(November 17, 2020) Being in the care of child welfare agencies are where too many children are going to die. In July 2020, APTN reported that, between January 1,2020 and “since the novel coronavirus was called a pandemic on March 11”, 11 indigenous children died in the care of child welfare agencies in North Ontario. The news agency was only able to … [Read more...] about How to be a kid in a country that can’t tell you the number of children dying in care
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Kids Help Phone CEO Katherine Hay in a Feature Interview
(November 16, 2020) The Charity Report editor in chief Gail Picco spoke with Kids Help Phone CEO Katherine Hay on November 14, 2020 to talk about the context of the crisis line’s work, the well-being of its counsellors, what is takes to be available to Canadian children and the use of technology. The interview is on the heels of a story broadcast by CBC’s Go Public on … [Read more...] about Kids Help Phone CEO Katherine Hay in a Feature Interview
Mazarine Treyz: What a woman can do
(November 5, 2020) Mazarine Treyz has an answer to the question many white people have been asking of Black, Indigenous and people of colour in the wake of the racial and economic injustice laid bare by the pandemic and police violence. What can I do? As the sole proprietor of a business offering online education to prospective leaders in the nonprofit sector, Treyz … [Read more...] about Mazarine Treyz: What a woman can do
Blumberg Snapshot: Taking measurement of the charity sector, 2010 to 2018
(October 30, 2020) The charity sector is unique and notoriously difficult to measure. There are approximately 86,000 charities in Canada, one for every 430 people in the country. Organizations falling under the charity umbrella include large post-secondary institutions and hospitals, as well as a neighbourhood groups with $5000 in the bank. If every charity issued an annual … [Read more...] about Blumberg Snapshot: Taking measurement of the charity sector, 2010 to 2018
Raising Money during COVID: Funders in a Dangerous Time
(October 8, 2020) When the pandemic first hit in mid March and everyone was sent home, Juniper Locilento, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Community Food Centres Canada, was expecting things to slow down, that raising money during COVID would be slow. “I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to get caught up on all those projects our team just … [Read more...] about Raising Money during COVID: Funders in a Dangerous Time