Charities, Public Policy and Advocacy – Take # 2
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Congratulations on your recent election. Like many who work and volunteer with the tens of thousands of Canadian charities operating across
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Letter from the guest editor: Creating better public policy: The roles of Canadian charities
Few Canadians think about public policy, though it touches our lives in innumerable ways every day. Taken together, the policy choices made by Canadian governments
Digging Wells Or Building Fences? Analyzing Federal Government Dynamics
In Australia, in the vast outback, there are seemingly endless miles of farming country with no sign of any fences, despite the fact that the
Volunteering: A Catalyst For Citizen Engagement, Social Inclusion, And Resilient Communities
Introduction How can we better understand the role volunteering plays in strengthening citizen engagement, social inclusion, and building resilient communities? Reflecting on some of the
Letter From The Guest Editor
This is the second and final issue based on the theme of the voluntary sector in transition. The first issue addressed a number of the
A Retrospective Look At The Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI): What Lessons Did We Learn?
Introduction In March of 1999, 13 federal Cabinet Ministers convenedinOttawa for a working dinner. It was neither an official Cabinet nor a Cabinet Committee meeting,
Letter From The Guest Editor
The theme of this and the next issue of The Philanthropist is transition in the voluntary sector. Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary (1978) defines
You Can’t Get There From Here
Introduction Canada’s charities and voluntary organizations number an estimated 161,000 groups1 (Hall, de Wit, Lasby, McIver, Evers, Johnston, McAuley, Scott, Cucumel, Jolin, Nicol, Berdahl, Roach,