In the first edition of their blog for 2024, Imagine Canada’s Cathy Barr and Emily Jensen review some of the main issues that have been impacting the sector over the past few years: the labour shortage and the skills gap; increasing demand for services and financial challenges; problems in maintaining and finding new donors; and the housing crisis, homelessness and poverty-reduction challenges.

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