“Solutions to America’s challenges are being developed every day at the grass roots – and government shouldn’t be supplanting those efforts, it should be supporting those efforts.” With those stirring words, US President Barack Obama announced “a new kind of partnership between government and the non-profit sector” in a speech on Tuesday at the White House […]
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Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices Towards Recycling In North St. James Town, Toronto
Description: The overall goal of this study was to investigate and understand the factors that prevent and/or facilitate residents from recycling household waste. To achieve this goal, we investigated the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of adult residents of North St. James Town. About the author: Sachet Siwakoti is a first year engineering student at the […]
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UK non-profits face ‘take it or leave it’ approach from funders, says Critical Conditions report
Non-profit organizations seeking financial support are facing a large number of non-negotiable terms and conditions attached to grants from both government and charitable organizations, according to Critical Conditions, a new report from the UK’s Directory of Social Change released this week. “When funding terms and conditions are non-negotiable, applicants can be faced with a take-it-or-leave-it situation,” said […]
Canada’s Non-Profit Maze: An Appendix Of Supporting Tables
The following tables were generated from software used to survey respondents of the Wellesley Institute’s research in Third-Sector regulation and legislation. These tables accompany the “Canada’s Non-Profit Maze” report created by Lynn Eakin and Associates, which was commissioned by the Wellesley Institute. The report provides a troubling picture of the financial and regulatory burdens facing the third […]
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A Policy Perspective On Canada’s Non-Profit Maze Of Regulatory And Legislative Barriers
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 […]
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Canada’s Non-Profit Maze
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 […]
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A Call for Equity in Ontario’s Influenza Pandemic Response
Yesterday, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization addressed The United Nations Secretary General’s Forum on Advancing Global Health in the Face of Crisis.
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Driving community engagement by empowering communities
A recent report commissioned by the British government, Empowering Communities to Influence Local Decision Making: Evidence-Based Lessons for Policy Makers and Practitioners , provides a very useful survey of issues and challenges in community empowerment. It emphasizes how important it is to start from a solid understanding of the goals and dynamics of community empowerment […]
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WHO declares level 6 flu pandemic – do pandemic plans leave some people out?
The World Health Organization has just raised the global pandemic flu alert to level 6 – “the world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic”, according to WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan at a press conference earlier today. The Wellesley Institute has produced research and policy reports in recent days that […]
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Senate Subcommittee Releases Report on Population Health
The Senate Subcommittee on Population Health has been analyzing the social determinants of health and the foundations of health inequalities for several years. Its final report A Healthy Productive Canada: a Determinant of Health Approach has just been released.
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