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.