“We have a habit of making poverty seem invisible”: How Canada can get back on track with the SDGs
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are designed to help unlock progress — what is holding Canada back?
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More than a quarter of Canadians may soon rely on charities for basic needs, report says
A new poll by Ipsos also found 17 percent of surveyed Canadians are planning to give less in 2022.
Dozens of Canadian social impact leaders joined a working group focused on rooting out systemic racism. What progress has been made?
The Solidarity Working Group advances inclusion, diversity, equity, and access within Canada’s social finance, social innovation, social economy, and community economic development sectors.
Five Black leaders in social impact you should know
Leaders share the work they’re most excited about in 2022, and what they’d change about the social impact sector given the chance
Canada is cracking down on the Freedom Convoy’s finances. Here’s why that may hurt social justice movements, too.
The Emergencies Act, invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 14, would require crowdfunding platforms to report suspicious transactions to Canada’s anti-terror financing watchdog.
“Invisible killers”: The founder of the Canadian Black Environmental Initiative says environmental racism should be a top priority for the social purpose sector — but it isn’t.
“It’s the role of the environmental movement to be teaching communities what the problems are,” Charles says. “Sometimes community members know their problems, but sometimes we don’t, especially when we’re talking about silent problems that are invisible.”
‘The non-profit sector touches every one of us’: Ontario marks first Week of Appreciation for the Nonprofit Sector
The first Week of Appreciation, from Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, will recognize “exceptional individuals in the nonprofit sector whose work transforms the lives of individuals, families, and communities.”
When activists and institutionalists turn against one another, do this.
One leader’s experience mediating a youth-led climate justice steering group
This organization will fund activists of colour to do nothing but rest for four months
Youth-led climate justice organization Shake Up The Establishment is launching Rest, Recovery and Resistance: BIPOC Community Organizers Fellowship Program in summer 2022
