Revitalizing the Social Sector
Revitalizing the Social Sector looks at critical developments in the non-profit sector serving communities across Canada. Non-profit organizations are a vital part of every Canadian community. They provide a wide range of essential services and programs that touch virtually all aspects of our society: social justice, safety, human rights, environment, health, sports, faith, arts and culture. Taken together, nonprofits and charities generate upwards of $176 billion in income, employ two million people and accounts for more than 8% of Canada’s GDP.
At the same time, the sector continues to fly under the radar. The public continues to highly value charities and nonprofits, but remain unaware of the profound challenges undermining the capacity of non-profits to serve their communities.
Revitalizing the Social Sector brings together sector leaders to tackle four critical questions:
- The State of the Art: Where have we come from and where are we headed as a sector? (completed)
- The Future of Work: Where do our leaders come from today (completed)
- Social Innovation: What do we need for scaling out and up? (completed)
- Not for Profits in the 21st Century: What do we need for revitalization?(completed)
This conversation series will be led by:
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- Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada’s New Funding Regime on Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations 2003, Katherine Scott, Canadian Council on Social Development
- Toward a Labour Force Strategy for Canada’s Voluntary & Non-profit Sector: Findings from Canada-wide Surveys of Employers and Employees, HR Council, 2008
- The Manitoba Federation of Non-profit Organizations provides a number of relevant research reports available here
- The Ontario Nonprofit Network has a range of references including the final and summary versions of Shaping the Future
- A TED Talk featuring activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta. He notes that too many non-profits are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he suggests rewarding non-profits for their big goals and big accomplishments
- Maytree Opinion: Re-thinking how we make change happen