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Halifax Mutual Aid: Building shelters and raising awareness about the housing crisis

Grassroots organizations are an integral part of the non-profit sector, responding to needs and shaping how communities care for each other. This profile, the first in a series, looks at how a group of Haligonians, recognizing that vulnerable people had nowhere to go during the pandemic and that government and non-profit organizations weren’t acting quickly enough, came together to fill a pressing need.

CSR in the pandemic

The unprecedented scale of the pandemic crisis has cast a spotlight on what corporate citizenship really means today. The good news is that, at a time when many charities’ non-governmental revenue dried up and volunteering largely stopped, the corporate response has been widespread and generous.