Partners

Genuine additionality: commercial fitness does not serve this population. We do.

Jasclair Wellness Institute — CNCA federal non-profit, Corp. No. 1641314-5 — delivers grant-eligible structured resistance training to Canadian adults 55–70. All partnership terms are disclosed publicly. Governance, board composition, and incorporation details are available on request.

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Legal structure

Federal non-profit corporation under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (CNCA), Corp. No. 1641314-5.

Charitable status

Not a registered charity. Cannot issue charitable tax receipts. Grant-eligible as a CNCA non-profit.

Program evidence basis

Program design informed by McMaster University's muscle and exercise research program — one of the world's leading centres for aging and resistance training science.

Technology partnership

Training platform provided in-kind by Calyber Labs. No commercial revenue relationship. Documented in a written in-kind donation agreement.

Participant cost

Grant-supported. Participants pay no program fees.

Governance

Board of directors independent of any commercial entity. Bylaws and board composition publicly available.

In-kind technology partner

Calyber Labs

Calyber Labs donates training platform access to JWI program participants at no cost. This in-kind contribution enables participants to execute structured, coach-prescribed resistance training sessions on their own schedule, between live cohort meetings.

Calyber Labs is a separate for-profit corporation. The partnership is structured as a standard in-kind product donation — similar to Microsoft for Nonprofits, Salesforce.org Power of Us, and other technology-to-nonprofit donation programs.

Calyber retains anonymized cohort outcome data for case studies, with participant consent. Calyber does not receive JWI participant contact information for commercial purposes.

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What Calyber provides
  • Training platform access for cohort participants (12 weeks, no cost)
  • Structured workout delivery (coach-prescribed sessions)
  • Adherence tracking (sessions completed — reported to JWI for grant reporting)
  • Simplified onboarding experience for 55–70 demographic
Compliance disclosures
  • JWI does not promote Calyber commercial subscriptions
  • JWI does not share participant mailing lists with Calyber
  • Calyber does not display commercial upsells during cohort access
  • Participants may independently purchase Calyber after cohort — JWI does not prompt or link this
  • Partnership terms documented in a written in-kind donation agreement

Research alignment

McMaster University

Our program design and evidence base are informed by the resistance training and aging research of McMaster University's Exercise Metabolism Research Group — one of the world's leading centres for protein metabolism, muscle aging, and sarcopenia research.

This reflects alignment with published research, not a formal institutional endorsement. We do not claim McMaster affiliation or endorsement unless a formal advisory or research relationship is established and publicly disclosed.

Partner with JWI

Technology and organizational partnerships.

We are open to in-kind technology partnerships, organizational co-delivery arrangements, and research collaboration. All proposals are evaluated against our compliance framework and beneficiary-first mandate. Most grant-funded wellness programs produce impressions. JWI produces measurable per-participant outcomes across a structured 12-week clinical curriculum.