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Indigenous people bear brunt of climate change disasters: StatCan
New data from Statistics Canada shows that, despite only representing five per cent of the population, just under half of wildfire evacuations in 2023 were from communities where more than half the population was Indigenous.
‘The need is endless’: Food insecurity highest in Canada’s Black, Arab and Indigenous communities
Food insecurity gaps aren’t closing, so community organizations across Canada are trying new ways to help beyond just providing food.
Fires and floods: How Canada’s non-profits are responding to summer disasters
Several organizations have set up ways Canadians can help as more than 900 wildfires burn across the country
New “endings” hotline to help the social sector with closures, insolvency and succession
Ever / Was is run by a collective of navigators seeking to destigmatize closures and endings in the Canadian social purpose sector.
‘Fiercely dedicated’: Prominent Winnipeg labour advocate Gord Delbridge dies
Former CUPE 500 President leaves behind a legacy of years advocating for city workers and opposing the privatization of municipal services.
Mental health programs alone won’t fix psychological injury among public safety workers
Why fixing the work — not the worker — is the real path to protecting public safety personnel
Should B.C.’s condo buyout be an opportunity to grow housing through non-profits?
The federal and B.C. governments plan to buy thousands of unsold condos to expand homeownership, but some housing advocates say the units would have a greater long-term impact if they were transferred to non-profit providers.
Non-profit coalition joins Supreme Court intervener list challenging Doug Ford’s Ontario Place destruction plan
The case, which will begin hearings in October, has attracted national interveners as the fight over redevelopment escalates.
Redesigned Canada Housing Benefit could reduce homelessness by more than half: Report
End Homeless Canada’s new report shows if Canada’s Housing Benefit is redesigned, it could dramatically reduce homelessness in the country.
Thank you for being a friend: B.C. senior home-sharing program to ease housing costs and isolation
With many homes sitting with empty bedrooms amid a growing housing affordability crisis, the Hollyburn Society in North Vancouver is launching a two-year home-matching pilot program designed to bring together seniors with extra space and people in need of housing.
The advocacy lessons that informed Zohran Mamdani, occupied Wall Street and stopped a pipeline
Three advocates on the long, unglamorous work of making change stick.
Analysis: What The Guardian can teach Canada about Ontario and New Brunswick’s private child care bet
Ontario and New Brunswick are pushing the federal government to lift the cap on for-profit child care providers, bucking a national model built on public and community-based care.
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