Human and civil rights groups call for withdrawal of Canada’s AI legislation

Why It Matters

In Budget 2024, the federal government announced $5.1 million to enforce the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act. Most consultations have been with industry, while human rights groups and non-profits have had little involvement in crafting the legislation to date.

Report Card: Non-profit leaders give their score for Federal Budget 2024

Why It Matters

The broad positive impact that social purpose organizations have on Canadian society is often underappreciated or misunderstood. Social purpose leaders share their thoughts on the federal budget and how it will impact their organizations and the communities they support - including yours.

Live feed: Black Leadership in Social Impact Summit

Why It Matters

From Sept. 27-28, 2023, Future of Good and the Foundation for Black Communities are hosting a digital-first conference to celebrate Black leadership in social change and guide senior leaders and teams interested in equity and inclusion to become more impactful in their anti-racism work.

McConnell commits $30M in capital transfer to Indigenous-led foundations. What's a capital transfer? And will others follow?

Why It Matters

Black and Indigenous-led foundations have called on private foundations to transfer assets to them — to put them in charge of distributing resources to their own communities. But have funders been heeding these calls?