strategies to improve the quality of public transit in Edmonton, Alberta. TRUE wishes to champion an effective movement and wants to provide a unified voice towards efficient affordable public transit.
• La Chiva
  Funded 2006-2007 The overriding goal of La Chiva is to foster public awareness of the current Colombian social and political situation through proactive campaigns that reflect their commitment to social change.
• Legal Activist Collective (LAC)
  Funded 2006-2009 This organization is a resource for student and community based research, education and social activism. They provide administrative, informational and technological resources to assist groups to transform social concern into effective action. The goal of LAC is to engage people in the discussion of our Western Justice system and offer thoughtful counter voices.
• Friends of the Lubicon Alberta (FOLA)
  Funded 2007-2012 FOLA is an advocacy group based out of the University of Alberta. FOLA exists to promote awareness of the situation facing the Lubicon people and demand compensation for the destruction of Lubicon land and the recognition of the Lubicon’s right to self-government. FOLA worked closely with national Friends of the Lubicon, based out of Toronto, who are the chief negotiators for the Lubicon Nation.
• Edmonton Haiti Solidarity (EHS)
  Funded 2006-2007 EHS is an organization promoting awareness about the struggle of the Haitian people and participating in projects that advocate for Haitian sovereignty, popular democracy, and social justice for the people of Haiti. EHS is also committed to promoting awareness about Canada’s presence in Haiti.
• Campus Sustainability Coalition (CSC)
  Funded 2006-2010 The mission of the Campus Sustainability Coalition is to transform the University of Alberta into a participating, sustainable member of society. Through a partnership among students, faculty, staff, and community members, we strive to achieve economic, social, and environmental sustainability through campus operations and curriculum.
• Active Citizens Television (ACTV)
  Funded 2006-2009 The goal of ACTV is to produce and distribute a television program that provides citizens with the skills and capacity to live sustainable, low-impact lifestyles within environmentally healthy and ecologically conscious communities. The program will focus upon do-it-yourself skills and techniques to reduce one’s ecological footprint, consumer awareness, citizen empowerment and community networking, and dispelling the negative connotations of environmentalism in Alberta.
• Radio Accessibility Working Group (RAWG)
  Funded 2005-2006 RAWG is a group of volunteers working towards making radio accessible to persons with hearing loss. TextRadio, an online service offering community radio online with captions and transcripts, is produced by RAWG.
• Mexico Working Group
  Funded 2005-2007 The raison d’étre of the Mexico Working Group was to increase links between Alberta and Mexico, and promote cultural understanding between our two peoples. Every activity undertaken by the Mexico working group adhered to the ultimate goal of creating a positive long term impact in both communities.
• Humanities 101
  Funded 2005-2007 Humanities 101 offers a non-credit post-secondary Arts courses to the underprivileged population in Edmonton. Individuals with experience such as professors and/ or graduate students from a variety of disciplines donate their time to teach weekly sessions.
• Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)
  Funded 2005-2009 Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is a charitable organization committed to using the power of the media to effect positive social change. Members design and produce media-driven awareness campaigns to engage and educate students in issues of human rights and justice. By increasing the quality and quantity of human rights reporting, JHR pressures abusers to stop and empowers victims to fight back. JHR works collaboratively to coordinate domestic and international projects that build capacity for human rights reporting.
• Campus Community for Public Healthcare (CCPH)
  Funded 2005-2007 The Campus Community for Public Health Care (CCPH) is composed of University of Alberta students, faculty and staff who seek to raise public awareness of and support for maintaining and improving the public health care system. CCPH questions why the majority of Canadians, including Albertans, want a public health care system and yet our governments are taking steps towards privatization.
• Blood Ink
  Funded 2005-2007 Blood Ink is a literary journal published quarterly by students at the University of Alberta. Blood Ink’s mission is to provide U of A students with a flexible forum for showcasing experimental writing.