{"id":685,"date":"2023-11-07T07:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ljo.zhc.mybluehost.me\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:24:06","slug":"incorporating-social-factors-within-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/incorporating-social-factors-within-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Social Factors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"mobileWidthFormating wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-32dd67ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07579d57 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"hideColumn wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-figtree-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#00746b;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><strong>FROM LIFE ON THE LAND TO GLOBAL ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<nav class=\"has-text-color has-black-color is-responsive items-justified-left is-vertical sideMenu wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-fed74111 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Our Programs Side Nav\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container has-text-color has-black-color is-responsive items-justified-left is-vertical sideMenu wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/about-our-programs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/biodiversity-crisis\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>BIODIVERSITY CRISIS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/practical-learning-at-home\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>PRACTICAL LEARNING AT HOME<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/our-120000-acre-neighbourhood-the-united-nations-designated-beaver-hills-biosphere\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>OUR 120,000 ACRE NEIGHBOURHOOD &amp; THE UNITED NATIONS DESIGNATED BEAVER HILLS BIOSPHERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/tree-planting-for-our-lives-and-the-planet\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>TREE PLANTING FOR OUR LIVES AND THE PLANET<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/informing-municipalities-provinces-canada-and-other-countries-about-alternative-pathways\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>INFORMING MUNICIPALITIES, PROVINCES, CANADA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/incorporating-social-factors-within-programs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>INTEGRATING SOCIAL FACTORS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Promoting Arts Culture &amp; Cooperative Communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GFoundation&#8217;s success is embedded in the links it has forged with other organisations and entities. Addressing issues with these groups strengthens our capacity and effectiveness in meeting our objectives. Some of these organisations are listed <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/informing-municipalities-provinces-canada-and-other-countries-about-alternative-pathways\/\">HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. In addition, here are those that relate to cornerstone issues of GFoundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GFoundation&#8217;s objectives promote the use of live music and live performances as a means of celebration and education for sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TCleff4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2991\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:16px;border-top-right-radius:16px;border-bottom-left-radius:16px;border-bottom-right-radius:16px;aspect-ratio:2.1535329341317366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TCleff4.jpg 323w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TCleff4-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also promote spiritual harmony, the arts, the use of ritual, and the growth of world peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Personal Well-Being, Health, Civil Rights &amp; Gender Equality.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The objectives promote personal well-being, health and equality (especially gender equality) in organizing for change,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image002.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1792\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:20px;width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image002.png 800w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image002-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image002-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image002-600x407.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Indigenous &amp; Tribal Peoples Right to Self-Determination.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">GFoundation is situated in amiskwaciy (Beaver Hills) in Treaty No. 6. We acknowledge and respect that these lands are the traditional and ancestral territories of the N\u00eahiyawak (Plains Cree), Nakota (Sioux), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Nahkawininiwak (Saulteaux Anishnaabe-Ojibwe), and Otipemisiwak (Metis) nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1791\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:20px;width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image001.jpg 794w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image001-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image001-768x791.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image001-600x618.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GFoundation honours the spirit and intent of the Treaty\u2019s indigenous rights and supports its full implementation. We also, acknowledge and honour that we are Treaty people and have obligations to live in a good and trusting relationship with the first stewards of these lands. We commit ourselves to understanding the generational impact of historical injustices on Indigenous peoples and will make every effort toward reconciliation and maintaining good relations. The official objectives of GFoundation highlight the need to recognize and promote the rights of Indigenous and tribal peoples to self-determination and engage in reconciliation efforts to recognize and implement such rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Employment &amp; Worker Rights <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The objectives promote the fundamental rights of workers and trade unions and promote the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) Instruments and measures to defend such rights and encourage cooperation among international and inter-governmental bodies for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1930\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1793\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:20px;width:552px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003.jpg 1930w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003-1024x349.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003-768x261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003-1536x523.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003-600x204.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1930px) 100vw, 1930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also promote the engagement of workers, employers and trade unions in health, safety and environment issues, through sustainable development, workplace and political actions, and advocate corporate accountability measures through public, worker and trade union involvement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM LIFE ON THE LAND TO GLOBAL ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES Promoting Arts Culture &amp; Cooperative Communities GFoundation&#8217;s success is embedded in the links it has forged with other organisations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4651,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-685","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4786,"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685\/revisions\/4786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}