(September 28, 2021) Eyebrows were raised when the Hudson’s Bay Company started selling orange shirts reading Every Child Matters in advance of September 30, Orange Shirt Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Orange Shirt Day, the tradition of wearing an orange shirt on September 30 grew out of the St. Joseph Mission Indian Residential School Commemoration Project … [Read more...] about Orange Shirt Day kerfuffle: Choosing Indigenous designers
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DQ Consultation: Fear and loathing in the charity sector
(September 27, 2021) Confidentiality, power imbalance and fear of speaking out publicly have all surfaced as concerns in the lead up to the Finance Department’s first ever disbursement quota--DQ consultation, Boosting charitable spending in our communities. The submission deadline is Thursday, September 30. On the surface, it would be hard to imagine that a person … [Read more...] about DQ Consultation: Fear and loathing in the charity sector
Murder and sexual violence at Western University?
(September 16, 2021) Gabriel Neil, an 18-year-old first year student at Western University, died as the result of an assault during Orientation Week, at what is considered to be one of Canada’s most elite post-secondary institutions. London police say Neil died in hospital after being assaulted about 2 a.m. Saturday at Western and Sarnia … [Read more...] about Murder and sexual violence at Western University?
Five ways voting Conservative could doom any climate emergency plan
(September 16, 2021) The message of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report, published in August, was clear—the climate emergency is “widespread, rapid, and intensifying”. Yet, while powerful photographs of hellfire landscapes continue to appear in the newspapers, and we hear of the suffering left behind by Hurricane Ida, many still seem to struggle … [Read more...] about Five ways voting Conservative could doom any climate emergency plan
Liz LeClair joins The Charity Report as contributing editor
(September 14, 2021) The writing of Liz LeClair sprang onto the nonprofit consciousness when she authored in a Point of View piece for the CBC on January 2, 2019 about her experience being sexually assaulted by a donor. Her first-person account was the catalyst many women—and men—working in the charity sector needed to talk about their own experience of sexual … [Read more...] about Liz LeClair joins The Charity Report as contributing editor