The Government of Alberta has announced a new Civil Society Fund that is now accepting funding applications. The $20-million fund will help leverage the existing strengths of civil society organizations to better address social problems and improve supports. The fund will...
Great Place to Work is pleased to announce the publication of the 2020 list of Best Workplaces Managed by Women. To be eligible for this list, organizations must be Great Place to Work™ - Certified in the past year and have...
Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty has been tracking government progress to meet their all-party, unanimous 1989 goal to end child poverty by the year 2000. This year's report finds that prior to the pandemic, over 1,330,000 children in Canada lived...
Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that alumnus Lance Uggla and his family are committing $34.1 million to support 10 exceptional undergraduate students per year to study at SFU. This is the largest gift ever received in the university’s...
Statistics Canada launches survey to better understand the diversity of charity and nonprofit boards
Statistics Canada has launched a crowdsourcing questionnaire to better understand who serves on the boards of charities and nonprofits. In addition to collecting information about the diversity of board members, they will explore topics such as what organizations do, who...
The Prime Minister's Awards are accepting nominations for Teaching Excellence and Teaching Excellence in STEM and Excellence in Early Childhood Education. The Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence have honoured exceptional elementary and secondary school teachers in all disciplines since 1994, with over 1,600 teachers...
Artists and organizations are getting more to help them through the pandemic, with increased funding and extended deadlines to apply for arts and culture recovery supports. As part of the Stronger BC for Everyone: B.C.’s Economic Recovery Plan, the Province is providing $21...
Nonprofit groups looking to create, improve, and enhance their youth (under 18) virtual volunteering programming are invited to access a new playbook. The playbook and resources were informed by more than 30 youth and 20 nonprofit leaders, created in a partnership between...
From Marina Glogovac, President and CEO of CanadaHelps: “As we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic, online giving has grown significantly this year. Traditional, in-person fundraising activities have moved online and the charitable sector is continuing to adapt...
In May, a partnership of Vantage Point, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Foundation and the Victoria Foundation came together to launch and report on the first No Immunity Survey. The nonprofit sector and their supporters (governments, funders, foundations) continue to seek understanding...
