A million years ago when I went to university, I graduated debt free, thanks to summer and part-time jobs, frugal living, a one-time gift from my parents and a small scholarship. Not so easy for today’s graduates whose tuition increases...
Dawn Green’s story is fairly typical. A marketing professional with 15 years of experience at an advertising agency, she decided to make a career switch last year. “It was time for a change,” she says. “I needed to do something...
Nonprofits attract people who are inspired by the mission of their organization and who recognize organizations rely on staff who, as the cliché goes, give 110%. A certain degree of pitching in and working overtime as needed comes with the...
It’s almost impossible to talk about how engineering fits into the nonprofit world in Canada without some mention of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). In fact, almost every person I spoke with while researching my last story, Engineering a better world:...
Engineering has an immense impact on the way we live our lives. Almost everything around us – from our water systems, to our Facebook accounts, to the highway we take to get to work – owes a part of its...
I have recently graduated with a Masters degree and am looking to build a career in the nonprofit sector. I have been an active volunteer with a number of organizations over the years and have gained experience in my field...
In the fourth year of her undergraduate life sciences degree, Polly VandenBerg realized working in a lab just wasn’t for her. She was studying neuro-electrophysiology as part of her thesis at Queen’s University, and a small lab on campus had...
The nonprofit sector in Canada – which employs more than two million Canadians and accounts for almost 9% of economic output – is constantly growing, putting thousands of organizations under a great deal of pressure. Today there are more than...
More than any other skill, the ability to communicate effectively is almost always at the top of employers’ lists when hiring. They want to see that you can listen, write, speak confidently, and facilitate the transfer of information within their...
It’s all about the money. Or is it? If you work for a nonprofit in Toronto or Ottawa, you’re earning, on average, a higher salary than people working in the rest of Canada. If your organization is affiliated, like a...
