Tim Harper is a Toronto journalist and author. He spent more than three decades at the Toronto Star as a reporter, Ottawa bureau chief, Washington correspondent, national editor, and national affairs columnist. Tim covered war and revolution in Latin America, upheaval in Russia, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the rise of Barack Obama in the United States. He covered seven Canadian elections and three American elections. He is co-author, with Alok Mukherjee, of Excessive Force, a study of policing in Toronto, and a contributor to Fish Wrapped: True Confessions from Newsrooms Past, an anthology of life in the golden age of newspapers.
In conversation with Philanthropist Journal writers Tim Harper and Aiden Cyr, Omidvar discusses her legacy in the upper chamber, a lifetime of advocating for the underdog, and passing the baton to new champions of the non-profit sector.
With a looming recession and increased attacks on civil society, Canadian sector leaders report that there is a resolve – a sense that if a fight is ahead, it is a fight worth having.
En l’absence de médias locaux, il y a davantage de division dans les communautés, et un désintérêt envers son voisinage, la vie de quartier et ses institutions locales s’instaure, ce qui aboutit sur une perte de confiance. Les solutions proposées par le Forum des politiques publiques visent le secteur philanthropique canadien.
Local news is in decline, but without it, communities become more polarized, their citizens detached from their neighbours and institutions, and trust breaks down. A new report from the Public Policy Forum offers some solutions – a couple of them aimed directly at Canada’s philanthropic sector.
In her latest book, Carol Off takes on those who have contorted words for their own design in this era of political battle in which a precise vocabulary is needed more than ever. “We haven’t lost the war for humanity,” she writes. “We want to get along, and we work better when we work together.”
The founder of a charity that promotes greater giving in Canada has proposed a mandatory “Social Sector Grant” to build capacity and impact. Is it the type of shake-up a moribund sector needs or the scheming of someone who does not understand how the sector operates?
Les collaborations, tout autant que le manque de collaboration, occuperont une place importante lors de la conférence du 25e anniversaire de Fondations philanthropiques Canada, qui se tiendra à Ottawa. Au cours de cette conférence, les dirigeants seront invités à cesser de parler, pour plutôt commencer à agir.
Collaborations, or the lack of them, will feature prominently at the Philanthropic Foundations Canada 25th-anniversary conference in Ottawa, when leaders will be challenged to stop talking and start doing.
