Policy advocacy with the regulatory shackles off: Mixed results
As Canadians prepared to vote, questions were being asked about whether a risk-averse charitable sector had missed an opportunity to help shape public policy.
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Neglected No More offers a prescription for improving the lives of aging Canadians
Journalist André Picard’s sweeping critique of long-term care homes is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of elder care in Canada.
How to repair long-term care in Canada
The preventable tragedy that unfolded in long-term care during the pandemic added urgency to longstanding calls for improvements and higher care standards, as well as new demands for transparency about how public money is spent.
Discussions animées sur le contingent des versements
Plus tôt ce printemps, lorsque The Globe and Mail a publié des détails financiers récents des fonds de dotation de certains des plus grands organismes artistiques du Canada,
A brewing showdown over disbursement quotas
During the pandemic, as charities have grappled with the double burden of increased demand for services and reduced capacity to fundraise, some have asked why Canada’s foundations – public and private – aren’t drawing more from their investment accounts to support the causes they funded in the before-times.
Nourish: Transforming food in healthcare using systems innovation
For too long, “hospital food” has been synonymous with “bad food.” But an initiative called Nourish aims to change that association by focusing on the interface between food and healthcare systems.
After-times: The sector’s role in post-pandemic Canada
This spring, we asked contributor Emily Mathieu to canvass some members of The Philanthropist Journal’s Editorial Advisory Committee – established in November 2020 to provide insights and input into our evolving coverage – and get their views on what the late- and post-pandemic period holds for the sector.
Improved Indigenous relations, more data, modernized legal definitions: Sector advisory committee issues second report
The second of three scheduled reports by the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector highlights a spring in which the energy for change in the charitable and non-profit sector appears to be growing. But rebuilding the sector’s relationship with Ottawa will be “a marathon and not a sprint.”