The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of many organizations. In their practical and timely book, Dennis Young and Elizabeth Searing take the opportunity to look at the larger question of preparedness in sector groups for dealing with circumstances – society-wide or unique to a specific organization – that threaten their viability.
À peine sortis de la grisaille de la pandémie, nous trouvons le courage de regarder les choses en face et de faire le point.Comment s’en
In the face of unprecedented demand for services, financial vulnerabilities, and a human resources crisis, the sector is at a crossroads. In this introduction to our Work in Progress series, which will examine the key issues relevant to the future of non-profit work and workers, contributor Yvonne Rodney outlines some of the fixes that are needed now.
Launched in July by Surabhi Jain and Saralyn Hodgkin, Women in Power is an “allyship leadership practice” that urges racialized and white women to turn away from polarization, turn toward discourse, and “stand in our power together” by sharing their lived experiences in the workplace.
In the fourth article in our Rethinking Philanthropy series, contributor Judyannet Muchiri looks beyond the promises made in the international cooperation sector’s Anti-Racism Framework to outline insights from sector leaders on progress made and key areas of action going forward.
Le Projet Canada Perspectives des organismes de bienfaisance, un projet d’enquête à réponse rapide mené par l’École de politique publique et d’administration de l’Université Carleton, repose sur trois grands piliers : collecter en temps quasi réel des données probantes, militer en faveur de meilleures politiques publiques et offrir de l’éducation communautaire grâce à la capacité d’interpréter les données. Le secteur y participera-t-il?
Charity Insights Canada, a rapid-response survey project run out of Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration, has three main pillars: collect quality, near-real-time data; advocate for better public policy; and provide community education through data literacy. Will the sector buy in?
Data collected by the sector is rarely accessible to those who provide it, but giving clients a right to data portability – and recognizing them as data owners rather than simply data subjects – would empower them to choose how it is shared and reused.
