Canada’s response to US threats of tariffs and annexation includes economic, industrial, and infrastructure proposals. But more robust community services must also play a key role, Prosper Canada’s Elizabeth Mulholland writes.
The seed for a more self-sufficient and resilient economy, one not focused on extraction and exploitation, lies in community wealth building – and non-profits are on the front lines leading the way.
COI policies have contributed to a working culture that’s antithetical to Indigenous ways of working, Aiden Cyr writes. He talks to four Indigenous social impact leaders whose insights suggest that the path forward may instead lie in “mutuality of interest.”
Groups including the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence call caregiving the next frontier in public policy in Canada. They want to make the issue of care politically and socially unignorable.
Many in the sector are exhausted from the weight of living through a barrage of crises as a result of imperialism and colonialism – “there is a historic, cumulative grief we cohabitate with,” Lydia Phillip writes. “We are survivors of this grief, but it isn’t recognized on the job. It defies the boundaries of any workplace bereavement policy.”
While there are complex barriers for newcomers to get jobs, practitioners on the ground have practical recommendations for removing them, writes Yusra Qadir, of the Mothers Matter Centre.
There is much that philanthropy can do to strengthen and grow feminist businesses and social enterprises, writes Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Andrea Gunraj.
There’s a shortage of meal-delivery volunteers, writes Volunteer Toronto’s Joanne McKiernan. The reality of prioritizing basic needs in challenging times, she says, means we cannot rely on volunteers for the same types of roles, time commitments, or skills exchange as in the past.
