The charitable sector is famously resilient and up for a challenge. But a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to bounce back is being sorely tested.
Imagine Canada’s latest Sector Monitor report details the strain the sector is under …
Vantage Point CEO Alison Brewin shares her thoughts in a post on the Charity Village blog on the five most important considerations to think about when two non-profits are exploring whether they should become one.
Brewin notes that everyone from …
The pandemic has been far from easy for non-profit organizations, especially those providing critically important social services.
But as this piece from The Conversation points out, our organizations’ ability to respond, pivot and even expand our services during such a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Board Voice was one of the many organizations and individuals who participated in BC government consultations over the summer about how to get our pandemic-impacted province back on the road to recovery.
Here’s the government’s September 2020 report, “Building BC’s …
There’s an upside to everything, even a global pandemic. After Board Voice started hearing of some of the amazing innovation coming out of our sector as we adapted to the tremendous impact of the pandemic, we set out to capture …
An article by columnist John Ivison in the National Post this week, which we’re sharing here so you can have a smooth read of some important words rather than the chopped-up and ad-heavy version that is on the Post’s site! …
