Initiatives (sample)
Ongoing — BBFF continues to be a lead actor in the Peace Network for Social Harmony, in partnership with an increasing number of philanthropic and corporate members.
Ongoing — BBFF supports PLEDJ-Promoting Leadership for Empowerment, Development and Justice, in its mission to build bridges, encourage equity and inclusion, and generate dialogue within diverse communities in Montreal and beyond.
Ongoing — BBFF supports Sacred Fire Productions, a leading Indigenous arts and culture organization with a mandate of creating a sustainable economy for Indigenous artists while building greater understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
Ongoing — BBFF provides support to the Fabienne Colas Foundation’s “Being Black in Canada” program for up-and-coming young black filmmakers.
Ongoing — BBFF provides support to Tools of Peace, an initiative in which a dozen Montreal-based NGOs work together to create a more powerful collective voice and to increase their own effectiveness in preventing violence.
Ongoing — BBFF provides support for the re-emergence and continued success of Montreal’s Caribbean parade and festival, now entitled “Carimas.”
Ongoing — BBFF continues to support core organizations, including: Equitas, Ensemble for the Respect of Diversity, Institut Pacifique LOVE (Leave Out Violence), Centre de services de justice réparatrice, Centre de formation sociale Marie-Gérin-Lajoie, Centre de ressources sur la non-violence, Montreal City Mission, Kids Help Phone, the Montreal Holocaust Museum, Imago Theatre, Initiatives et changement, Auberge Shalom, the Hagar School (Jewish-Arab education for equality in Beer Sheva), ATSA-Cuisine ta Ville, PAAL-Partageons le monde, Centre communautaire LGBTQ+ de Montréal, Segal Centre, Welcome Collective, Bienvenue à l’immigrant, Patro Villeray (urban mediation), Overture for the Arts, Fondation Émergence.
November 6, 2024 — Brian Bronfman is awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
2024 – BBFF provides core funding for Mouvement de paix’s “Peace Dance” activity that draws hundreds of participants to the Chalet at Mount Royal for a unifying and inspiring experience.
2023 & 2024 — BBFF contributes to the new Kahnawake Language & Arts Centre.
2023 & 2024 — BBFF provides a bursary through HEC Montreal’s “Student Refugee Program.”
2023 — BBFF supports Educonnexion’s workshop/symposium initiative focused on prevention and healing from gun violence, particularly in Montreal-North.
2021-2023: BBFF supports a program studying effective approaches in equity and inclusion through University of Montreal’s Laboratoire de recherche en relations interculturelles (LABRRI).
2020 — Brian Bronfman is named an Officer in the Ordre national du Québec.
2020 — BBFF provides the funding necessary for the creation of an online version of Dorothy Williams’ award-winning “ABCs of Canadian Black History” educational program.
2019 & 2020 — BBFF sponsors appearances by YidLife Crisis at events intended to build bridges between Jewish and non-Jewish communities through humour and food.
February 2018 – BBFF is a key sponsor and active partner in the Power of the Arts conference organized by the Michaëlle Jean Foundation, whose theme for the year is “the Arts as Tools for Peace.”
September 19, 2016 – BBFF co-organizes and pays for the “Syrian Refugee Response: Your Questions Answered” event at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom.
2015 – BBFF is a lead sponsor of Aime comme Montréal, a book and photo exhibition celebrating loving relationships between Montrealers of different religious and cultural backgrounds.
2015 & 2016 BBFF covers the costs of expansion and translation into English of “QuébecoisEs, musulmanEs…et après?”, a photo exhibition aimed at demystifying Quebec’s Muslim community while taking a look at ordinary people living their lives, accompanied by an explanatory text.
2012 – BBFF provides seed funding to Dawson College that leads to the creation of Dawson’s Peace Centre.
October 21, 2012 – Brian Bronfman is awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
December 9, 2010 – Brian Bronfman provides the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for students in the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution’s Third Party Neutral program. At the event, he is awarded CICR’s Award of Merit for his “Outstanding contribution to the conflict resolution field.”
2009 – BBFF supports the Dalai Lama’s visit to Montreal through a stand-alone contribution to the planning and organizing of the visit. The BBFF was especially interested in the central theme of the visit, “ethics through education.” This visit included both a public talk at the Bell Centre entitled “Educating the Heart: The Power of Compassion,” and, most significantly, an event at which the Dalai Lama met with over 500 teachers-in-training, who will be instituting Quebec’s new Ethics and Religious Culture program in the coming years.
2006 – The Brian Bronfman Family Foundation, in conjunction with David Bronfman, helps to complete the final philanthropic project of the Edward Bronfman Family Foundation, predecessor to the BBFF. Through this endeavour, the Post Partum Unit of the Jewish General Hospital is restored, renovated, and renamed in loving memory of Edward Bronfman.