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Michael Shapcott

Partnership Project: Ontario’s review of non-profit sector moves into high gear

The Partnership Project, the Ontario government’s consultation with non-profit sector to strengthen the relationship between non-profits and the government, kicks into high gear in the coming days. The Wellesley Institute has done extensive research and policy work with our non-profit  partners over the past decade, and we are part of an advisory committee to the co-chairs of Ontario’s Partnership Project. The Ontario Non-Profit Network is the umbrella organization for the wide array of third sector groups throughout the province. There are more than 45,000 non-profit organizations in Ontario that employ more than one million people – 15% of the province’s workforce. Non-profits contribute $50 billion in combined revenues to the province economy, more than the auto and construction sectors combined.

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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.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.