SCWIST has made great strides in promoting and empowering women in STEM since 1981. Your donations help break down barriers for women and girls interested in STEM, support a variety of programs to advance diversity in STEM and increase access for women and girls interested in STEM education and careers.
SCWIST is a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency (Reg. No. 119154607RR0001. We rely on your donations to operate the SCWIST Resource Centre; to deliver our comprehensive programs for women and girls; to support our advocacy work; to provide events, workshops and networking opportunities; and to offer scholarships and awards.
Your Donation Will Support
SCWIST workshops, speakers, social events, and networking opportunities for early-stage or mid-career women to make valuable academic and industry contacts, and to develop a sense of community with other women in STEM fields
Expanded programming such as job boards and scholarships. SCWIST grows with the new realities; we support and promote girls and women in their wide range of education and career choices throughout their lives.
SCWIST advocacy work that focuses on removing systemic barriers and creating structural changes to encourage more girls to enter STEM education and more women to thrive in their STEM careers. We advocate to multiple levels of government and provide resources and support to employers to advance diversity in STEM..
The ms infinity program inspires young women in BC, Yukon and across Canada by introducing them to exciting career options and education in STEM. Having a role model is one of the top ways to inspire a girl to see herself in a future STEM role, to strive for it, and learn how to achieve that goal.
The Immigrating Women in STEM program (IWIS) offers mentoring and resources to women who have immigrated to Canada after having trained and established careers in STEM in other countries. Our IWIS program provides support to these women who may have additional barriers to achieving their full potential in the Canadian economy and society.
The Make Possible program is a low barrier mentoring and skills exchange online platform for adults that can be accessed anywhere and anytime. This reduces barriers and increases access especially for people living in remote communities and balancing career and family obligations.
Ways for you to Donate
There are many options for how you can help SCWIST create an environment where girls and women in Canada can pursue STEM interest, education and careers, without barriers. Choose a way to donate below and make your gift today. Tax-deductible receipts will be issued.
Make a one-time gift to make an immediate impact for women and girls in Canada. Send us an email and we can arrange how you would like to donate or visit our CanadaHelps page to make your gift for this year’s operating fund or visit our Vancouver Foundation page to make your gift to our endowment.
Monthly Donations
Regular donations keep our programs for women and girls running and with monthly donations this allows us to better forecast our budget. Help us achieve our mission to remove barriers for women and girls. Send us an email and we can arrange for you to send post-dated cheques or set up monthly donations through our CanadaHelps page or Vancouver Foundation endowment.
Legacy Giving
Leave a lasting and impactful legacy for women and girls in Canada. Contact us to learn more about how you can include SCWIST in your will, your life insurance policy or retirement fund to leave a charitable and meaningful legacy.
Corporate Donations
Corporate partners provide essential support to deliver and sustain impactful programming that empowers women and girls to pursue their interests, education, and careers in STEM, without barriers. Contact us today to learn more about how your company can partner with us to create a positive impact for women and girls in Canada.
Employer Donor Programs
You can donate to SCWIST through employer donor programs like Benevity and Charitable Impact. If you wish to donate using Benevity or Charitable Impact, please use these links and SCWIST as the recipient.
The Spirit of SCWIST Endowment Fund was established in 2017 to support the long-term financial stability of the non-profit SCWIST and our mission of promoting, encouraging and empowering women and girls in science, technology, engineering and math. This fund is an endowment fund that provides steady income and enables us to advance our mission over the long-term.
In years where donations are down or grant funding is reduced, income from our endowment fund will still arrive. And because Vancouver Foundation administers our fund, we know it will be invested wisely, is social responsible and expertly managed. Donate and help us ensure our critical work will continue long into the future. If you would like to make the Spirit of SCWIST fund part of your legacy, please see ways to do so below or contact us.
Mail a cheque made payable to Vancouver Foundation with “Spirit of SCWIST” in the memo line. Mail to: Vancouver Foundation, 200 – 475 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 4M9
Via donation of securities (Canadian and American are accepted) – please contact Vancouver Foundation Donor Services for the forms for your financial broker to complete
Via credit card, using the Donate button on our Vancouver Foundation donor page.
As a legacy gift in your will. Include the following “To give [$____ / ____% / the residue] of my Estate to Vancouver Foundation, charitable registration #11928 1640 RR0001, to be added to the Spirit of SCWIST fund.” Please email us to let us know.
As a gift of beneficiary designation for life insurance, RRSP, RRIF and/or TFSA. Include the following in the beneficiary designation form: “Vancouver Foundation, to be added to the Spirit of SCWIST fund”. Please email us to let us know.
Aeroplan Miles
Support and Empower Women and Girls in STEM
Through donation of professionals like yourself, the Aeroplan Member Donation Program has been able to support Canadian-based initiatives that are working to improve lives and assist communities locally, across Canada, and around the world. This email serves as a kind reminder to interested professionals who are willing to donate their Aeroplan Miles Points to SCWIST as a means to support our programs, guide policy implementation, and expand our presence across Canada.
Think of it as an online platform where Aeroplan members can connect with SCWIST and help make a difference for women and girls in STEM by donating your Aeroplan miles. Individual Aeroplan members can make donations on a one-time basis, repeatedly on a manual basis, or by selecting to donated automatically on an ongoing basis. To automatically donate 2% of your points automatically every time you earn Aeroplan points, please update your profile on www.aeroplan.com.
Enter ‘The Society of Canadian Women in Science and Technology’ into the search bar.
Select SCWIST (or click donate on the SCWIST panel).
The SCWIST donation page will open.
Select ‘Donate Now’ to the right.
Complete the transaction information.
Our goal is to raise 1,000,000 Aeroplan points through donations in 2 years.
Drawing from these donated Aeroplan Points, SCWIST can then redeem points within the Aeroplan Program for such things as travel, car rental, hotel stays and merchandise to support our program activities. Donated Aeroplan Points can also be used for fundraising; points can be used as prizes themselves, or can be used to redeem for items that can used as prizes, such as laptops and gift certificates.
Aeroplan Adds 10%
Each charitable donation made through the Aeroplan member donation program will be topped up by a 10% contribution from Aeroplan. This applies for all donations, all the time.
Mylo
Mylo’s Round Up to Give allows users to support any of 86,000 registered Canadian charities by creating a donation goal in the Mylo app. Once you’ve signed up, with a linked credit or debit card, Mylo will round up your transactions to the nearest dollar and donate the spare change to your charity of choice. All donations are processed by CanadaHelps, the country’s largest platform for donating and fundraising for charity online. SCWIST has long been a partner with CanadaHelps and Mylo’s Round Up to Give is just one more way you can meet your donation goals, often without missing that spare change at all.
“Mylo was founded on a social mission of helping Canadians achieve their financial goals. For many Canadians, giving back to a cause they care about is important,” said Philip Barrar, CEO and Founder of Mylo. “Fewer Canadians are making annual charitable donations, and millennials feel their paycheque is a barrier to giving. We want to help them make change with spare change. With Round Up to Give, more Canadians will be able to afford to make donations on a recurring basis in an easy and automated way.”
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