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.

Access to grocery stores, schools, healthcare still wildly uneven across Canada: StatsCan data

Why It Matters

The data from Statistics Canada can help non-profits better target resources, advocate for equitable policies, and design programs that address place-based needs.

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.

COVID recovery funding for community services fell short by two-thirds: new data

Why It Matters

In the first comprehensive analysis of granting through the post-COVID Community Services Recovery Fund, data shows that most funding allowed non-profits to adapt or pivot their programs. The three intermediary funders were also able to support grantmaking to non-qualified donees, many of whom were applying to a fund of this sort for the first time.