(October 25, 2021) The Charity Report welcomes Yvonne Harding as its newest member of The Literary Circle Review Panel. The Literary Circle features reviews of the latest books on social justice, philanthropic trends, and other tittles of interest to people working in the charity and nonprofit sectors. It reviews about 75 books a … [Read more...] about The Charity Report Literary Circle welcomes Yvonne Harding to its Review Panel
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Ginelle Skerritt appointed new Chief Executive Officer of York Region Children’s Aid Society
(September 30, 2021) The Board of Directors of the York Region Children’s Aid Society (YRCAS) has announced the appointment of Ginelle Skerritt as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective October 12, 2021. Ginelle Skerritt is an executive with over 30 years of leadership experience in the non-profit sector, most recently in the position of Vice President of Vibrant … [Read more...] about Ginelle Skerritt appointed new Chief Executive Officer of York Region Children’s Aid Society
Information, the Book: Editors’ efforts have borne excellent fruit
By Kathleen Adamson, June 28, 2021 Information: A Historical Companion, Edited by Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja-Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton, Princeton University Press, January 26, 2021, 904 pp., $66.45 We live in a sea of information, but it surrounds us so completely that the word ‘information’ itself is difficult to define. Nowadays we might say … [Read more...] about Information, the Book: Editors’ efforts have borne excellent fruit
The Charity Report Literary Circle’s Top 10 books of 2020
(December 9, 2020) It’s our favourite list of the year. Books we think you’d like for yourself to catch up on reading over the holidays, or something special and unique for someone special in your life. It’s a diverse list—books that will take you face-to-face with wolves and bears of the natural kind, coupled with the what we think are definitive and striking books about race, … [Read more...] about The Charity Report Literary Circle’s Top 10 books of 2020
What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence
By Gail Picco, December 8, 2020 What Bears Teach Us, Sarah Elmeligi, Photographs: John E. Marriott, Rocky Mountain Books, October 29, 2020, 224 pp., $45.00 Living in Toronto on the 15th floor in a corner suite with a reasonably unobstructed view—insofar as city views go—has its advantages. You can see a storm coming from miles away, feel the windy gales that shake … [Read more...] about What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence