Resilience
November 2009
Report: A Dialogue - Sport Matters Group: 2009 Progress Report and our Reply
Reflections on Sport Matters Group, a group who collaborates to advance sport and public policy, with a reply from the Foundation.
June 2008
Video: Framework Foundation - Timeraiser event
The Framework Foundation prepares for a Timeraiser, an event which brings together volunteers, artists and non-profit organizations with the goal of volunteer engagement and community impact.
September 2007
Report: Public Education and Voluntary Sector Partnerships
Examines how to create a more resilient educational system.
May 2010
Video: Scaling Out for Scaling Up: Pathways for System Change
Frances Westley showcases a typology of community sector organizations and offers insights about their methodologies for scaling up.
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.
July 2010
Report: The Sport Matters Group: “Un-organizing” the Future of Canada’s Not-for-Profit Sector
Examines the informal structure of the Sport Matters Group (SMG) and offers insights on its status as a “un-organization.” Explores the advantages of SMG’s unconventional structure and offers inspiration on adopting its “un-organizational” framework. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
October 29, 2010
Report: Funding Social Innovation: How Do We Know What to Grow?
Explores systems change, scaling social innovations, and the role funders can play in these processes. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
October 29, 2010
Report: Determining the Value of Comprehensive Community Initiatives
Examines how Collaborative Community Initiatives, such as Vibrant Communities, are combining strategic action with systems-wide change to address poverty. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
October 2010
Report: Vibrant Communities 2002-2010 Evaluation Report
Highlights key results and offers deeper understanding of the critical success factors, effectiveness and patterns identified through the Vibrant Communities experiment. Vibrant Communities is a national poverty reduction program.
November 15, 2010
Report: 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.