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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

Episode 7 – Covering the opioid crisis with Marcus Gee

(July 9, 2021) What’s it like being a journalist captivated by a serious social issue? For the past two years, award winning journalist Marcus Gee has been writing about what some call the “other” pandemic—deaths from opioid overdose, an epidemic that's killing 17 people a day in Canada, and that the health system is struggling to cope with. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the … [Read more...] about Episode 7 – Covering the opioid crisis with Marcus Gee

Episode 1: Fundraising for the Environment with David Love

(April 30, 2021) David Love raised his first dollar for nature in 1969.  In the past 50 years that he’s been an active fundraiser—much of that time with the World Wildlife Federation Canada—he’s raised many millions more.  In 2013, he was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.Now, David’s written a book called Green Green: … [Read more...] about Episode 1: Fundraising for the Environment with David Love

Talking UP with Jamie Swift and Elaine Power, authors of ‘The Case for Basic Income’

(May 21, 2021) This episode of Talking UP takes on the issue of Basic Income. Many Canadians were pulled from the brink of poverty when the federal government instituted the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, which provided a form of basic income.  It was inconceivable until it happened. Yet, political thinkers for the four centuries have advocate that wealth … [Read more...] about Talking UP with Jamie Swift and Elaine Power, authors of ‘The Case for Basic Income’