Community Boards
At TELUS, we focus our community investment efforts in three pillars of funding: arts and culture, education and sport, health and well-being in our environment initiatives. These pillars are supported by two platforms to ensure our contributions benefit young Canadians and/or showcase the innovative use of technology.
We have fully embraced the challenge of being Canada’s premier corporate citizen as a national goal, and realize that it must be owned and executed locally, in partnership with the community. In 2007, our community boards allocated a total of $4.55 million to support 359 projects in their communities. Since inception in 2005, the boards have allocated a total of $11.55 million and supported 839 community projects.
| TELUS Community Board Chairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | Nini Baird | Funded programs |
| Victoria | Mel Cooper | Funded programs |
| Edmonton | Dr. Bob Westbury | Funded programs |
| Calgary | Harold and Marilyn Milavsky | Funded programs |
| Toronto | Rita Burak | Funded programs |
| Ottawa | Janet Yale | Funded programs |
| Montreal | Bernard Lamarre | Funded programs |
| Rimouski | Hugues St-Pierre | Funded programs |
Did You Know?
The TELUS Community Boards allocated approximately $7 million to local charities in 2005 and 2006, supporting 480 community initiatives