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10 - A Guide for a Community-Based COVID Recovery

Lisa Attygalle and Paul Born, Tamarack Institute

Authored by Lisa Attygalle, Director of Community Engagement, and Paul Born, President of Tamarack Institute, 10 – A Guide for a Community-Based COVID Recovery explores both why and how cities and communities have become such a force in community change, especially now during COVID-19. With an eye

Meeting the Multigenerational Moment - Essay Series

Standford Social Innovation Review

The United States began the 20th century as one of the most age-integrated societies in the world and ended it as one of the most age-segregated. This restructuring has left the country ill-prepared for a world with more Americans living longer lives and more generations living at the same time. It

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector - Report #1

Government of Canada

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (the ACCS) was established in 2019 as a new consultative forum for promoting meaningful dialogue between the charitable sector and the Government of Canada, in particular the Canada Revenue Agency (the CRA) and the Department of Finance.  A New Conte

Bursting social bubbles after COVID-19 will make cities happier and healthier again

The Conversation

The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic introduced the idea of bubbles to our social lives. British Columbia restricted socializing to core bubbles: immediate household members or, for those living alone, a maximum of two people who could be seen regularly. These strict directives to st

RESOURCES: CRA Information Session- Seniors & New COVID Benefits and Credits

CORE Alberta

An information session was held with Bonnie McIntyre, CRA Regional Outreach Officer, who shared updates and information about benefits and credits relevant to seniors such as GST/HST credit, medical expenses, caregiver credit, disability tax credit, home accessibility tax credit and more. She also

Blog: Low Income Single Adults: How stereotypes can make us forget people

Edmonton Social Planning Council

Recent attention has been given to low-income single adults, describing them as the “forgotten poor.” More people are living as singles—as a share of the population, single people have grown from 9% in 1981 to 14% in 2016. Despite Canada-wide anti-poverty measures, many single adults are strug

5 ways social enterprise funders can act differently in 2021

Lior Ipp, World Economic Forum

The profound economic and social devastation caused by COVID-19 has placed the world in uncharted territory. The fragility and inequality of core societal systems have come into sharp relief and the tools used to bolster them have been tested in unprecedented ways. With recovery efforts in full swi

Anti-Racist Social Impact

Future of Good

2020 changed the mainstream conversation on systemic racism. While BIPOC activists and professionals have been working to decolonize and make anti-racist social impact work for many, many years, some organizations finally began to listen last year. This collection from Future of Good catches you up

Social Impact Organizations Sent Their Staff Home a Year Ago. Here’s What They’ve Learned About Remote Work So Far.

Brennan Doherty, Future of Good

The Future of Good released this story on social impact organizations across the sector, one year after transitioning to work from home. Here are their stories on what it took, besides just making sure everyone emptied out the staff fridge. Learn more as roughly two-thirds of Canadian charities alo

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