Social Responsibility

Providing positive alternatives for youth facing life challenges

As a platinum sponsor, we work with DAREarts Foundation to help expose 10,000 children and youth to diverse cultural opportunities and arts education that they might not otherwise get—helping to empower them and unlock their potential.

Working to help make Canada a Graduation Nation

Pathways to Education is helping to make Canada the Graduation Nation with a program proven to lower dropout rates. Working alongside the school system, the Pathways to Education program makes a multi-year commitment to youth and their families. Through a force of volunteers, the program delivers after-school tutoring, mentoring, and financial assistance to overcome the barriers that can stand in the way of education.

Committed to innovative and ongoing efforts to cure and help children across Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is Canada’s most research-intensive hospital and the country’s largest centre dedicated to improving children’s health. SickKids leads child health innovation by integrating care, research, and teaching.

Northbridge is committed to supporting SickKids research by funding endowments in support of a Chair in Pediatric Research, a Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the Fellowship in Leukemia Research, and the new Catalyst Scholar for Healthy Active Kids to combat childhood obesity in Canada.

Tree Canada is a national charitable organization dedicated to the planting and maintenance of urban and rural trees across the country.

As an insurance company, getting our customers back to business after a catastrophe is what we’re all about. Supporting Tree Canada’s Operation ReLeaf allows us to help restore our community green spaces following a disaster. We also support the greening of five schools across Canada every year.

Relying on the crucial input and output of young leaders across the nation, Jack.org has opened up the dialogue on mental health in schools and communities to end the stigma once and for all. By enabling young people to guide the discussion, Jack.org has created a unique peer-focused network that can better connect with fellow young Canadians affected by mental illness through conversation, camaraderie, and community-building.

We proudly support the 165 Jack chapters across Canada who work hard to help ensure our youth can ask for and offer help more freely. Each year, over 100 trained Jack Talk speakers, a national Jack Summit, and 264 Jack Regional Summits are helping to reduce the youth suicide rate and lift the mental wellbeing of all young Canadians to new heights.

In addition to working with organizations that benefit Canadian youth, we’ve also been long time supporters of the United Way and the Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC).

Supporting our employees’ passion for their communities

Northbridge is committed to supporting the charitable endeavours of our people through their financial and time contributions. Our employee programs include:

• Donation matching
  Matching our employees’ charitable donations dollar-for-dollar means double the support for the causes that are close to their hearts.
• Volunteer grants
  For every 40 hours our employees donate in volunteer time, we’ll match it with $500 towards their organization of choice.
• Team volunteer days
  We think being socially responsible is an important part of our job, so we give our teams one day each year to volunteer in their communities.