Samara is a charitable organization that studies citizen engagement with the Canadian democracy. Through our projects we hope to strengthen the health of our democracy and encourage others to do the same.

Samara was created out of a belief in the importance of public service and public leadership. Our work focuses on three areas: political leadership; the participation of citizens in public life; and public affairs journalism.

Samara is independent and unaffiliated with any political party.  We are named for a samara, which is the winged "helicopter" seed that falls from maple, elm and ash trees.

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