The authors of Beloved Economies believe that businesses, co-operatives, non-profit organizations, and public institutions are microcosms that have the potential to effect real change – that pockets of innovation, using the seven practices described in the book, will lead to ripple effects in the whole economy and change “business as usual.”
What should organizations with underused office spaces do? Is the pre-pandemic hum necessary, and if yes, how can this vibrancy happen when workers are not in shared workspaces? What will happen if staff do not feel engaged? Contributor Yvonne Rodney talked to leaders from one collective that has tackled the empty-office problem about what they have learned.
Dori Tunstall’s Decolonizing Design is a powerful exploration of the colonial, white-supremacist thrust of modern Western design and technology. Contributor Andrea Gunraj recently spoke to Tunstall, dean at the Faculty of Design at OCAD University, about her book, the work of reconciliation and making amends, and dismantling colonial systems by breaking the addiction to privilege.
Il serait, si j’ose dire, peu charitable de décrire le Philanthropist Journal d’antan comme étant seulement gris, lourd, et même « assez indigeste », pour reprendre les
En 2022, à l’occasion de son 50e anniversaire, le Philanthropist Journal a jeté un regard à la fois sur son passé et sur son avenir. Nous
As The Philanthropist Journal enters its sixth decade, the Agora Foundation (the publisher of The Journal) remains committed to providing a publication that is a strong and relevant voice for the charitable and non-profit sector into the future. We are inviting our readers, partners, and the wider sector into our planning and welcome your input!
The sector and The Philanthropist Journal have travelled more than 50 years together. Contributor Tim Harper talks to five sector “elders” about The Journal’s past and what its role, as a publication that belongs to the sector, should be going forward.
As Whitehorse celebrates 10 years of Pride, organizer Queer Yukon looks back at its history, from volunteer-run grassroots group to non-profit in 2018. Now the group is weighing whether to become a charity.
