The Ken and Debbie Rubin Public Interest Advocacy Fund provides small grants to novel action projects within Canada that might not otherwise be funded. Ken and Debbie Rubin have been active for many years in many public interest issues. This is their way of seeing that others are able to undertake stimulating projects. Previous grants have been made in the following areas:
- social justice projects
- consumer and environmental health and safety issues
- freedom of information and privacy rights
- food safety and sustainable food production
- civil liberties issues
- public interest investigations
- public interest research training
- innovative community projects
What the fund looks for is cutting-edge, innovative, manageable, and change-oriented public awareness projects. Funding is modest, in the one thousand to three thousand range or more, for special projects. Projects can either be local, regional, national or international in scope.