Category Archives: CSR

GK Jamaican birthright program
October 29, 2015

GK Jamaican birthright program

Grace offers an internship program for undergraduate and graduate students of Jamaican descent living in Canada, the U.S. and UK. It’s a cultural and professional internship geared at highlighting all aspects of Jamaican life for a well-rounded Jamaican experience while furthering the career goals of the selected candidates. Sounds like something you’d be interested in? Read more

Milne Dam Conservation Park Project
September 24, 2015

Milne Dam Conservation Park Project

The staff of GraceKennedy (Ontario) Inc. participated in a community outreach project at Milne Dam Conservation Park to remove the flowers and/or seed heads of the very invasive Dog strangling vine to help to control the spread of these plants before they could be dispersed and spread to other areas of the park. The goal Read more

Grace Community Christmas Donations
December 11, 2014

Operation Christmas Child

Our team certainly knows the joy of giving at Christmas. It has become an annual tradition for our GKO staff to participate in “Operation Christmas Child”, a Christmas gift-giving initiative for children in need. Last year we gave 20 boxes and we are happy to announce that in 2014 we tripled that amount with 60 Read more

Grace Community Food Bank
December 11, 2014

North York Harvest Food Bank

This year we supported the North York Harvest Food Bank that makes a difference in the lives of families and children in northern Toronto, distributing 2 million pounds of food in 2013 through 60 community programs. In October, the GKO staff donated their time to the North York Harvest to sort over 3,000 lbs of Read more