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We are happy to announce an expanded collaboration between Hamidou Horticulture, one of our funded projects, and Concordia University.

Starting this spring, the Hamidou Horticulture Academy will offer a training program on cultivating plants and vegetables native to sub-Saharan Africa in Quebec. Participants will learn how to grow a variety of ethnic, heirloom, and less common varieties of produce, and will acquire the essential skills to turn their knowledge into small businesses. 

The program will be hosted between Concordia’s downtown greenhouse and the Loyola campus gardens and will run from April to November 2022. Successful participants will receive a certificate from Concordia Continuing Education.

SHIFT is excited to be supporting this important work to diversify Quebec's agricultural sector!

• Learn more about Hamidou Horticulture – funded through the Transformative Response Program (2020)
• Listen to Hamidou Maïga speak about the program

The SHIFT Social Transformation Fund supports multi-stakeholder teams, connected to Concordia, that lead projects with the potential to activate systemic change.

This year, $150,000 will be allocated under two funding streams:

• Implementation Stream: 4 to 6 teams could receive $15,000 to run a project for the first time or to repeat a project and measure its impact;
• Impact Stream: 2 or 3 projects could receive $30,000 to repeat a project with demonstrated contribution to systemic change or to deepen a project’s impact.

Many resources are available to support you in completing your application.

• Still feeling fuzzy about the program? Watch the recording of the information session.
• Need help budgeting? Consult our budget guidelines or use the optional template.
• Have a last-minute question? Send us an email – Please note that you may expect an answer until 5 p.m., Friday, March 11.

SHIFT’s Horizons Learning Journey officially launched in January 2022. These monthly workshops connect participants from our funded projects with each other and with existing community expertise in systems-level change.