Dans la culture dénée, la préparation d’un poisson exige une bonne habileté à se servir d’un couteau. Avant de le faire moi-même, j’ai observé quelques fois une aînée qui maniait le couteau. Je n’osais pas essayer, mais elle m’a dit : « Tu dois le faire, c’est le seul moyen d’apprendre. » J’ai été embarrassée lorsque, par erreur,…
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Funding Policies and the Nonprofit Sector in Western Canada: Evolving Relationships in a Changing Environment, edited by Peter R. Elson, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2016, ISBN 9781442637009 Social, political, and economic environments in Western Canada have been changing quickly; it is essential that non-profit sector leaders across Canada pay close attention. A new book…
Nonprofit employees matter Truly skilled nonprofit staff, like Olympic athletes, can make their work look easy. Calm in the face of crises, keeping in check inclinations to jump in and “fix” everything, and defying commonly held prejudices, they willingly engage and work with people of all backgrounds. In a mission-driven social service nonprofit, the staff…
The last issue of the Philanthropist contained a brief discussion of the Manitoba Law Reform Commission’s Report on Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts (1992). British Columbia’s Law Reform Commission has also produced a Report on the subject and, like Manitoba it recommends substantial reform of the current law. There already exists some reform in this area, through…
The Voluntary Sector in Canada A number of university continuing education divisions have been approached in recent years by non-profit, voluntary organizations with requests that they provide educational programs which would teach management skills or professional practice. Target audiences for these programs might be line staff, middle and senior managers, or voluntary board members. Usually…
In this issue we examine another aspect of volunteerism—the relationship between volunteer and unionized staff in charitable agencies. Clearly, both are essential to the organizations they serve but their co-existence creates employment issues not found in the private sector. Two articles, the first by Ellen Campbell of the YWCA which looks at the management problems…