Maison Mère : Accelérateur d’initiatives citoyennes
Les organismes à but non lucratif s’attaquent aux grands problèmes : la pauvreté, les inégalités en matière de santé, d’éducation et d’accès au travail, la discrimination
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Solon: Citizen-led action for mobility, energy, and ‘third places’
Collective action happens when people meet, have fun, imagine, and share and test their ideas. Solon is rooted in a citizens’ movement that focuses on mobility, energy, and “third places” – spaces that are separate from the home (the “first place”) or the office (the “second place”).
Solon : L’action citoyenne autour de la mobilité, de l’énergie, et des tiers-lieux
Les organismes à but non lucratif s’attaquent aux grands problèmes : la pauvreté, les inégalités en matière de santé, d’éducation et d’accès au travail, la discrimination
Solidarité Ahuntsic: Mobilizing for community control of land and housing
The intersectoral and multi-network consultation table focuses on citizens’ quality of life and affordable housing.
Maison Mère: Accelerator for citizen-led initiatives
Maison-Mère describes itself as a playground and an accelerator for citizen-led initiatives in Quebec’s Charlevoix region. Projects range from agri-food to alternative accommodation, art/culture/heritage, education and knowledge, co-working, and renewable energy.
The cy-près doctrine: The court’s discretionary power to vary the terms of charitable gifts
This is the third in a series of articles focused on various aspects of charity law that have been a burden on the Canadian charitable and non-profit sector for 70 years. The articles are written by members of the Canadian Bar Association’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section, who deal with these issues on behalf of their clients on a regular basis. In this piece, Anna C. Naud looks at the doctrine of cy-près.
It’s not you, it’s them: Women in Power’s invitation to fight systemic failings
Launched in July by Surabhi Jain and Saralyn Hodgkin, Women in Power is an “allyship leadership practice” that urges racialized and white women to turn away from polarization, turn toward discourse, and “stand in our power together” by sharing their lived experiences in the workplace.
Investing in Indigenous philanthropy through reciprocity
Trust-based philanthropy seeks to transform the relationships between philanthropic organizations and non-profits by identifying systemic inequalities and addressing inherent power imbalances. In an Indigenous context, a trust-based approach centres Indigenous leadership, knowledge, and expertise.
