• RECIPROCITY —
We listen and learn with humility, and we cultivate trusting, transparent, and supportive relationships, both within the Foundation, and with those with whom we interact, valuing the time, commitment, expertise, and energy that each contributes.
• EQUITY —
We acknowledge and respond to the ongoing harms to equity-denied people and groups caused by the legal system and philanthropy. We take an anti-racist, intersectional approach to counter systemic racism and discrimination.
• DECOLONIZATION —
We acknowledge and respond to the ongoing harms resulting from colonization, and the role of the legal system and philanthropy in perpetuating those harms. We decolonize our practices, centering the self-determination of Indigenous peoples and their leadership, knowledge, and expertise in justice transformation through their own laws, and Canadian law.
• SUSTAINABILITY —
We ensure that our work, practices, finances, and the programs we support are sustainable over time, and consistent with good environmental stewardship.
• TRANSFORMATION —
We encourage creative solutions to problems, prioritizing work informed by, and building with, people and communities facing systemic inequity.