Understanding and protecting your volunteers’ legal rights

Here’s a statistic many of you may not be aware of: nearly 17 million Canadians have done volunteer work during their lives. Stated differently: about 59% of Canadians aged 15 and older, have volunteered. That’s a lot of volunteering by...

The Canada Revenue Agency gets transparent…and pictographic!

Almost no one outside the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) saw it coming. Not industry insiders. Not advocate agencies. Heck, not even the well-connected and respected charity sector giant, Imagine Canada. And yet, there it was, popping up on the Agency’s...

Making a difference while making a dollar: Social innovation and entrepreneurship for the nonprofit sector

In the Liberal government’s 2015 mandate letter to the Ministry of Revenue after the elections, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemed to acknowledge a need for more dialogue and better interaction with the nation’s charitable sector. The letter, addressed to Minister...

Nearly half of all Canadian employees face workplace sexual harassment: 77% of these victims are women

Interested in learning more about this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - click here to view the full recording. This article was originally published in The Anvil, a Hamilton, Ontario quarterly newspaper, and is reprinted...

Charity Wars: The sector awakens

The 2015 federal election was less than five months ago, and saw the federal Liberal Party take power. In the wake of that event, nonprofit sector leaders and stakeholders came face to face with a stark new reality – a...

Top Canadian charity law compliance issues

Editor's Note: Want to learn about the top 20 Canada Revenue Agency compliance issues for registered charities? We partnered with Mark Blumberg for a free webinar on January 28, 2016. Watch the recording today! A great deal has been written...

Proposed tax changes could be catnip for big donors

The last federal budget had some big news for the charity sector in the form of a proposed rule change about donating the proceeds of shares and real estate. Unfortunately, this rule change has been severely under-reported on. This is...

Investing in the nonprofit sector: The Social Impact Bond makes its Canadian debut

This past May, Saskatoon became the first city in Canada to embark on an innovative project between government, investors and a nonprofit organization. As pioneers of the country’s social impact bond, all eyes are now on Saskatchewan’s largest city to...

No hierarchy of human rights: Are religious accommodation requests really given a “free hand”?

NOTE: This article is written with an Ontario perspective and is reprinted with permission. View the original post on the Turner Consulting Group website. An alarming idea has recently been circulating in the Canadian human resources circles and beyond: when...