Supportive housing failure in Vancouver spurs innovative changes to Granville Street

Why It Matters

Canada’s housing crisis is disproportionately affecting low-income Canadians. Without creative intervention, homelessness will only get worse. The good news is that intervention is beginning to happen—here’s how.

How I experimented with games to change the world

Why It Matters

For decades, gamification has been used to influence us and modify our health habits. Now, changemakers are testing the concept with social change, with the idea that games could open new possibilities for mobilizing citizens and organizations and breaking the cynicism toward the future.

Canadian aid groups denounce airdrops as “costly, dangerous and ineffective”

Why It Matters

Despite dwindling supplies and a total blockade on anything new entering the Gaza Strip, aid organizations staffed by Palestinians themselves continue to serve the local population. However, with Israeli authorities imposing new registration requirements on INGOs, many may have to leave the Gaza Strip after working in the region for decades.

How to ensure vulnerable women are housed? Wraparound support is the key

Why It Matters

Collaborations between non-profits and foundations are essential in sustaining and expanding critical services across Canada. These services are often life-changing and directly lead to stronger, more resilient communities.

Some B.C. non-profits avoiding talking to government due to 'onerous' lobbying laws

Why It Matters

While lobbying registries are common across Canada, in B.C., non-profits have to go through the same heavy requirements as their corporate counterparts. The province’s Lobbyists Transparency Act is about to undergo a review; here is what non-profits say needs to change to keep the registries from draining front-line resources.