A smart look at the news, innovations, and shifts in social impact work, work culture, and leadership, from the Future of Good editorial team.
In a challenging funding landscape, arts organizations and coalitions are making a case for more investment in terms of economic return. According to this new index, arts density also has a significant impact on connection and belonging in Canadian communities.
With millions of Canadians struggling to find a family doctor, communities are taking matters into their own hands. Their innovative approaches of housing, incentives, and mobile clinics are helping to make healthcare more accessible when traditional models aren’t working.
Several regional and provincial 211 agencies have already compiled data dashboards based on caller data. However, this is the first national picture that brings together all Canadian 211 sources and can also support federal advocacy efforts, says United Way Centraide Canada.
Understanding what “loving your job” actually means helps organizations avoid confusing devotion with durability. Without healthy conditions and good management, that same love can make workers more vulnerable to overload, blurred boundaries, and exploitation.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has been advocating for reforms to the country’s Criminal Code that would better protect victims in cases of sexually explicit deepfakes. At the same time, as the number of exploitative images on the internet continues to climb, the organization is considering ways that it can use AI to support its research.
Structural racism continues to harm Black women’s physical and mental health, influencing the quality of care they receive and the outcomes they experience. Addressing these inequities requires institutions to adopt anti‑racist practices, rebuild trust, and redesign care systems with Black women’s experiences at the centre.
