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June 2007

Report: Care Renewal: The policy implications of 13 caregiver respite projects

by Janet Dunbrack

Identifies common themes emerging from 13 caregiver respite projects and makes policy recommendations to address the gaps they revealed.

Tags: Inclusion, Resilience, Supporting Family Caregivers

September 2010

Report: YouthScape: A Funder's Perspective

by John Cawley

Based on a funder's experience, this paper discusses the design, implementation and evaluation of a complex, emerging initiative (YouthScape). It explores the diversity of strategies – healing, empowering, engaging, and organizing – that community organizations can adopt for involving marginalized young people in community development activities.

Tags: Inclusion, John Cawley, Engaging Youth

2003

Publication: This Day is for Me: Caring for the Caregivers

by Silver Donald Cameron

Describes the caregiving experience, how eight projects have tried to address respite differently, and why it is critically important for all levels of Canadian society to recognize and support the caregivers in our midst.

Tags: Inclusion, Supporting Family Caregivers

December 2009

Report: A Dialogue - Free the Children: Final Reflections and our Reply

Youth empowerment and leadership service, Volunteer Now!, reflects on their organization with a reply from the Foundation.

Tags: Inclusion, Grantee reports, Engaging Youth, John Cawley

May 2010

Video: Vickie Cammack on Tyze

Keynote speech by Vickie Cammack, President and CEO of Tyze. Tyze creates personal, private, secure, online networks that strengthen relationships and address isolation.

Tags: Inclusion, Social Innovation Generation, Supporting Family Caregivers

July 2010

Report: YouthScape Guidebook: Changing the Landscape

by Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Elaina Mack, and Michele Cook

Through case studies, stories, activities, and practical recommendations, this guidebook offers insights and tools to bring youth engagement to life.

Tags: Inclusion, Engaging Youth

September 2010

Publication: Getting Wisdom: The Transformative Power of Community Service-Learning

by Silver Donald Cameron

An exploratory dialogue on community service-learning and its effects on education systems and communities.

Tags: Inclusion, Engaging Youth, Community Service-Learning

September 2010

Video: Finding Talent

Finding Talent, a video from the ALLIES-managed site hireimmigrants.ca and produced by the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), is intended to increase the capacity for effectively recruiting, selecting and integrating skilled immigrants. It focuses on issues of sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selection of skilled immigrant candidates.

Tags: Resilience, Inclusion, ALLIES

October 29, 2010

Report: Creative Youth Empowerment: Engaging Our Youth Today to Unlock Tomorrow’s Leaders

by Gabriel Bran Lopez

Describes the start-up of Youth Fusion, a project that has graduate students leading programs for high school students at underperforming schools, and provides lessons learned during its growth. Originally published in The Philanthropist.

Tags: Inclusion, Engaging Youth, Innovation, Resilience

November 1, 2010

Report: How Funders are Supporting Social Innovation: Three Examples from the Youth Sector

by John Cawley, Arti Freeman, and Violetta Ilkiw

A multi-foundation collaborative piece on funder support of youth-led organizations. Includes a segment on the use of developmental evaluation in the Foundation's initiative, YouthScape. Originally published in The Philanthropist.

Tags: Innovation, Inclusion, Engaging Youth, John Cawley

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