
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

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
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