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House if Friendship receives provincial funding [Video]

House of Friendship in Waterloo Region is getting $1.6 million from the province as part of Ontario’s new Mental Health and Addictions strategy.

House of Friendship is a nonprofit organization that provides food, housing, addiction treatment and neighbourhood support to individuals and families in the region. The organization helps more than 42,000 individuals each year.

In January, they also received $8.5 million in funding from the Ontario government.

Staff at House of Friendship said that money would go towards turning a former Waterloo hotel on Weber Street into its new home.

“It’s a very significant property, the Comfort Inn allows us to have a dignified space that we have been working for the last year to renovate,” executive director John Neufeld told CTV News on Friday.

Neufeld said this new funding will go even further.

“We have the building. We have the operations to run the shelter but we didn’t have the healthcare component. So today’s funding is incredibly critical …

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Video: What Texas must learn about disaster recovery and fair housing [Video]

Its been 10years sinceHurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, and in subsequentyearsother majorhurricanes have devastated Texascoastal communities. Our partners at Texas Appleseed, looking back over the past decade, have identifiedhow Texas natural disasters exacerbate systemic inequalities, both in how low income communities of color are left vulnerable to extreme weather and in the ways that recovery and rebuilding efforts prioritize some communities over others.

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ISACS Leadership Academy in Partnership with Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management [Video]

If you are an independent school leader, claim one of just 40 seats at this year's Leadership Academy. Three transformative days will make you a more effective leader of change, giving you new clarity and direction. With supportive colleagues, you’ll learn from expert faculty from the Northwestern University Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management. Whether you are a head of school or a senior leader, whether or not you've attended the Leadership Academy in the past, this year's faculty line up is not one to miss. Be sure to plan your travel to stay for the entire event. You won't want to miss our last afternoon session together, a capstone to the entire Academy. We can't wait to see you there.Who Should AttendLeaders of Independent Schools; we encourage schools to send teams if possible.Dates & TimesPlease plan your travel to be able to participate in the program in its entirety.Monday, June 24 - Wednesday, June 26Daily: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. LocationThe Academy will take place at the Kellogg Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University, Wieboldt Hall, 339 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL in downtown Chicago.www.isacs.org/leadershipacademy

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Mylène Farmer - Dernier Sourire Live @ Millennium Tour (Reaction) (TEARSSS) !!! [Video]

Instagram@ Shaahin.naajafi#mylenefarmerreaction #mylenefarmer #DerniersourireFair Use: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/mo*Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair useNotwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—(1)the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;(2)the nature of the copyrighted work;(3)the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4)the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2546; Pub. L. 101–650, title VI, § 607, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5132; Pub. L. 102–492, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3145.)Music in this videoSong: Dernier SourireArtist : Mylene FarmerAlbum : Dernier SourireLicensed to YouTube byUMG (on behalf of Interscope); SOLAR Music Rights Management, Warner Chappell, CMRRA, UMPG Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., ASCAP, Ultra Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor, PEDL, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, EMI Music Publishing, and 18 Music Rights Societies