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New from
Imagine Canada:
What's the state of charities across Canada?
Sector
Monitor Launch
May 13, 2010
We released our first Sector Monitor report from a new survey program designed
to monitor the state of charities across the country and their ability to
deliver their missions.
The first sector report:
Imagine
Canada’s Sector Monitor (PDF - 870K,
16 pages)
By David Lasby and Cathy Barr
File date April 2010
Highlights:
* Many charities are experiencing challenges associated with the economic
downturn.
* One in eight charities is experiencing high levels of stress.
* Operating charities are taking a range of actions in response to the economic
downturn.
* Operating charities and foundations have different experiences.
* Charities remain confident about the future, particularly when they look
further out.
Source:
Blog @ Imagine Canada
[ Imagine Canada ]
Imagine Canada is a national registered charity with offices in Toronto, Calgary
and Ottawa. Our cause is Canada’s charities and nonprofits. It is our
mission to support and strengthen charities and nonprofits so they can, in
turn, support the Canadians and communities they serve.
Also on the Imagine Canada website:
Programs
& Services:
* Canadian Directory to Foundations & Corporations * Caring Company
Program * Ethical Code Program * Standards Initiative * Risk Management *
Charity Tax Tools * Nonprofit Library * Awards Programs
Research
& Public Policy:
* Public Policy * Giving & Volunteering * Charities & Nonprofit Organizations
* Corporate Citizenship
Imagine
Canada’s Nonprofit library
"Canada’s largest online collection of charitable and non-profit
sector resources on topics that relate to operating and managing charities
and nonprofits."
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Canada’s
non-profit maze:
A scan of legislation and regulation
impacting revenue generation in the non-profit sector
(PDF - 672K, 34 pages)
Lynn Eakin & Heather Graham
May 2009
Canada’s third sector – the vital web of non-profit, charitable
and voluntary organizations that provide programs and services, and knit together
communities – is also a significant economic force. In recent years,
governments have increasingly relied on non-profit groups as the delivery
agent of choice for government services. “Canada’s non-profit maze
” is powerful new research by Lynn Eakin and Associates, commissioned
by the Wellesley Institute that provides a troubling picture of the financial
and regulatory burdens facing the third sector.
Accompanying documents:
A
policy perspective on Canada’s non-profit maze of regulatory and legislative
barriers
Mapping the way forward for third sector organizations
(PDF - 160K, 5 pages)
Policy Brief
By Lynn Eakin, Heather Graham,
Rick Blickstead, and Michael Shapcott
May 2009
Supporting
Tables: Canada’s Non-Profit Maze (PDF - 419K, 4 pages)
Tables
were generated from software used to survey respondents of the Wellesley
Institute’s
research in Third-Sector regulation and legislation
Source:
Wellesley
Institute
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2009
Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources (CAVR) Conference
Edmonton,
May 31-June 3, 2009
Try to imagine your work or personal life without community
structures in place. Thousands of nonprofit/voluntary sector organizations exist
because of the magnitude of volunteer engagement - engagement needing constant
tending and nurturing to sustain our enviable quality of life in Canada. Volunteerism
in the 21st century has moved far beyond motherhood and apple pie – requiring
educated, connected, competent leaders to recruit, retain and recognize the volunteers
presently engaged and able to meet the challenges of engaging new Canadians, youth
and highly skilled baby boomers as volunteers for the next decade.
Registration
details (PDF - 362K, 1 page)
Online
registration
Source:
Canadian
Administrators of Volunteer Resources
CAVR strives to promote competence
and excellence in the professional administration of volunteer resources and to
acknowledge the accomplishments of its members. CAVR is the only National Professional
Association that offers ongoing certification in the field of volunteer resources
management.
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The
Fraser Institute: Manitoba Rated as Canada's
Most Generous Province but Data
Shows Americans Are Far More Generous
Press
Release
December 8, 2008
VANCOUVER -- Manitoba continues to
be Canada's most generous province, according to the Fraser Institute's annual
generosity index. The report, Generosity in Canada and the United States: The
2008 Generosity Index, shows that Manitoba has the highest percentage of tax-filers
among all provinces donating to registered charities (28.1 per cent). The total
amount donated is also the highest in Canada at 1.14 per cent of total income
earned in the province.
Complete report:
Generosity
in Canada and the United States: The 2008 Generosity Index (PDF -
90K, 10 pages)
"(...) The highest-scoring Canadian province is Manitoba
(3.9 out of 10.0), but its performance ranks only 37th overall out of 64 North
American jurisdictions."
Source:
The
Fraser Institute
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Recent
release from the
Caledon
Institute of Social Policy:
Social
Profits (PDF - 49K, 7 pages)
Sherri Torjman
September 2008
This
essay discusses the various dimensions of the social economy - a unique and burgeoning
sector of the economy in which business enterprises and economic activity seek
not only to generate revenue but also to advance social goals. There are hundreds
of thousands of hybrid businesses, also known as social enterprises, which are
taking their place on the world stage - and increasingly in stock market portfolios.
They try both to generate profit and create social value. They are sometimes referred
to as ‘blended value’ organizations because that is precisely what they
do. This paper explores their many different forms and puts forward policy proposals
to bolster social enterprises within the Canadian economy.
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The
Canadian Federation of Voluntary Sector Networks
The Federation reaches out to both existing and emerging initiatives that
work to build connections, cohesion, and capacity in the non-profit and voluntary
sector, as well as informal networks of voluntary organizations that wish
to explore the many models that we have discovered. [ About
Us ]
Centre
for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD)
The Centre for
Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD) "...works with networks
of practitioners, academic researchers, and policy makers to undertake collaborative
research and to provide innovative learning opportunities on emerging issues in
the non-profit and voluntary sector, with a focus on: Sustainability and Leadership
- Policy and Practice - Connections and Community
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What's new from the Wellesley Institute:
The Inter-agency Services Collaboration
Project
By Joan Roberts and Pauline OConnor
Launched January 11, 2008
This report examined
collaborations among non-profit organizations (NPOs) that directly or indirectly
enhance service delivery. This includes collaborations to enhance organizational
operations, and collaborations to enhance service planning and delivery. Examples
of such collaborations include shared administration, budgets, or administrative
staff; shared infrastructure such as co-location; joint service planning, or joint
program delivery such as single intake and information-sharing. The project investigated
the characteristics of service delivery collaborations critical success factors
and barriers, and similarity of NPO collaborations with public sector and business
sector collaborations.
Complete
report (PDF file - 3.8MB, 234 pages)
Fall 2007
[Click the report title above to access PDF files for each chapter - smaller
individual downloads]
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We Can't Afford To Do Business This Way
September 2007
by Lynn
Eakin & Associates
This study paints a clear portrait of how service flexibility
and innovation in the nonprofit sector are affected by onerous grant application
and reporting processes. It graphically illustrates how the shift from long-term
core funding in the early 1990s to short-term targeted and program funding has
placed an enormous administrative burden on the nonprofit sector in Canada. Read
about the experiences of the current funding regimes on several organizations
in the Toronto area, and find out about what needs to change to ensure the health
and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector.
Complete
report (PDF file - 1.9MB, 64 pages)
September 2007
Media
release - (PDF file - 56K, 1 page)
September 27, 2008
Source:
Wellesley
Institute
The Wellesley Institute advances the social determinants of health
through community-based research , capacity building , and the informing of public
policy.
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Voluntary
work, Australia, 2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics
5.2 million
people (34%) of the Australian population aged 18 years and over participate in
voluntary work, contributing 713 million hours to the community across diverse
activities according to this ABS survey. Posted 18-07-2007
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Canada
Revenue Agency launches consultations with small and rural charities
News
release
October 9, 2007
"Minister of National Revenue Gordon O'Connor
today announced a series of consultations with small and rural charities. As the
federal charities regulator, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) wants to better understand
the unique service needs and compliance challenges of small and rural charities.
(...)
A series of workshops will take place in October 2007 in Toronto,
Saskatoon, Lethbridge, Kelowna, Trois-Rivières and Moncton. A panel containing
six to nine individuals from small and rural charities, chaired by the CRA, will
then meet in November 2007 to develop recommendations for the Minister of National
Revenue. The panel is expected to deliver its recommendations by the end of December
2007."
Source:
Canada Revenue Agency
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World
Volunteer Web
Volunteerism worldwide: News, views & resources
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Charity
Village Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector
- 3,000 pages
of news, jobs, information and resources for executives, staffers, donors, and
volunteers. If philanthropy and volunteerism are part of your world, this is your
place
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Support
to the Voluntary Sector
- links to a dozen online resources in the area of voluntarism
Source:
Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada
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Pan-Canadian
Funding Practice in Communities
September 11,
2006
A new report by Katherine Scott: Pan-Canadian
Funding Practice in Communities (PDF file - 483K, 93 pages) was commissioned
by the Task Force on Community Investments, and examines the Government of Canada's
current funding practices for the voluntary sector. This report has been submitted
to the Independent Blue Ribbon Panel, which is advising the federal Treasury Board
on guidelines for grants and contributions.
- Also available: the
executive summary
Source:
FUNDING
MATTERS...
Building an enabling financial environment for the voluntary sector
[
Canadian Council on Social
Development ]
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The
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Ontario (PDF file - 788K, 78 pages)
June
29, 2006
"This report kicks off a series of regional reports on the vital
'third pillar' of Canadian society. Written by Katherine Scott from the Canadian
Council on Social Development, the research is based on the National Survey of
Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, which was conducted by a consortium of
organizations in partnership with Statistics Canada."
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
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What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
September 11, 2009
Canada
Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007
Related subjects
o Labour
o Unpaid
work
o
Society and community
o Social
networks and civic participation
o
Volunteering and donating
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What's New from the Canadian Council on Social Development:
Making
Connections:
Social and civic engagement among Canadian immigrants
April
2006
By Katherine Scott, Kevin Selbee and Paul Reed
New
Canadians participate, despite obstacles
April 24, 2006
OTTAWA
– Immigrants give larger donations, on average, than the Canadian-born population
but they are slightly less likely to volunteer their time than people born in
Canada, according to research by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD).
Making Connections: Social and Civic Engagement among New Canadians also shows
that the rate of volunteering is increasing, particularly among recent immigrants.
* Full
Report (PDF format, 1.5MB, 50 pages)
* Executive
Summary
Related Links:
Go
to the main page of the report for links to the following content:
*
Powerpoint Slideshow
* Fact Sheet #1: Patterns in Participation, Engagement,
and Informal Caring
* Fact Sheet #2: Profile of Volunteering
* Canadian
Story #1: Building a Life in Canada
* Canadian Story #2: Organizing Ourselves
* Canadian Story #3: Finding a New Direction
* Canadian Story #4: Keeping
Faith
* Appendix 1: The Changing Face of Canadian Immigrants, using 2001 Census
data
* Appendix 2: Portrait of Canadian Immigrants, using 2000 NSGVP data
* Appendix 3: Data Sources
* Letter to the editor, March 3 2006
* Selected
Charts
o Chart 1: Volunteer rate and average hours volunteered, by length
of time in Canada, 2000
o Chart 2: Volunteer rate and average hours volunteered,
by age group, 2000
o Chart 3: Volunteer rate and average hours volunteered,
by level of education, 2000
o Chart 4: Donor rate and average donation, by
length of time in Canada, 2000
o Chart 5: Donor rate by age group, 2000
o Chart 6: Membership rate by level of education, 2000
o Chart 7: Voting rate
by age group, 2000
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Volunteer
NWT "...promotes and supports volunteers and
voluntary groups in the Northwest Territories.
We are the Northwest Territories
Network for the Canada Volunteerism Initiative (CVI), a national program funded
by the Government of Canada."
- incl. links to : What's New? - About Volunteer
NWT - NWT Voluntary Sector - Resources - Events - Research & Policy - Feedback
- Keep Connected - Contact Us - Site Map
Resources
- For volunteers and voluntary organizations
- includes links to online resources
in the following areas: Board Governance and Management - Community Resources
- Event Management - Freebies - Fundraising - Marketplace - Organization Development
Resources - Resources for Volunteers - Societies Registration Resources - Training
Opportunities - Volunteer Management
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Funding
Matters … For Our Communities:
Challenges and Opportunities for Funding
Innovation
in Canada’s Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (PDF
file - 242K , 22 pages)
[September 8, 2005]
This report summarizes the findings
of workshops and presentations undertaken through this project, including common
themes and innovative community practice. It also includes an analysis of the
different proposals for funding reform raised over the course of the project.
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
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Voluntary
Sector Awareness Project
July 5, 2005
"The
Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) is one of eight national organizations
that have come together to launch a new project intended to raise awareness about
the Canadian Voluntary Sector. (...) The Voluntary Sector Awareness Project (funded
by Social Development Canada and lead by Imagine Canada) is one of the last "deliverables"
of the Voluntary Sector Initiative. The purpose of the project is to develop and
launch a public awareness campaign in the summer of 2006 to be delivered by the
sector using communications tools and resources provided by the project. The campaign
will be directed inside the sector and out toward the public and will be informed
by a series of Community Conversations to be held across the country in the fall
of 2005."
- incl. links to : Tools | Resources | Canadian research | Social
innovation| Funding Matters Home
Also from the CCSD:
Funding
Matters...for our community - Phase 2 of the Funding Matters project
In
2003, CCSD released Funding Matters [see below], a report on the impact
of current funding arrangements on nonprofit and voluntary sector organizations
in Canada. We are now in Phase 2 of the Funding Matters project, and asking the
question: What can we do to create a more stable and predictable funding environment,
where adequate levels of funding cover the cost of operations and enable the pursuit
of key goals. [October 29, 2004]"
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development (CCSD)
Also from the CCSD:
Funding
Matters: The Impact of Canada's New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary
Organizations (2003)
June 2003
Katherine Scott
- incl. Summary
Report, Communiqué, Fact Sheets and the [free!] complete report broken
down into individual chapters.
The full report is approx. 175 pages.
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Revenue
Minister McCallum announces new funding program for charities
News
Release
May 17, 2005
"John McCallum, Minister of National Revenue,
today launched the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program, a funding program
designed to support compliance-related education and training projects for charities.Beginning
today, up to $3 million in funds will be available to the voluntary sector annually
for education and training on charities regulation. More specifically, up to $1
million in years one and two, $2 million in the third year and $3 million per
year on an ongoing basis. Organizations will be able to receive contribution funding
of up to a maximum of $500,000 per year per project."
Source:
Canada
Revenue Agency
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The
Journey Continues: The Second Report to Canadians on Implementing
An Accord
Between the Government of Canada and the Voluntary Sector
December
6, 2004
"In many ways, this report is an important milestone. First and
foremost, it fulfills the two sectors’ commitment to report on progress in
implementing An Accord Between the Government of Canada and the Voluntary Sector.
As the first formal accounting since the Accord was signed in December 2001, it
also provides a benchmark for measuring future progress as the two sectors put
in place the products, processes and spirit of good will that the Accord envisioned."
-
incl. links to all sections of the report: A Message from the Joint Steering Committee
- Some Context - The Foundations for Change - Progress on Priorities - Looking
Ahead
Complete report in PDF format:
The
Journey Continues - PDF (244K, 25 pages)
December 2004
Source:
Voluntary
Sector Initiative (VSI)
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September 20, 2004
Non-profit
institutions and volunteering: Economic contribution, 1997 to 1999
The economic contribution of the non-profit sector is larger than many major
industries in Canada. It amounted to 6.8% of Gross Domestic Product in 1999,
according to the first-ever official estimates. Its economic contribution
increases to 8.6% when voluer work is taken into account.
Satellite
Account of Nonprofit Institutions and Volunteering
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Citizen’s
Handbook : A Guide to Building Community
By Charles Dobson &
Vancouver’s Citizen Committee
Updated Oct. 2003
"For grass-roots
community building and development"
- includes 90+ links to info organized
as follows: Community Organizing - Community Building Activities - Full Text Articles
- The Citizen's Library - Short Case Studies - Links
- Vancouver Information
Source:
Vancouver
Community Network
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Charities
Directorate
The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
registers qualifying organizations as charities, gives technical advice on
operating a charity, handles audit and compliance activities, and provides
donors with relevant information about donating to charities.
- incl. links to charities listings, operating charities and information for
donors
Source:
Canada Revenue Agency
Registered
Charities Newsletter No. 19 - June 2004 (PDF
file - 96K, 9 pages)
"In the Federal Budget delivered March 23, 2004,
the government announced several new initiatives that will affect the regulation
of the charitable sector. These initiatives bring dynamic changes that will benefit
the sector by continuing to build public trust and confidence in charities and
in the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a regulator. This Registered Charities Newsletter
provides an overview of those Budget announcements."
Earlier Registered Charities Newsletters
More selected content from the Charities Directorate:
Charities
Regulatory Reform updates - April 6, 2004
Canada
Revenue Agency: Charities Regulatory Reform - Increasing Public Awareness and
Sector Outreach
Canada
Revenue Agency: Charities Regulatory Reform - Highlights
Canada
Revenue Agency: Charities Regulatory Reform - Working With Federal, Provincial
and Territorial Governments
From the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (former name of the Canada Revenue Agency):
Consultation
on new CCRA policy: "Registered Charities - Political Activities"
News
Release
January 22, 2003
"Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue,
has released for comment a draft policy entitled Registered Charities -
Political Activities. 'This consultation is part of the CCRA's commitment
to greater openness and dialogue with registered charities and the Canadian public,'
said Minister Caplan."
Comments may be submitted until March 31, 2003.
Registered
Charities - Political Activities
Concept Draft
January 2003
Source
: (CCRA) Charities
page
[The
Charities Directorate]
The Charities Directorate
is part of Policy and Legislation Branch and administers portions of the Income
Tax Act that relate to charities.
[Canada
Revenue Agency - CRA]
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Facing
Current Realities: New Knowledge in the Canadian Voluntary Sector
2004 Community
of Inquiry [COI] Symposium (Third national symposium)
July
9th & 10th, 2004
Ryerson University, Toronto
"The COI Symposium
is a national network of practitioners, consultants and academics committed to
strengthening research capacities in the voluntary sector and sharing knowledge
in a climate of mutual interdependence and inclusiveness. The COI currently has
close to 300 members from voluntary organizations, academic institutions, all
levels of government, independent think tanks, and private consultants. The
COI Symposium is an opportunity to bring together individuals with an interest
in voluntary sector issues to share and learn from a variety of experiences and
disciplines. Held over two days, the COI Symposium will showcase 15 panel papers
disseminating new knowledge in the Canadian voluntary sector. These panel papers
are grouped into six themes: Financial Resources Issues
in the Voluntary Sector - Human Resources Issues in the Voluntary Sector - Building
Sector Capacity - Partnership and Collaboration Strategies - Diversity and Values
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment - Overcoming Barriers and Seizing Opportunities
Program
of Events
Hosted by:
Nonprofit
and Voluntary Sector Community of Inquiry (COI)
[ Nonprofit
and Voluntary Sector Network ]
Co-sponsored by:
Centre
for Voluntary Sector Research and Development
Canadian
Centre for Philanthropy
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Contesting
Citizenship and Civil Society in a Divided World"
ISTR Sixth International Conference
Ryerson University and York University
Toronto, Canada
July 11-14, 2004
- exchange of ideas and research findings about Civil Society, philanthropy,
and the Third Sector
Source:
International Society for Third-Sector Research
(ISTR)
"...a major international association promoting research and education
in the fields of philanthropy, civil society and the nonprofit sector. ISTR
reflects the growing worldwide interest in Third Sector research and provides
a permanent forum for international research, while at the same time building
a global scholarly community in this field."
Federal
Budget 2004 information pertaining specifically to the voluntary sector
March
23, 2004
Source:
The
Importance of Communities
[ Budget
2004 - Budget Plan ]
[ Finance
Canada ]
February 23, 2004
Fact Sheets
- The Application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents
Act to Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
Source:
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
New
advocacy guidelines a start but more needs to be done
September
29, 2003
By Nicole Zummach
"For the past few years, organizations such
as the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) and IMPACS (Institute for Media,
Policy and Civil Society) have worked hard to improve the legislation surrounding
advocacy work by charities, including the so-called 10% rule, which limits advocacy
spending to only 10% of a charity's revenue. Earlier this month, the Canada Customs
and Revenue Agency (CCRA) quietly released their new guidelines regarding political
activities by registered charities. It's a document that many hoped would introduce
much-needed changes to the way advocacy work is defined and regulated in Canada."
Source:
Charity
Village
Megasite for the Non-profit sector
Related
Links:
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
IMPACS
- Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society
Canada
Revenue Agency - CCRA
Charities
(section of the CCRA website) : incl. links to the following info: Find your
Topic - Becoming a Registered Charity - Operating Day-to-Day - Keeping your
Registered Status - Policy - Forms and Publications - Lists of Canadian registered
charities - Joint Regulatory Table - Consultation on Proposed Policy - Contact
us
CCRA Policy updates posted September 15, 2003:
- Policy
Statement : Political Activities (Effective September 2, 2003)
- Registering
Charities that Promote Racial Equality
NVO-CCP Agree to Co-Found a New Organization
[dead link removed.]
May 13, 2003
"The Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations (NVO) and the Canadian
Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) agreed to co-found a new organization 'to strengthen
communities and advance social development through collective effort'. The
new organization will be established by June 2004, after which the two existing
organizations will be wound-up."
Related Links:
Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
Volunteerism in Canada
"Welcome to volunteer.ca – Canada’s
site for information on volunteering.
The Canadian voluntary and nonprofit sector is made up of more than 180 000
organizations, 6.5 million volunteers and 1.3 million paid staff. In Volunteerism
in Canada find out the facts and trends, read the latest research, learn about
national events, search the directory of organizations, find answers to your
questions and more."
VolunteersOnline.ca
"ITAC
Ontario partnered with the Ministry of Citizenship of the Government of Ontario
to launch the Making IT Work for Volunteers initiative. We are establishing strategic
online and offline components, including a knowledge network and resource library
housed at VolunteersOnline.ca. The program will create opportunities for the high-tech
sector and the voluntary sector to assist one another to bridge, and ultimately
close, the digital divide."
[this site works better for me using Internet
Explorer 6 than Netscape 4.75]
Voluntary
Sector Evaluation Research Project
"The
Voluntary Sector Evaluation Research Project (VSERP) is a three-year initiative
to improve the capacity of voluntary organizations to evaluate their work and
communicate their effectiveness to their funders, stakeholders and the public.
"
Source : Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development
GPI
Atlantic - Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada
"GPI
Atlantic is a non-profit research group, founded in 1997, to develop an index
of sustainable development and well being - the Genuine Progress Index. The Nova
Scotia GPI consists of 22 social, economic and environmental components, including:
Time Use - Natural Capital - Environment/Quality - Socioeconomic issues - Income
Distribution - Social Capita"
New
National Centres and Local Networks will Support Volunteerism in Canada
News
Release
December 5, 2002
"Minister
of Canadian Heritage and Minister Responsible for the Voluntary Sector Sheila
Copps today announced the establishment of three new national centres to support
volunteerism across Canada. In addition, local networks will be established in
each province and territory to ensure that the Centres' programs meet the needs
and priorities of voluntary organizations and volunteers."
Source
: Canadian Heritage
Voluntary
Sector Initiative (VSI)
This Web site is
an important tool in our dialogue with Canadians on the voluntary sector. The
VSI is a joint initiative to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary sector and
to enhance the relationship between the Sector and the Government of Canada. (...)
The Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) is a joint undertaking between the voluntary
sector
and the Government of Canada. It is a unique opportunity to
focus on the voluntary sector as one of the three pillars of Canadian society,
equal in importance to the public and private sectors.
- incl. links to
: About the VSI - Management Structure - Reports - Speeches - Joint Tables - Related
Working Groups - News - Calendar - Subscribe
Government
Of Canada Welcomes Report To Help Canadian Voluntary Sector Innovate
(VSI) Strengthening
Voluntary Sector Capacity Through Technology |
Public
Policy and Advocacy Toolbox
April 25, 2002
Commissioned
by Canada's Voluntary Sector Initiative, this set of Web-based resources includes
sections on how government makes policy, non-profit initiated policy development,
knowledge and skill sets necessary for successful policy intervention, effective
advocacy, and hundreds of resources on think tanks, funding sources, information
sources, and much more.
-incl. links to : Policy Making
in Canada - Voluntary Sector Directed Input - Knowledge and Skills - Government
Relations and the Policy Development Process - Resources
-16 public policy
case studies
-50 documents for downloading
-23 Canadian foundations that
fund policy development
-100 Canadian public policy institutes and lobby groups,
plus dozens of American resources
-21 online advocacy resources
-138 links
to general and government information
Source : Ginsler
& Associates Inc.
NOTE : the Ginsler site is rich with content about
the non-profit sector and homelessness and affordable housing
Free
Resources - large collection of links to articles and reports about homelessness
and affordable housing (incl. five links relating to resources for non-profits
and charities)
Nothing
left to give : Cuts to jobs and services are strangling volunteerism, just
when we need it the most
"Last year was the International Year of the Volunteer, acknowledging
important contributions people make to their communities. This year, cuts
to jobs, services and freedoms in the public and private sectors threaten
the very conditions fostering those contributions."
Source : UVic
Ring("University of Victoria's community
newspaper") - February 7, 2002 issue
- Go to the UVIC Ring website (you can
read back issues of the Ring from 1995 to date...)
[University of Victoria]
British
Columbia : Nothing
left to give : Cuts to jobs and services are strangling volunteerism, just when
we need it the most
"Last year was the International Year
of the Volunteer, acknowledging important contributions people make to their communities.
This year, cuts to jobs, services and freedoms in the public and private sectors
threaten the very conditions fostering those contributions."
Source :
UVic Ring("University
of Victoria's community newspaper") - February 7, 2002 issue
- Go
to the UVIC Ring website (you
can read back issues of the Ring from 1995 to date...)
Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO) Canada
"VSO
enables men and women to work alongside people in poorer countries in order to
share skills, build capabilities and promote international understanding and action,
in the pursuit of a more equitable world."
NOTE: this site works
better for me in Internet Explorer v.5.5 than in Netscape v. 4.75
Free
Management Library(SM) (U.S.) - "Complete, highly integrated library
for nonprofits and for-profits"
- links to resources covering everything
from advertising and promotion to managing volunteer programs
IMPACS
- INSTITUTE for MEDIA, POLICY and CIVIL SOCIETY
"IMPACS is a young and dynamic registered Canadian charity, filling an
important niche in civil society. We work to strengthen communications between
not-for-profit organizations, government and the media, both in Canada and internationally."
Let
Charities Speak : Report of the Charities and Advocacy Dialogue -
IMPACS (PDF file - 935K, 35 pages)
March 2002
[version
française - fichier PDF, 1445KB]
IMPACS and the Canadian Centre
for Philanthropy are leading a national effort to fix the Revenue rules affecting
the ability of charities to perform an advocacy role.
"Canada’s
charities are limited in their ability to participate in public policy debate
or to advocate for changes to legislation, regulations, or government policy.
Activities of this kind may be deemed “political” by the Canada Customs
and Revenue Agency (CCRA), which interprets the common law and the federal Income
Tax Act and applies them to charities. The CCRA enforces a “10 Percent Rule”
which forbids charities from using any more than 10 percent of their resources
annually for “political activity,” which is how they categorize advocacy.
This limit on charities has been recognized by many as a serious impediment to
modern Canadian democracy, for it limits the voices of charities and the people
they serve, very often the most vulnerable members of society."
Source:
IMPACS and the Canadian Centre
for Philanthropy
Community
Council Launches Giant Vortal
Media Release
ST. JOHN’S, February 6, 2002 – enVision.ca,
a vast vortal for the voluntary sector, was launched today at the Community Services
Council Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC). enVision.ca is a venue for knowledge
sharing, information gathering and skills-enhancement, designed to strengthen
and advance the important role of the voluntary, community-based sector in Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Launch
of PolicyLinkNB project
Family and Community Services
Nov. 16, 2001
FREDERICTON (CNB) -- A group of voluntary organizations in New Brunswick will
undertake a project that will focus on building the capacity of the voluntary
sector to influence the policies that affect their organizations and the people
they represent
Putting
People at the Centre: Voluntary Action Shaping Social and Economic Change
Speech by Lucienne Robillard,
President of the Treasury Board, Minister responsible for Infrastructure
and Member of Parliament for Westmount-Ville-Marie
Partnership
with the Voluntary Sector - Health Canada
March
2001
Volunteers are fundamental to the social and
economic landscape of Canada. This web site describes the voluntary health sector,
its contribution to the health and well-being of Canadians, and explores the Health
Canada's partnership with the sector. It outlines Health Canada's specific involvement
with national voluntary organizations working in health.
A
deceptively simple-looking home page offers you information under the following
headings : Voluntary Health Sector - Benefits of Volunteering - Building Partnerships
- Joint Initiatives - Knowledge Base - Beyond Health Canada - Glossary
The
Early Childhood Development Initiative : Challenges for the voluntary sector
Perception: Volume 24, No. 3 - December 2000
"...the level of funding is clearly insufficient, and there
is a lack of clarity about exactly how the funds will be spent and how governments
will report back to Canadians"
Source : Canadian Council on Social
Development
Nonprofit
Good Practice Guide (U.S.)
-incl. links to : Fundraising and Financial
Sustainability - Governance - Staff Development and Organizational Capacity -
Accountability and Evaluation - Volunteer Management - Communications and Marketing
- Management and Leadership - Advocacy - Technology
United
Nations Volunteers Page
The United Nations
Volunteers programme (UNV) was created by the General Assembly of the United
Nations in 1970 to serve as an operational partner in development cooperation
at the request of UN member states. It is unique within the UN family and
as an international volunteer undertaking. It reports to the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) and works through UNDP's country offices around
the world.
World
Volunteer Web - international site, includes National reports on the International
Year of Volunteers (over 60 national reports) and Global Evaluation of the International
Year of Volunteers
- incl. links to : News - Events - Initiatives - Development
- Policy - Research
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