10 socially conscious Canadian gift ideas for a brighter Black Friday
Why It Matters
This list is far from comprehensive - there are numerous companies like this in every neighbourhood. We encourage you to seek them out this holiday season.
Scammers steal Calgary Foundation brand, target personal info and money
Why It Matters
Non-profits and charities continue to be targeted in cybersecurity and scamming incidents, while simultaneously not having the funding to invest in security. As the Calgary Foundation has highlighted, there are both emotional and financial impacts of these scams.
Will AI automation really kill jobs? A new survey finds Canadian workers are split on the answer
Why It Matters
As AI reshapes the future of work, understanding how workers perceive its threat is vital to shaping policy, trust, and innovation. This nationally representative survey reveals a complex emotional terrain—where fear, skepticism, and resilience coexist in the face of automation.
Does fasting dull your mental edge? We crunched the data for the best advice
Why It Matters
A sweeping meta-analysis shows that healthy adults maintain cognitive performance while fasting, debunking the myth that skipping meals dulls mental sharpness. But for children, teens, and late-day tasks, the timing and context of fasting still matter.
Bread, Calgary’s emergency food search platform, rolls out nationally
Why It Matters
A partnership between two Canadian social impact technology platforms has the potential to exponentially increase the amount of data collected about emergency food needs and provisions, offering a blueprint for data-informed service delivery, dignity-first design, and national impact.
New group looks to philanthropic money to fund Canadian Nonprofit Data Lab
Why It Matters
Compared to the for-profit sector, the non-profit sector remains under-researched in Canada. There are several instances of non-profits being included in national business surveys, and specific sector-related data then not being published.