Celebrating our partners and their stories

At Conexus, we invest a large portion of our Community Investment Program funds into programs and initiatives that impact the lives of people across Saskatchewan. Working alongside our community partners enables us to deliver on our purpose of improving the financial well-being of our members and our communities. We are committed to not only provide funding but offer resources and the support of our dedicated employee volunteers to ensure successful outcomes while changing lives.

Foundations Learning & Skills Saskatchewan – Financial Empowerment of Saskatchewan

  • Financial literacy is a critical life skill and one of the key focus areas of our Community Investment Program. Through our partnership with Foundations, we’re able to extend our reach across the province to many individuals and families to educate and assist them on their journey to becoming financial well while also offering digital options.

Prince Albert Literacy Network – Financial Literacy Program


Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan – Food Security Budgeting Course

STARS Air Ambulance – STARS Rescue on the Prairie

  • We were excited to support one of our own, Nicole Westerlund, VP Member & Community Engagement, on her STARS mission. Nicole was flown to a remote Saskatchewan location and had to raise $50,000 to earn a flight back to civilization. Conexus matched $15,000 of her donations for this critical emergency service in our province.

Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital – Conexus Credit Union Family Amenities Fund

  • With the Conexus Credit Union Family Amenities Fund, parents and caregivers have the opportunity to apply for aid in coping with both the day-to-day and unexpected costs of having a child stay at the Children’s Hospital, including items such as travel and parking costs, meal vouchers, and grocery needs. This family-centred program offers a tangible solution to the stressors imposed on families of sick and injured children.

Heartland Hospice Moose Jaw Inc – Heartland Hospice

  • This committed community group is working to establish a dedicated hospice for Moose Jaw and the surrounding area to provide compassionate, holistic care to people with a terminal illness nearing their end of life. This contribution will assist in alleviating the strain and costs to medical, long-term and palliative hospital care.

Lung Saskatchewan – Caring Breaths Financial Assistance Program

  • From its early days of combating the tuberculosis epidemic to today’s COVID-19 pandemic, Lung Saskatchewan continues to play a vital role to provide valuable education resources, research, support programs and more. Funding provided by Conexus supports the Caring Breaths Financial Assistance Program which helps ease the financial burden that lung disease can bring to patients and their families. Originally established to support lung transplants patients, the pandemic has presented significant opportunities to expand the impact to help supply masks, medical equipment, cover accommodations costs, rehab equipment and more.

Synergy 8 Community Builders – Two Mobile Mental Health/Outreach Vehicles


Possibilities Recovery Center -  Martensville Youth Connection (MYC) 


Heart Linked Community Services Co-operative– Finding Your Voice - Mental Health & Life Skills


Safe Communities Humboldt & Area – safeTalk Suicide Prevention Training Program 


OutSasktoon – Counselling Service Expansion 


Boys & Girls Club of Saskatoon (BGC) – Rosewater Connection 


Tetra Society of North America – Gizmo Building in Regina  


Hospitals of Regina Foundation – Digital Cell Imaging Technology

SOFIA House – Finding Oneself "Miskasowin" Program

  • SOFIA House supports women and children who are fleeing domestic violence. The employment program consists of education and certification programs promoting financial well-being through work and life skill programs and financial literacy setting them up for success.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatchewan (BBBS SK) – Mentoring Program

  • For over 50 years, BBBS SK has provided mentoring programs to children and youth in our province. Through the three-year partnership, we're proud to provide the meaningful support needed to assist BBBS SK in achieving its mission of enabling life-changing mentoring relationships that ignite the power and potential in young people in our province. The funding will provide 100 new mentees across Saskatchewan with impactful mentoring relationships.

The Canadian Institute for the Blind – CNIB Employment Bootcamp


Men of the North (MOTN) – 50 Yard Challenge


CityKidz – CityKidz Saturdays Program


Non-profit Voluntary Sector Studies Network (NVSSN) Luther College – Project of Heart


Inclusion Saskatchewan – Northern Inclusion & Self-Reliance Program


Wanuskewin Heritage Park – Wanuskewin Summer Camps


Joe’s Place Youth Centre – Media Alliance Youth Work Skills Program

 

United Way Saskatoon & Area – Summer Success Program


Dress for Success Regina – Professional Women’s Group (PWG)


Coop Camp (Camp Kindling) Youth Sponsorships 


Conexus Youth Leadership Awards

Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan - 80 Homes Across Saskatchewan

  • Conexus has pledged one million dollars to build 80 homes across the province over four years. The mission of Conexus Credit Union is to improve the financial well-being of their members and communities. There is a natural alignment with Habitat Saskatchewan’s mission of promoting homeownership to break the cycle of poverty.

YWCA Regina – Centre for Women and Families

  • The new centre, to be completed in 2023, will provide wrap-around services in a trauma-informed community environment, a consolidated hub for women and families to access professional services in a safe and efficient manner. Within the Centre for Women and Families, the Conexus Outreach Centre will provide Regina’s most vulnerable populations access to educational programs, resources and education that empowers them to build a sustainable future and access to a more permanent housing solution.

Oxford House Saskatchewan – Women’s Addiction Recovery House

  • Oxford House Saskatchewan provides housing to people who have recently left addictions treatment and that require safe and sober living conditions while they integrate themselves back into the community. The fifth house in Saskatoon is designated as a women’s house providing sorely needed housing to women in addictions recovery.

Conexus Arts Centre

  • Conexus Arts Centre is a world class performing arts and theatre complex located in the heart of the Wascana Centre in Regina. For the past 15 years and into the future, Conexus is proud to have its name associated with the Centre in support of arts and culture in Saskatchewan.

Rocanville Aquatic Centre – Aquatic Centre Refurbishment

  • The Aquatic Centre is the only indoor pool for 150 km and with the structure to the point that if major refurbishment didn’t take place, the community would soon lose the pool permanently. Conexus contributed $20,000 to the project so families could continue to enjoy the facility for many years ahead.

University of Regina – Darke Hall

  • Conexus is contributing $8.25 million in direct support to support the university's plans to revitalize the College Avenue Campus together with additional space, mechanical upgrades and amenities to help restore Darke Hall.

Lumsden & District Volunteer Fire Dept – Rapid Rescue Truck Project


Lipton Memorial Rink – Lighting Project Phase 1


Town of Lemberg/Lemberg Fire Department – Fire Truck Fundraiser


Rocanville Minor Ball Board – Let Them Play Ball


Fort Minor Ball – Diamond Upgrades


Town of Lanigan Water Park


Town of Moosomin Communiplex 


Optimist Hill 


Village of Chaplain Pool Roof