Q&A: Social impact bonds ‘problematic’ says director of new social finance documentary ‘The Invisible Heart’
Is a profit motive necessary to motivate cash flows for social good? Do we need a revolution in the way that we tackle social issues?
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A Shifting Charitable Marketplace: A Recent Snapshot of CRA Data Highlights Changes in Canada’s Charity Sector
The world of charities is a changing mixture of new organizations registering and older groups losing their status. It is difficult, at times, to get
Book Review: The Shifting Terrain: Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada
The Shifting Terrain: Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada, Nick J. Mulé and Gloria C. Desantis. eds, Montreal & Kingston, Ontario, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2017, ISBN
Focusing on rights can help us eliminate poverty
Maytree and The Philanthropist started our series on Poverty and Human Rights in Canada a little more than a year ago. For us, it was
Advancing Health Equity through Benefits Screening
This article is the sixth in a series on Poverty and Human Rights in Canada. SUMMARY: This article explores benefits screening, a system of auditing patients
The end of poverty: A survivor’s journal
This article is the third in a series on Poverty and Human Rights in Canada. SUMMARY: In this personal narrative, social activist Michael Creek traces the
Letter From the Editors: Good Public Policy in Canada
From time to time, the Editors of The Philanthropist reflect on the themes featured in the Journal and summarize and affirm the sector’s collective work
Re-framing poverty as a matter of rights
This article is the first in a series on Poverty and Human Rights in Canada. SUMMARY: This introductory article by guest editor, Elizabeth McIsaac of