New Series: Canadian Charities Working Internationally
This article is the first in a series on Canadian Charities Working Internationally. A regulatory system, and the laws that underpin it, is ideally enabling
International Development
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Engaging The Diaspora As Volunteers In International Development
This article looks at the growing integration of skills and knowledge by members of diaspora communities in international development programs. Moving from the major role
Advocacy And Lobbying For Policy Change In Zimbabwe: Women’s Lobbying For A Gender-sensitive Constitution
Summary this article describes a lobbying campaign by women in zimbabwe to ensure gender sensitivity in a new constitution—a campaign being conducted in very difficult
Learning, Development, And Money: Lessons From Bangladesh
Abstract: The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has, in its 37 year history, become one of the largest, most diverse and most effective NGOs in
Canadian Charities and Foreign Activities
Canadian charities that operate abroad are in the forefront of dealing with many of the most difficult global problems, including HIV/AIDS, human rights, access to
Foreign Activities by Canadian Charities
1. Introduction Section 149.1(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act sets out the prerequisites for a charitable organization. Included in the section is the requirement that
International Philanthropy in Action: Human Rights
Introduction International philanthropy usually brings to mind famine relief or using Canadian dollars and expertise to build wells and irrigation systems in Third World countries;
CIVICUS and the Challenge of International Philanthropy
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, those who watch such things realized that a global “association revolution” was underway. Citizens’ associations, people’s movements, voluntary