Community partnerships

Manitoba Public Insurance takes tremendous pride in supporting and enhancing the quality of life in communities throughout the province. We believe in funding initiatives that contribute to local economies, support key business partnerships, demonstrate social responsibility and promote road safety.

Contributions and sponsorships

MPI accepts applications for sponsorship and contributions towards different types of initiatives:

Community events in Manitoba, such as fairs, festivals, parades and celebrations. MPI supports events that contribute to local economies, attract visitors, foster community pride, engage participants in positive social relationships, and allow MPI to promote its products and services or promote road safety.
Business partnerships that are critical to the core business interests of the Corporation, such as partnerships with stakeholders in industries related to claims, loss prevention and medical rehabilitation.
Road safety programs and organizations that increase education or awareness of issues that align with the road safety priorities of MPI.

Our Community Contributions and Road Safety Programming Contributions Policies offer a consistent and objective framework for a corporate contributions program that directly aligns funding to our core insurance, road safety and loss prevention mandates, while at the same time balancing our obligation to be fiscally prudent.

To submit your program or event for funding consideration, visit MPI’s Contributions and Sponsorship application portal.

Corporate merchandise

Support for specific initiatives may also come in the form of donations of corporate merchandise where appropriate.

Promotional merchandise is a direct promotional tool that offers the Corporation the ability to target road safety messaging or to support strategic partnerships.

Corporate merchandise is not available to raise funds for personal or commercial gain (such as a social), or to private companies, community club sports teams, private clubs, sporting events that do not involve a registered charity, and fraternal, political, religious or racist groups.

Requests for donations of corporate merchandise can be made by contacting our Community Relations unit.

Additional community support

Manitoba Public Insurance takes pride in supporting and enhancing the quality of life in communities throughout Manitoba through an annual United Way Workplace Employee Campaign and related support for charitable foundations in communities where we have service centres but where no United Way agencies exist.

Road safety support

We work with road safety partners to support programs, particularly those aimed at seatbelt use, drug and alcohol impaired driving, speeding and aggressive driving, and distracted driving. These activities are designed to help Manitobans gain the knowledge and awareness they need to protect themselves and others behind the wheel.

Our partners include:

Safety Services Manitoba – MPI provides an annual grant for motorcycle, snowmobile, ATV and mature driver education and training. Safety Services also delivers driver improvement courses on behalf of MPI. See the Safety Services Manitoba website for more information.
Operation Red Nose – Manitoba Public Insurance is a founding provincial sponsor of the Operation Red Nose “safe ride home” program that runs over the December holiday season. The program is administered by Safety Services Manitoba and works with community groups in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Flin Flon, The Pas, Selkirk, Portage, Shilo, Steinbach/La Broquerie and Gimli to ensure that Manitobans can get home safely in their own vehicles after festive celebrations. Visit the Operation Red Nose website.
MADD – MPI is the provincial sponsor of MADD‘s multi-media presentations to junior and senior high schools across the province. The presentations, which are seen by more than 20,000 students each year, challenge false perceptions about drugs, alcohol and driving.
Enhanced Enforcement – MPI funds enhanced enforcement conducted by police agencies in Manitoba, to help raise awareness of the risks associated with poor driving behaviour and reduce the instances of impaired driving, speeding and driver distraction.
Manitoba School Boards Association: Safe Grad – We provide funding support to this program that encourages safe alcohol practices for high school graduates, through a partnership with the Manitoba School Boards Association.
Manitoba School Boards Association: Teens Against Destructive Decisions (TADD) – TADD is a volunteer association of Manitoba high school teens that encourages students to drive safely by sponsoring school events that raise awareness of road safety issues, such as distracted and impaired driving. In partnership with Manitoba School Boards Association, MPI provides impaired and distracted driving presentations to TADD members.
Friends for Life – The annual Friends for Life speaker series is an initiative of MPI, Teens Against Destructive Decisions (TADD) and the Manitoba School Boards Association. The series uses eye-opening, real life stories delivered by the people who were impacted, to educate high school students throughout the province, about the consequences of unsafe driving behaviours.
Halloween Pedestrian Safety Promotion – The Corporation distributes more than 110,000 highly-visible safety Halloween bags to schools across the province each year, along with educational materials and safety tips for trick-or-treaters, and for motorists.
Manitoba Brain Injury Association – MPI is the provincial sponsor of the MBIA’s Mock Car crash event, which takes high school students through a portrayal of a motor-vehicle accident that resulted from risky driving decisions.
Transit Free Ride – MPI supports the Free Ride program to provide free transit on New Year’s Eve in Winnipeg and Brandon. The program encourages alternate transportation options and discourages impaired driving.
BEST – Bicycle Education & Skills Training in Schools – BEST is a partnership between Manitoba Public Insurance, Bike Winnipeg Green Action Centre and Seven Oaks School Division to develop grade-school cycling education lesson plans and on road instructions for the physical-education curriculum in grades four through eight.
Campaign 911 – This program operates in several communities to educate the public on how to spot and report impaired drivers.
Active transportation – We provide support to a number of other groups and events that promote road safety and safe active transportation, such as the annual Bike to Work week events and Bike to School events.

Automotive trades

We support education in automotive trades through assistance for apprentices, scholarships, and Skills Manitoba.

Financial assistance for apprentices

Manitoba Public Insurance is committed to ensuring that vehicle owners continue to have access to high quality repairs when they need them. We offer financial assistance to apprentices in the Motor Vehicle Body Repairer Program and the Motor Vehicle Body Painter Program, provided through Apprenticeship Manitoba.

Manitoba Public Insurance provides the following financial assistance:

A $5,000 (maximum) Tool Allowance.
A $2,000 Apprenticeship Grant after successful completion of each level of your program. That’s up to $8,000 for apprentices in the four-level Motor Vehicle Body Repairer program and up to $4,000 for apprentices in the two-level Automotive Painter program.

These grants help to attract and retain a skilled collision repair workforce in Manitoba, and foster a strong working relationship between the trade and Manitoba Public Insurance. The financial assistance program is offered through an agreement among the Automotive Trades Association, Manitoba Motor Dealers Association and MPI.

Interested? Apply now. Or visit Apprenticeship Manitoba for more information about becoming an apprentice.

Automotive trades scholarships

MPI provides high school and post-secondary scholarships to the top three Skills’ Canada Manitoba competitors in Autobody Repair (Collision), Auto Service (Mechanical) and Auto Painting. Through the Motor Vehicle Industry of Manitoba, we support scholarships for high school and post-secondary students.

Skills Canada Manitoba

MPI sponsors the annual Skills Manitoba competition, which rewards and encourages excellence among automotive trade students. We also sponsor the organization’s annual Young Women’s Conference. These events help young people learn about careers in the automotive industry and the education options available.