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MakeWay staff retreat: how are we offsetting our environmental impact?
May 2, 2022
By Sharita Henry, Swati Khanijo, and our Shared Platform Project colleagues at Project Neutral We know that it takes great intention and commitment for our team to decide to come together for a staff retreat gathering of this magnitude. This …
Federal budget reflections: increased reporting requirements
April 29, 2022
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research For this third installment of federal budget reflections, we’re looking at increased reporting requirements. Of the three changes for charities included in the budget, this one offers the least detail, mentioned only …
Federal budget reflections: non-qualified donees
April 22, 2022
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research Last week, we looked at the federal budget’s proposed changes to the disbursement quota. Today, we’ll have a look at another change for the charitable sector that would allow charities to provide …
Atlantic Water Network: empowering communities to advocate for healthy waters
April 19, 2022
What powerful things can happen when people connect with each other to share knowledge and advocate for healthy waters? This is a driving question for Atlantic Water Network (AWN), a community-based water-monitoring hub located in Kjipuktuk (what is now known …
Federal budget reflections: the disbursement quota
April 14, 2022
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research Last week’s federal budget included a few hot topics for the philanthropic sector, if not the charitable sector more broadly, including an increase to the disbursement quota, changes to how charities can …