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Mysterious website, changed email messages and no negotiations: Oxfam Canada strike continues into second week
Striking staff members are also urging supporters to steer clear of a new website that appears to have sprung up in solidarity with them, but rather to follow developments on CUPE 2722’s social media channels.
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From talent retention to digital resilience, RBC says its new Stronger Nonprofits Program aims to help support that work.
How advocacy from the food bank sector led to the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit
While many in the sector have long campaigned for additional social assistance to address the rising cost of living, there is more to be done, they say. Now, they’re targeting a reform of Employment Insurance.
School forest initiative set to expand outdoor learning in Ontario
Many students in Ontario will head outdoors under a new classroom and forest initiative.
Video: Youth-led lawsuit accuses Carney government of abandoning its 2030 climate target
The groups say Ottawa’s carbon price and methane rollbacks have made its legally mandated 2030 emissions target unreachable
Inspirit Foundation’s 100% impact portfolio outperforms benchmark over 10-year period
Inspirit Foundation became the only Canadian foundation to successfully transition 100 per cent of its assets to impact investment in 2022. Since the foundation first made the commitment in 2016, its portfolio has made higher returns than a traditional portfolio would.
Explainer: Modelled after B.C.’s success, Quebec is building its first province-wide rent bank network
Rent banks are one of the few homelessness‑prevention tools that intervene before a crisis, stabilizing tenants at a fraction of the cost of emergency shelters or rehousing
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Unlocking DAF potential: New relationships, new possibilities
Donor Advised Funds are at a crossroads in Canada. How do we use them to better serve transformational community change?
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Special: Food and Housing Insecurity
How advocacy from the food bank sector led to the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit
While many in the sector have long campaigned for additional social assistance to address the rising cost of living, there is more to be done, they say. Now, they’re targeting a reform of Employment Insurance.
The good landlord: how collective commercial real estate strengthens local economies
Montreal’s emerging collective real estate movement is reshaping how cities protect local businesses, artists and community assets.
Prevention cuts youth homelessness in half and is cheaper than emergency shelter – so why isn’t Canada scaling programs?
Three formerly homeless young people say Canada is spending more on emergency responses than it would cost to prevent homelessness in the first place
Edmonton launches $2M program to help faith groups convert empty churches, extra land to affordable housing
A new $2 million program will help Edmonton’s faith-based charities assess the feasibility of developing affordable housing and mixed-market housing on their land. Churches, temples and mosques have already expressed interest.
