(July 20, 2020) Indigenous language isn't just about definitions for certain things. It reflects an entire worldview, shaped by centuries of culture and history. “Language is ‘a conveyor of culture’ and the means by which knowledge, skills, and cultural values are expressed and maintained,” wrote the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) in its 2016 … [Read more...] about Indigenous language: More than words
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Private Foundations: Feature Interview with Stephen Huddart, CEO, McConnell Foundation
(July 9, 2020)The Charity Report has just released Where Wealth Resides, a study about the top community and private foundations, and donor advised funds in Canada. The 20 private foundations have cumulative assets of 32 billion, yet only 8 of the 20 are public facing with websites. The McConnell Foundation, which has an extensive public presence and makes a wide range of … [Read more...] about Private Foundations: Feature Interview with Stephen Huddart, CEO, McConnell Foundation
Charity Controversy: A week of WE. Now what?
(July 6, 2020) In what's become the latest charity controversy, nine days after the federal government announced a plan to partner with charity to put up to 5,000 dollars into the pockets of 20,000 students, the partnership is dead in the water. And we're left wondering who benefitted from that particular skirmish, and what it says about charity in our time. At issue … [Read more...] about Charity Controversy: A week of WE. Now what?
Canada’s Wealthiest Families: New data begs the question ‘do we need a wealth tax?’
(June 18, 2020) One of the reasons we don’t use as much Canadian data as we’d like at The Charity Report is the absence of … well… Canada data. But the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provided some water to the Canadian data desert when it released some new estimates of the “top tail” of high net worth of Canada's wealthiest families. The report was created as a result of … [Read more...] about Canada’s Wealthiest Families: New data begs the question ‘do we need a wealth tax?’
Charity, Philanthropy and the Structures of Racism
(June 17, 2020) Andrew Chunilall became CEO at Community Foundations Canada in 2017, one of a very few people of colour at the leadership table in the philanthropy sector, takes on the subject of racism in philanthropy. Yesterday, he released a significant statement on what it’s like to lead an organization as a person of colour. Chunilall details in his … [Read more...] about Charity, Philanthropy and the Structures of Racism