
New Ways to Help Ukraine
By Malcolm Burrows The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has prompted many Canadians to ask, “how can I help?”. This war is different from previous international disasters and so is the response to it by ordinary caring citizens. New ways to help are shattering traditional charity norms. This isn’t a …

BEYOND 2022: what now? In Conversation with Bruce MacDonald
By Kathleen A. Provost, CFRE, MAdEd As a professional fundraiser, I have come to wonder how the presence of a global pandemic over the last two years will shape my profession. In my last article, I talked about a “Great Awakening”, wondering what may come from what we learned from …

Eat your cake. And donate it too!
By Mark Halpern, CFP, TEP, MFA-P There are many ways to mix and match insurance products to meet your financial planning needs. Today, I’d like to introduce you to one that lets you enjoy relatively high levels of guaranteed income for life and leave a meaningful bequest to your favourite …

Building Equity, One Program at a Time
By Mona-Lisa Prosper To be truly inclusive, you must be intentional about it. Diversity is a fact, but inclusion is a choice! Marginalized communities are said to be those excluded from mainstream social, economic, educational, and/or cultural life and that exclusion has been entrenched in our society for quite some …

Jean Lumb Foundation Toronto, Ontario
A table tennis champion from Vancouver, a scholar with a 99.5 percent average from Bolton, Ontario, an advocate for social justice from Calgary, a Taekwondo black-belt from Markham. These were four of eighteen student winners of the 24th Annual Jean Lumb Awards. Jean Lumb was the first Chinese Canadian woman …

Everything Comes Down to Relationships
By Maryann Kerr An excerpt from Tarnished: Let’s rethink, reimagine and cocreate a new social impact sector. In every workplace, there is an effort underway by leaders to earn the trust of stakeholders. Trust is the foundation of relationships, and relationships are everything. But what comes first? In his book, …

Fundraising Appeals: Think Before You Act
By Mary Cahalane So you’re ready to write a fundraising appeal. Now what? Before you even begin to write your appeal, there are some things you should think about. What’s the ONE thing you’ll ask a reader to do? Too often, we use a fundraising appeal as a catch-all for …

Protection, Attention and the Healing Words of a Leader
How The Fur-Bearers Maximize Their Voice By Michael Brooke In 2023, The Fur-Bearers will celebrate their 70th anniversary. Since 1953, the non-profit has been dedicated to advocating and protection for all fur bearing animals in Canada. This includes badgers, bears, beavers, foxes and coyotes. As Lesley Fox, their Executive Director …

Helping Wildlife Though Land Donations
Staff More than 1,600 ecological gifts have been donated across Canada, protecting more than 213,000 hectares of wildlife habitat, including for many species at risk. The $1-billion milestone was reached with the most recent project in Frontenac County, Ontario, thanks in part to two generous neighbours who donated adjacent parcels …

Vital Signs Bodes Well for All Life in Muskoka
By Lynn DeCaro The Muskoka Community Foundation, a charitable organization founded to support donors meet their philanthropic goals and support local charities in Muskoka’, published two Muskoka Vital Signs Reports in 2018 and 2021. At first glance the reader might wonder why the environment was included amongst topics such as …