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‘We are the victims’: Equity-deserving community organizations demand governments fix causes of anti-Black hatred

By Brennan Doherty

Special Reports

Our member-exclusive special reports dive into a timely topic directly affecting the social impact world — every month.

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How equitable is Budget 2022?

The federal government's 2022 budget is out, and Future of Good is diving in — how well does this budget set communities up for an equitable pandemic recovery? Leaders across the social impact sector share their thoughts.

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‘Freedom Convoy’ 2022: What happened, and what does it mean for the social impact world?

As people and communities grapple with the shock of the cross-Canada journey and rhetoric of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ as well as its occupation of downtown Ottawa, is Canada’s social purpose sector prepared to unpack — and respond to — what gave rise to the convoy, and what might be the cascading effects in communities?

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Disaggregated data: How can it help your mission?

How exactly would social purpose organizations use disaggregated data to inform their work? How do the organizations who are already using it do it? What are the ways the social sector’s COVID response could have been more equitable if disaggregated data were informing it?

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Talks

Featuring the top doers, thinkers, and creatives in social impact from around the world.

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B.C.’s Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Non-Profits on the new province’s $34 million capacity fund

Cindy Blackstock on reparations, reconciliation, and why Canada’s philanthropic community shies away from her cause

International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan on decolonizing aid and development

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Climate change gets under 10 hours of class time per year — these seven youth-led environmental initiatives are taking action anyway

By Neha Chollangi

“You have to fight the big economic structures”: Maude Barlow on 50 years of activism and how civil society can advance women’s economic resilience

By Sherlyn Assam

10 instructions for the social impact sector from the new IPCC report

By Brennan Doherty

Inclusion

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‘We are the victims’: Equity-deserving community organizations demand governments fix causes of anti-Black hatred

By Brennan Doherty

Explainer: Work with clients vulnerable to alt-right radicalization? Here’s how to recognize the signs – and intervene effectively

By Christine Pickering

This Muslim association’s lawsuit shows a major gap in Canada’s tax law — it doesn’t understand Islamic charity

By Brennan Doherty

Money

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Inside the rapidly organized ‘Hill Day’ for a legislative amendment on non-qualified donees

By Gabe Oatley

CanadaHelps now supports crypto donations for all of Canada’s registered charities. Here’s why (and how).

By Brennan Doherty

Government of Canada proposes a ‘shocking and incomprehensible’ change on funding non-qualified donees

By Gabe Oatley

Work

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Canada needs a national voluntary action strategy. Here’s why.

By Megan Conway

Is competition good for social impact?

By Vinod Rajasekaran

Call for nominations: Is there an inspiring young changemaker within your organization?

By Future of Good Team

Collections

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Women's Economic Resilience

It’s two and a half years into the pandemic and the she-cession — the disproportionate impact on women and non-binary people — is still top of mind for many Canadians. What exactly have those impacts been? And who are the organizations and activists working to get us back on track on gender equity?

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Supporting women's equality

The social and economic gains on gender equality women have worked for decades to achieve is vanishing before their eyes. For this International Women’s Day, Future of Good is highlighting our stories featuring powerful solutions for a women-centered pandemic recovery—from feminist recovery plans to coverage of economic inequalities.

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Transforming Funding Models

Future of Good Editorial Fellow Gabe Oatley explores the ways social impact organizations are funded to do the work they do — and how those funding models are changing rapidly post-pandemic. From shifting philanthropy’s power dynamics to the next generation of donors, we dive in. Supported by United Way Centraide Canada and Community Foundations of Canada.

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Meet a Changemaker

2021 Young Impact Leaders: 21 social change intrapreneurs to watch

By Kylie Adair

21 new social purpose founders to watch

By Kylie Adair

Thought Leadership

"It’s shocking. Two years into a pandemic that forced nearly everything online, most rural and First Nations households still don’t have access to the “basic” internet speed target set by the government. Where there is decent connectivity, many lack the skills they need to thrive online."

Read this op-ed by Maureen James

Seventy-five percent of Canadian journalists are white. Here’s what that means for social impact coverage.

By Avanthika Anand

Opinion: The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector let down charities and communities by not recommending a disbursement quota hike

By Yonis Hassan

Why it matters?

Forty percent of charities are still seeing their revenues decline following COVID-19’s onset. Almost 1 in 4 charity leaders say they don’t think their organizations will be able to stay open for another year. Communities rely on the services these organizations provide, and demand for many such services will only increase post-pandemic.

Open letter to the sector: A call for radical accountability in social impact

By Mojdeh Cox

What interests you?

‘We are the victims’: Equity-deserving community organizations demand governments fix causes of anti-Black hatred

Special Reports

Talks

What Future of Good members are reading this week

World

Climate change gets under 10 hours of class time per year — these seven youth-led environmental initiatives are taking action anyway

“You have to fight the big economic structures”: Maude Barlow on 50 years of activism and how civil society can advance women’s economic resilience

10 instructions for the social impact sector from the new IPCC report

Inclusion

‘We are the victims’: Equity-deserving community organizations demand governments fix causes of anti-Black hatred

Explainer: Work with clients vulnerable to alt-right radicalization? Here’s how to recognize the signs – and intervene effectively

This Muslim association’s lawsuit shows a major gap in Canada’s tax law — it doesn’t understand Islamic charity

Money

Inside the rapidly organized ‘Hill Day’ for a legislative amendment on non-qualified donees

CanadaHelps now supports crypto donations for all of Canada’s registered charities. Here’s why (and how).

Government of Canada proposes a ‘shocking and incomprehensible’ change on funding non-qualified donees

Work

Canada needs a national voluntary action strategy. Here’s why.

Is competition good for social impact?

Call for nominations: Is there an inspiring young changemaker within your organization?

Collections

Women's Economic Resilience

Supporting women's equality

Transforming Funding Models

2021 Young Impact Leaders: 21 social change intrapreneurs to watch

21 new social purpose founders to watch

Seventy-five percent of Canadian journalists are white. Here’s what that means for social impact coverage.

Opinion: The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector let down charities and communities by not recommending a disbursement quota hike

Why it matters?

Open letter to the sector: A call for radical accountability in social impact