SkyWorks is a catalyst, advocate and participant in social change through community centred film making and public engagement.

SkyWorks Charitable Foundation was established in 1983 as a non-profit documentary organization dealing with contemporary social issues. The process of creating the films and the subsequent dissemination is a community development effort, working with local, regional, and national groups, to create strategies for social change.

We focus on documentary and community development projects in four program areas: Working with children and families as a force for social change; Promoting recovery by challenging stereotypes and systemic barriers with people experiencing mental health issues; nforming and supporting community engagement in health care policies and practices; Documenting barriers and exploring alternative approaches to accessing justice, preventing discrimination and ensuring fairness within the various legal systems (e.g. criminal, family, child welfare, welfare, housing, immigration, employment and labour) that structure the lives of persons belonging to particular marginalized communities.

It is crucial to emphasize that the projects are not simply filmmaking endeavours. Community development and capacity building activities are integrated seamlessly into all phases of the project: research, production and the public engagement activities. From a project's inception we work in close collaboration with the individuals and organizations dealing with the articulated issues so that the documentaries are not only about them--they are with them and by them. A sense of ownership is shared collectively.

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