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REFBC Grants Support Indigenous Land Rights and Refugee Housing Solutions
Ts’eliksit Language and Culture Camp

Gwax Ts’eliksit. Photo: Stephen Hui

REFBC Grants Support Indigenous Land Rights and Refugee Housing Solutions

The Real Estate Foundation of BC is pleased to announce six new grants totalling $532,035.

REFBC’s Board of Governors approved these General Grants at their December 2025 meeting in Vancouver.

Our grants support law and policy reform, applied research, community engagement, professional education, and public education to advance sustainability, equity, and social justice in land use practices across BC.

In our work, we are committed to upholding the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). We prioritize grants to Indigenous-led organizations. We are also particularly interested in projects that advance justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility for racialized and equity-seeking communities.

Since 1988, REFBC has awarded more than $100 million in grants to strengthen BC communities and protect our shared land and water. The projects we support are led by First Nations, nonprofits, and other organizations.

Grants are listed alphabetically by recipient organization below.

Winter 2025 Grants

BC Society for Policy Solutions

Bringing Indigenous Land Rights Into Mainstream Economic Discourse

$50,000

City in Colour Urban Consultancy Cooperative

City in Colour: Refugee and Newcomer Multilingual City Design Lab

$240,000

Clean Energy Research Group (Simon Fraser University)

CERG Agrivoltaics Engagement Project

$45,535

Ktunaxa Nation Council Society

Ktunaxa Land Stewardship Vision

$50,000

Ts’eliksit Language and Culture Camp
Ts’eliksit Language-Culture Camp. Photo: Stephen Hui

Lax Skiik Connection Society

Ts’eliksit Language-Culture (TLC) Camp (Gitksen)

$110,000

Simon Fraser University (Department of Indigenous Studies)

Food Sovereignty and the Reclamation of Stó:lō Women’s Gift of Gathering

$36,500

Funding Opportunities

General Grants

These grants can fund projects led by First Nations, non-profits, and other organizations working on projects relating to land use or real estate in BC.

We prioritize applications from Indigenous-led organizations.

Intake opens:
January 6, 2026

Application deadline:
February 5, 2026

Real Estate Industry Grants

These grants can fund projects led by non-profit organizations serving real estate professionals in BC.

Next intake:
November 2026

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Published on: December 2, 2025

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