Tim Hortons annual Smile Cookie campaign raises a record $9.8M across Canada
Smiling from coast to coast: Over 550 charities, hospitals and community groups reap the benefit TORONTO–Tim Hortons 2019 Smile Cookie campaign raised a record $9.8M in just one week for 550 charities, hospitals and community groups across Canada. This amazing accomplishment is because of the passion and dedication that Tim …
Samsung Canada Employees Give Back to Local Communities Across Canada
MISSISSAUGA–October marks Samsung Global’s Month of Giving, where employees from around the world give back to the communities that they serve. Here in Canada, all employees will come together and volunteer in support of local charities as part of the annual Samsung Day of Giving, on Friday, October 11, 2019. …
Plan International Canada closes the market
Celebrates International Day of the Girl TORONTO–Mona Malone, Chief Human Resources Officer, BMO Financial Group and Caroline Riseboro, President and CEO of Plan International Canada, joined Tanya Rowntree, Global Head of Client Success, Capital Formation, TMX Group, to close the market in celebration of International Day of the Girl. Plan …
ShopperArmy.ca Launches ‘Shop For The Cure’ in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A first-of-its-kind fundraiser between a cash back rewards site and a Canadian charity, providing a convenient way for Canadians to donate while online shopping TORONTO–Today, one of Canada’s newest cash back and product discovery websites, ShopperArmy.ca, announces a first-of-its-kind charitable event, ShopperArmy.ca’s Shop For The Cure, a fundraiser for the …
JHR Announces Co-Chairs, Leading Sponsors for Night for Rights 2019 Gala
TORONTO–On November 25, 2019, 400 of Canada’s top journalists, media executives, business and political leaders will gather at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Toronto to celebrate and recognize excellence in human rights journalism, from Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario to Bamako in Mali, and to illustrate the powerful impact of …
Canadian men between the ages of 18-34 say they still feel under pressure to “man up”
Over half of Canada’s young men are reluctant to talk about their feelings for fear of being seen as less masculine, according to new research TORONTO–Over 50 per cent of Canadian men aged 18-34 have avoided talking out about their problems for fear of being seen as less of a …
Dialogue Launches the First Virtual Multidisciplinary Mental Health Program in Canada
Mental health in the workplace is a growing concern for employers MONTREAL–Dialogue is launching phase II of its Stress Management and Well-Being program. The new program, now available to all employers in Canada, builds on Dialogue’s full suite of virtual healthcare services to offer cross-functional resources to employers who wish …
State of Canadian Hockey: FlipGive and Scotiabank Hockey Club Release New Survey with Surprising Results
TORONTO–FlipGive—the Toronto-based company that has reinvented how youth sports teams across North America raise money—and Scotiabank–- Canada’s hockey bank – released a new survey Thursday with some surprising (and not so surprising) results regarding the state of youth hockey in Canada. According to the survey of 1,000 hockey parents across …
CUPE city workers team up with Windsor-Essex food bank to deliver Thanksgiving dinners
WINDSOR–Members of Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) have packed up 600 hampers containing everything needed for a complete Thanksgiving dinner, as part of their sixth annual ‘Operation Giveback,’ in partnership with the Windsor-Essex Food Bank Association. The dinner hampers will be distributed to families …
Top 100 Charity Industry Influencers
by Clelia Arci, Onalytica With the arrival of social media and the speed at which information can now be shared and received, the list of charitable causes seems to have grown exponentially. For each injustice in the world there is a cause fighting it and people trying to improve the …