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CANADA | Jul 08, 2025
[Report] Charity Insights Canada Project: Unrestricted Funding
More than a quarter of charities report that less than 10% of their overall funding is unrestricted
READ MOREAlberta is Officially Open for Summer
As of July 1, Albertans are now free to gather indoors and outdoors, places of worship and businesses can operate at full capacity, the provincial mask mandate is repealed, and people can safely get b
‘Design thinking’ can be a long-term solution for better aged care
A recent Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety called for an urgent overhaul of Australia's aged care system. The Head of QUT's School of Design says the focus needs to be on healthy agin
Expanding Indigenous businesses in Alberta
Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF) grants are now open for 2021-22 submissions. These grants will provide up to $500,000 to eligible Indigenous-owned businesses for projects that provide socia
4,500 more homes for Canadians
Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for affordable housing and led to rising levels of homelessness. The Government
New funding for projects to address overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in criminal justice system
Advancing reconciliation requires dealing with both systemic racism and the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. Understanding the lived experiences of Indigenous p
Screaming into Silence
Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, is the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and a professor at McGill University.
Residential scho
Age UK Bradford District launches new campaign to help create age-friendly communities
AGE UK Bradford District is launching a new campaign to raise both money and awareness for the charity, so that it can continue to connect older people to the information, support and activities that
Canada’s COVID-19 death toll could be thousands higher than official count: report
More than 26,000 Canadians have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to government statistics.
This is a huge number, but researchers say it might not be telling the whol
New report gives immigrant health-care aides platform to speak out on COVID working conditions
A new report is using the stories of immigrant women working as health-care aides in Calgary's long-term care homes to shed light on the extreme pressures of the job and areas that could be improved i
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