A Consultation on the Future of Policy Advocacy by Charities in Canada
For two days in mid-May of this year, seventy-three invited participants assembled in Calgary to discuss and debate the appropriate roles for Canadian charities in
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The Moral Imperative for Policy Advocacy, Part 3: Reflections on the Consultations
SUMMARY: This article is the third and final in a series by Dr. Roger Gibbins published in The Philanthropist on the topic of advocacy by
Drops in the Soil, Not in the Bucket: The Case for Borderless Indigenous Philanthropy
This article is the eleventh in a series on Indigenous Communities and Philanthropy, guest edited by The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada.
Social Policy and Social Rights in Canada: Historical Reflections
This article is the fourth in a series on Poverty and Human Rights in Canada. SUMMARY: This article traces Canada’s legislative progress following the federal
The urgency to make a personal commitment
In 2008, I stood with other Indigenous leaders before the prime minister of Canada in the House of Commons to receive the government’s apology to former students of residential schools.
System Change Agents: A Profile of Grantmaking Foundations Focused on Public Policy
SUMMARY: In a newly released working paper created under the auspices of the Montreal Research Laboratory on Canadian Philanthropy (LaboMTL) [1], Peter Elson and Sara
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