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Michael Shapcott

Britain, Australia, U.S. all recognize importance of non-profit sector – but not Canada’s federal government

The Australian government has announced a new initiative to create a ‘National Compact’ with the non-profit sector. The Obama administration has set up the Office of Social Innovation in the White House to strengthen the relationship between the federal government and the non-profit sector. The British government has a Cabinet-level Office of the Third Sector to support the work of non-profits in that country. Canada has no significant federal-level initiative regarding the critically-important non-profit sector.

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Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott is Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at Wellesley Institute. Michael has worked extensively in Toronto, in many parts of Canada, nationally and internationally on social innovation, the non-profit sector, civic engagement, housing and housing rights, poverty, social exclusion, urban health and health equity. He is recognized as one of Canada’s leading community-based housing and homelessness experts. He is currently on secondment to the Princes' Charities Canada.

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