Sinneave Family Foundation

The Sinneave Family Foundation, which also presents itself as Sinneave Foundation, is a Canadian operating foundation based in Calgary, Alberta. It works with individuals, communities, and organizations across Canada to reduce barriers and enhance opportunities in education, employment, and housing for Autistic youth and adults. Rather than functioning only as a grant-making body, it describes itself as an operating foundation, meaning it directly designs and delivers programs, services, and resources. Sinneave's mission is to reduce barriers and enhance opportunities for Autistic youth and adults. Its work is guided by five core values: trust, inclusion, collaboration, empowerment, and sustainability. The foundation states that it aims to be neuroaffirming and inclusive, valuing the many ways people think, learn, communicate, and experience the world, and listening to the people it serves to create welcoming and accessible spaces. Its services include Information & Navigation, which acts as a starting point for discovering programs, services, and community resources and is often required as a referral for other programs; Sinneave Connects, an online learning hub with eLearning courses, activity recordings, and resources; Professional Development presentations customized for groups; a Scholarships and Awards program with three streams (Directors Scholarship for post-secondary study, Individual Training Award, and Advocacy Award); a free Borrowing Library with mail service for books, audiobooks, and ebooks; and The Ability Hub, a 17,000-square-foot space on the southwest corner of the University of Calgary campus. It also offers Futures, a free goal-focused peer support service in Calgary where Autistic youth and adults work one-to-one with an Autistic peer, and NEUROinclusive Workforce Solutions, which provides no-cost consultation, eLearning, and resources to employers. Sinneave positions itself as an inclusive employer committed to a diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace. It offers information, tools, frameworks, and strategies both to individuals and to organizations and practitioners, and can collaborate directly to model neuroaffirming engagement. Donations received support its scholarships and awards program. The foundation operates primarily in Canada and maintains its online presence at sinneavefoundation.org.

The Sinneave Family Foundation is a Canadian operating foundation. Public information about its founding date and founders is limited in the available evidence; it is documented as a foundation in Canada. Over time it has developed a portfolio of programs and services aimed at Autistic youth and adults, with a stated mission to reduce barriers and enhance opportunities in education, employment, and housing. The foundation describes its work as being on a journey towards acceptance and action, where everyone has the chance to contribute and all perspectives, voices, and experiences are welcome and valued. Its approach is guided by five core values: trust, inclusion, collaboration, empowerment, and sustainability. It has adopted a neurodiversity acknowledgement, stating that it aims to be neuroaffirming and inclusive by valuing the many ways people think, learn, communicate, and experience the world, and by listening to the people it serves. A significant physical asset is The Ability Hub, a 17,000-square-foot space situated on the southwest corner of the University of Calgary campus, which the foundation operates and makes available for programs and events. The foundation also runs Sinneave Connects, an online learning hub offering eLearning courses, upcoming activities, presentation recordings, and other resources. Its services include Information & Navigation, which serves as the ideal starting point to discover programs, services, and community resources and is required as a referral for many of Sinneave's programs; Professional Development, where team members customize presentations or discussions for groups interested in Autism and neurodiversity; a Scholarships and Awards program with three streams (Directors Scholarship for post-secondary study, Individual Training Award, and Advocacy Award); and a free Borrowing Library with a borrow-by-mail service for books, audiobooks, and ebooks. In Calgary, the foundation offers Futures, a free, goal-focused peer support service where Autistic youth and adults work one-to-one with an Autistic peer to figure out what matters to them, create their own goals, and receive facilitated peer support. For employers, NEUROinclusive Workforce Solutions provides no-cost consultation, eLearning, and resources. The foundation also presents itself as an inclusive employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace, and it works with organizations and practitioners to complement or enhance their practices, sometimes collaborating directly to model neuroaffirming engagement. Donations to the foundation support its scholarships and awards program.

A neuroaffirming, inclusive operating foundation supporting Autistic youth and adults across Canada through direct programs, services, and resources.

• Information & Navigation

  The ideal starting point to discover programs, services, and community resources; many Sinneave programs require a referral from this service.

• Sinneave Connects

  Online learning hub with eLearning courses, upcoming activities, presentation recordings, and other resources.

• Professional Development

  Customized presentations or discussions for groups interested in gaining insight into Autism and neurodiversity.

• Scholarships and Awards

  Three streams: Directors Scholarship (post-secondary), Individual Training Award, and Advocacy Award.

• Borrowing Library

  Free borrow-by-mail service for books, audiobooks, ebooks, and more.

• The Ability Hub

  A 17,000-square-foot space on the southwest corner of the University of Calgary campus, operated by the foundation.

• Futures

  Free, goal-focused peer support service in Calgary where Autistic youth and adults work one-to-one with an Autistic peer.

• NEUROinclusive Workforce Solutions

  No-cost consultation, eLearning, and resources for employers.

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