What happens to labour rights in a sector built on care?
While non-profit workers fulfill the needs of their communities, many are overworked and under-compensated by their employers.
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What feminist leadership looks like behind closed doors – and why it might surprise you
When leadership often looks like secrecy and fighting to protect power over justice, feminist leadership is different. For YWCA Canada, that means acting with integrity no matter who’s watching, and sharing power, not hoarding it.
Funding legal support for survivors is an upstream intervention
Legal representation can have a significant impact on women and children’s socio-economic outcomes. And yet, access to a family lawyer is still considered a luxury for many women.
Why supporting Black founders strengthens Canada’s economy
When capital finds Black founders, it grows enterprises, creates jobs, and diversifies the innovation ecosystem. Initiatives led by non-profits and philanthropy are demonstrating what more responsive capital can look like.
The most important infrastructure isn’t in the budget
Philanthropy has a crucial role to play in supporting the chronically underfunded work of gender justice organizations – which are holding communities together in an age of precarity – and the moment is now.
The need for investment to counter economic abuse is a philanthropic blind spot
Economic abuse is an urgent issue that remains invisible in both philanthropy and corporate responsibility, the CEO of the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment argues. Addressing this injustice will strengthen families, communities, and the entire economy, she writes.
Creative outlets: Why some non-profit leaders are picking up the mic
Creative pursuits outside of work like stand-up comedy or playing in a band might just be what your colleagues in the philanthropic sector need right now – to counter burnout, strengthen skills, or express their whole selves.
Federal budget spends more on capital investment and less on non-profit sector – so far
While Budget 2025 does not include a strategy to systemically support programs and services that non-profits and charities provide – or the Canadians working at these organizations – “it could have been worse,” says economist Armine Yalnizyan, the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers.
