The world has changed in so many ways since the federal government first issued mandate letters to its ministries in December 2019. Those letters have now been updated as of Jan. 15, 2021.
Here’s the new letter for the Minister …
How can we create what we need rather than simply work with what we were given? This thought-provoking blog post from the Ontario Non-Profit Network raises some interesting questions about the readiness of our governance models in the non-profit sector …
An investigation that set out to unravel a racist guessing game rumoured to be happening in one BC hospital’s emergency ward has revealed massive racism against Indigenous people around the province, both as consumers of health care and as health-care …
Premier John Horgan unveiled his new cabinet on Nov. 26, with a number of MLAs now leading ministries relevant to our sector who have personal work backgrounds in community-based …
This great series of five blog posts to help boards stay focused, strong and unified during the extraordinary pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic was written by Brian Saber, a fundraising consultant and president of New York City-based Asking Matters, …
BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie released heart-wrenching findings Nov. 3 about the ongoing impact of pandemic social-distancing measures on the lives of 15,000 seniors in long-term care and assisted living facilities. Her findings are a wrenching reminder that a goal …
The results are in from an Imagine Canada survey on social finance for charities – and unsurprisingly, it turns out that it’s not going to work for a lot of charities.
Social finance is basically like getting a loan from …
Back in April, Imagine Canada launched a survey into how the pandemic was impacting charitable and non-profit organizations across the country.
Those survey results were released in May and provide a good baseline for our sector at this point in …
Regardless of whether your non-profit is ready to seek accreditation, this handbook detailing the standards and three levels of accreditation used by Imagine Canada in its accreditation process will help your organization get a sense of the kinds of requirements …
In Canada, every new session of Parliament opens with a Speech from the Throne. The most recent was this week, when Governor General Julie Payette presented the Throne Speech as the Queen’s representative in Canada. Traditionally, the government indicates its …
