Building trust, growing together: an update from UpSocial Canada
Earlier this summer, we heard from Geraldine Cahill, Director of UpSocial Canada, about the initiative’s work to collectively look after Toronto-based community organizations, and how that work has been shaped by COVID-19. As mid-September looms around the corner, she gives us an update on where UpSocial is at. I’d be lying if I said I’ve […]
Indigenous Response in the Canadian Arctic: Investing in culture and communities
Across the globe, we have all been forced to make changes in our lives, to pause and reflect. Many plagues have passed the earth, yet the COVID-19 pandemic is the first experienced by our generation, on such a grand scale. For inhabitants of the Canadian arctic, the health crisis has also created economic, social, and […]
UpSocial Canada’s Geraldine Cahill talks jumping in while locking down
Remember March 1, 2020? The world felt very different then. On that day, we officially launched our UpSocial Canada Caring Communities Challenge, extending an invitation to Toronto-based community organizations to join us in exploring how we might collectively look after each other better in the places where we are. In defining what we meant by […]
Tides Canada is now MakeWay!
Today, we announce that Tides Canada has changed its name to MakeWay. A quiet leader in environmental and social justice philanthropy in Canada for the last 20 years, the new MakeWay name reflects the momentum of change that this organization stands for.
In it for the long haul: Tides Canada’s commitment to enabling community-led transformation in the North
This letter, written by Tides Canada Northern Canada Program Lead Steve Ellis, was originally published in NNSL media as a letter to the editor. The original published letter can be found here. The publisher of NNSL Media lobbed me a bit of a softball in his article “Krause talk buries obvious conclusion” (Yellowknifer, Wednesday, […]
Joanna Kerr speaks to EnergiMedia: Pulling back the curtain on Tides Canada
This article first appeared on Energi Media on June 23, 2019. By Markham Hislop Postmedia newspapers have for years provided a platform to spread Vivan Krause’s conspiracy narrative about Tides Canada When Vivian Krause comments upon the influence of American foundation money on Canadian oil and gas development, she often refers to “Tides” funding. Over the years, […]
Winning over hearts and minds: mental health and wellness within the charitable sector
Employee mental health and wellness are important issues for the charitable sector. Many of the people working in the sector deal with work place stressors including long hours, limited resources, and dealing with sensitive or traumatic issues. These factors can affect the mental health of people working in our sector which, in turn, puts the […]
Happy National Philanthropy Day 2018
On National Philanthropy Day, Tides Canada wants to thank you for helping us provide uncommon solutions for the common good.
Government of Canada will table new legislation to remove limits on the political activities of Canadian charities
An August 15 joint statement from the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister of Finance announced that new legislation will be tabled in the fall regarding the political activities of charities.
Key lessons in developing a Collaborative’s theory of change
Program Lead Julie Price shares lessons from developing a theory of change for the Northern Manitoba Food, Culture, and Community Collaborative in concert with large group of northern community members, advisors, funders, and partner organizations.
