Sharon Riley is an award-winning journalist based in Edmonton. She is the Prairies bureau chief for The Narwhal, where she has worked since 2018. Her writing has also been published by The Walrus, Harper’s, The Tyee, and Maisonneuve, among others. She has covered everything from the intersection of environmental issues and rural life to technology in the transport industry and nursing home policy. She won the Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism in 2020 and has been a finalist for awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, the National Magazine Awards, and the Digital Publishing Awards. Sharon was born and raised in rural Alberta, and if she’s not at her computer she’s probably outside somewhere with her family.
Massive changes in government direction are in store this year. Leaders in the philanthropic, charitable, and non-profit sector share how they’re gearing up – and what’s top of mind in 2025.
Philanthropic Foundations Canada’s 25th anniversary conference addressed polarization head-on – with tangible resources from conflict mediators to move forward during tense times.
Les tensions au sein de la société dans son ensemble ont fait couler beaucoup d’encre ces derniers temps, et cela se répercute sur la philanthropie. À l’approche de la conférence de Fondations Philanthropiques Canada qui se tiendra en septembre, The Philanthropist Journal s’est entretenu avec des leaders du secteur pour connaître les tendances – et les tensions – qui les interpellent cette année
Much ink has been spilled about the tensions in society writ large lately, and this spills over into philanthropy. Ahead of the Philanthropic Foundations Canada conference in September, The Philanthropist Journal spoke to leaders about what trends are top of mind for them this year – and which tensions they’ve noticed of late.
The climate crisis, polarization, wellness – for staff and leaders, digital acceleration, the affordability crisis, trust and collaboration. In a time of “polycrisis,” we asked sector leaders what shifts and challenges they’re focused on.
Philanthropy is the target of much criticism, and good critique is part of a conversation. Sector leaders talk about what to do in response to the criticism that philanthropy has failed to provide support “where it’s needed most.”
Ten years ago, in a series called “Youth and the Future of Philanthropy,” The Philanthropist Journal asked how the sector could better serve, and include, young people. Here’s what some of the contributors to that series have to say now about how – and if – the sector has changed for the better.
Polarization, giving trends, equity, HR issues, reconciliation, the data gap, the climate crisis: we asked leaders in Canada’s non-profit and charitable sector about the challenges and societal shifts they’ll be watching in 2023. Here’s what they had to say.
