We support women, children and gender-diverse people who have fled gender-based violence, including: human trafficking, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and physical/emotional abuse. We recognize the enormous courage it takes to acknowledge an abusive situation, make the decision to leave, and ask for help. Our goal is to provide access to services and alleviate some of the burden caused by repeated trauma, so our clients can think clearly and begin to rebuild their lives. We listen closely to our clients so we can give them what they need, not what we think they need. By making an effort to honour personal preferences, cultural differences, and the need for freedom of choice, we make it possible for our clients to (re)claim their sense of power and autonomy.

My private foundation supports a number of humanitarian organizations, but has its heaviest focus on de-carbonization, through the development of renewable energy, building efficiency improvements and promoting the switch to electric vehicles.

SolarShare is a not-for-profit co-operative that builds commercial scale solar PV projects with public investment for the purpose of directly engaging Ontarians in renewable energy. Its goal is to increase the acceptance of, and public demand for, more clean, safe renewable energy while also providing a truly ethical investment. SolarShare is the largest renewable energy co-operative in North America and currently owns and operates $64 million in generation assets.SolarShare's Community Solar Bonds are 5 year bonds that return 5% annually or 15 year bonds that offer 6% annually, available to any Ontario resident or business. These investments are RRSP and RRIF eligible. See solarbonds.ca.

Community Power Capital is a private provider of development capital for renewable energy projects in Ontario, presently just solar photovoltaic projects developed by the SolarShare Co-operative as community projects.By January of 2015 it had deployed over $15 million in development capital, but it is presently inactive.

Brigham is formerly Canada's largest manufacturer of men's smoking pipes.Today, its business is solely as an importer of numerous brands of cigars, pipes, tobacco and accessories. Its largest brand is Backwoods cigars.I still own the company, but retired from my management duties in March of 2009 in order to be able to spend all my time working in the field of renewable energy.

The Canadian Lake Owners and Pilots Assn. served to facilitate the sharing of information between owners of these very special aircraft so as to increase the flight safety and enjoyment.