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Resources on CORE include checklists, toolkits, reports, studies, videos, and other materials on topics relevant to those working or volunteering in support of healthy aging and older adults independent living.
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Level Up Your Advocacy: Election Edition
Jennifer van Gennip, Charity Village
With our 44th federal election now underway, many charities are considering how to leverage this election to the benefit of the people we support through our work. Some, like those of us in Ontario, also have provincial and municipal elections coming up within the next 12-18 months, providing addit
Ending Working Poverty In Canada: How to Get it Done
Tamarack Institute
Working poverty can be eliminated in our lifetime. It can happen if all of Canadian society has greater income security and there is a fair and equal labour market for all employees and potential workers. This report presents 12 pathways to eliminating working poverty, from individual to government,
Social Isolation & Elder Abuse
Government of Alberta
Social isolation is one of several risk factors in elder abuse situations. During the pandemic, many older adults have been negatively affected by the increased isolation. Reports of elder abuse have increased during this time.
A Social Isolation Resource Kit, from the Government of AB, Ministry of
A Cautionary Tale: Canada's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout for Older Canadians
National Institute on Ageing
Canada's lack of national coordination, inconsistent prioritization of older Canadians, and failure to focus on speed in its provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, cost potentially hundreds of older lives across the country. Between April and June 2021 alone, the deaths of more than 350 older adults
Invisible by Default: What You Won’t See on GoFundMe
Amy Costello and Frederica Boswell, Nonprofit Quarterly
When a crisis hits, and a social safety net is nowhere to be found, many turn to the crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe. The site says it has raised over $9 billion since it launched eleven years ago, and that it has received 120 million donations from across the world.
As a result, the for-profit com
A New Path to Boost BIPOC Business: The Community Navigator Approach
Gary Cunningham, Nonprofit Quarterly
Connectivity is critical in helping businesses thrive throughout the business lifecycle—from launch, to sustained growth, to potentially selling the business down the line. A strong ecosystem builds connections, closes gaps to access, strengthens businesses, and builds sustainable wealth in commun
Rethinking Resources: Making Social Values Visible in Manager Education
Elizabeth A. Castillo, Nonprofit Quarterly
A significant share of NPQ readers have roles that involve management of some sort. But what is management? Judging by the syllabi of most resource management courses, a reasonable surmise might be that management is about how to deal with money, cash flow, and organizational sustainability.
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Harnessing the potential of technology to strengthen the long-term care sector (part 1)
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
The Bottom Line
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected those in long-term care homes in Canada more than others.
Making greater use of technology has been identified as a potential solution to help address some of the biggest problems in long-term care and to improve the health and well-being of res
Five Partnership Challenges - ONE Solution!
JS Daw & Associates
Everyone talks about partnering but talking is very different than doing. Partnering is a new way of working and it can take time to realize that partnering requires a paradigm shift in how you work and adaptations in attitudes and behaviours. Challenges abound but naming them can help in taming the
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