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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
Digital Communication Policies Guide for Nonprofits
Imagine Canada
As more work is done online, developing digital policies ahead of time allows your organization to plan for its short-term needs as well as mitigates long-term risks.
Created by Imagine Canada and Keela, this guide contains tips, how-to's, and checklists for a Social Media Policy, a Fundraising Pol
Inclusion Without Clear Lines Of Accountability Is Pointless. Here’s Why.
Sheree Atcheson, Forbes
By dictionary definition, accountability is “the fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility”. It is a way to define answerability, liability and reporting. We see accountability embedded into organizations for finance, engineering, product delivery and more, but yet when we look at d
Trauma and the Experience of Emotional Swings
Shahram Heshmat Ph.D.
A hallmark of trauma is its capacity to overwhelm our minds and beliefs. Traumas deeply affect the way we see ourselves, other people, and the world. T
rauma is not the same as something merely stressful. Trauma can lead individuals to see themselves as helpless or damaged and believe that negative
Vaccine pain and anxiety management: the CARD system
Immunize Canada
COVID-19 is a very infectious disease that can cause lifethreatening illness. COVID-19 disease can affect anyone. However, it is more dangerous for older adults. Because of this, older adults are one of the first groups of people being offered the COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccinations are recurring health
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