Reports
October, 2011
ALLIES: A Network of Support, A Movement for Change
Mid-way into its initial mandate, the ALLIES network hired the Caledon Institute of Social Policy to conduct a review of its accomplishments and challenges. Network conveners, Steering Committee members and employer representatives were invited to talk about where they see ALLIES today and where they hope it will go. This report provides a snapshot of their efforts and reflections, gathered in the spring of 2011.
October, 2011
Recognizing the Recognition
Sometimes governments do the right thing. This commentary highlights several measures recently introduced by selected provinces to help recognize the additional health- and disability-related costs that informal caregivers may incur. Unlike the current federal tax provisions, the provincial measures are designed to provide modest financial assistance to lower-income households. In English only.
June 26, 2011
Effecting Policy Change: Lessons from the Canadian Caregiver Coalition
This story describes CCC’s effort to find a structure and mindset that allowed it to develop a more targeted approach to advocacy. Second, it presents details from the coalition’s work to build a caregiving policy agenda. Third, it reviews the impact of sharing or ‘scaling out’ its knowledge and lessons about organizational change and advocacy to the Ontario Caregiver Coalition.
June 24, 2011
Building Bridges Across Generations: Redefining Intergenerational Spaces for Girls' Empowerment
A compilation of practices and reflections on creating intergenerational spaces for social change.
June 23, 2011
Redefining Leadership: How Girls Action Foundation Supports Young Women to Lead Social Change
A collection of Girls Action’s reflections, learnings and successful practices built up over ten years of developing and delivering leadership and mentorship programs for young women.
June 22, 2011
MoreSports/YELL FUNdamental Sports for All
On the MoreSports YELL approach, its model, and its lessons learned. MoreSports Yell, based in Vancouver, has created community-based environments of support around making sport accessible to all.
March 29, 2011
Vibrant Communities Annual Report 2010
This document provides an account of the activities, products and results of the Vibrant Communities initiative for 2010 and describes the priorities and directions for 2011.
December 8, 2010
Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good
Outlines seven actions that Canada needs to undertake, in parallel, to mobilize new sources of capital, create an enabling tax and regulator environment, and build a pipeline of investment-ready social enterprises.
November 18, 2010
Engaging Youth Within Our Communities
This guide is intended for community and organizational actors who would sincerely like to integrate young people ages 12 to 25 within their communities by allowing them to actively participate in decisions affecting them and allowing play a more influential role.
November 15, 2010
Regrouping, Recalibrating, Reloading: Strategies for Financing Civil Society in Post-recession Canada
This article provides strategies for the financing of civil society organizations. These strategies, elaborated on in the article, include regrouping, recalibrating, and reloading. Originally published in The Philanthropist.