Social impact organizations sent their staff home a year ago. Here’s what they’ve learned about remote work so far.

Moving operations online was only the first of a series of hurdles for social impact organizations across Canada.

Why It Matters

Roughly two-thirds of Canadian charities alone implemented some form of remote work policy in 2020. Effectively running an organization remotely is complicated, and analysis by workplace experts suggests the practice could become more popular in years to come.

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