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September 27, 2024

Romero House: “We welcome refugees differently; we welcome them as neighbours.”

Francesca Allodi-Ross is the Executive Director of the Toronto-based Romero House, which provides transitional housing to refugee claimants, acting as a bridge between emergency shelter and permanent housing. The nonprofit... More

September 26, 2024

African Giving Traditions: A Project from GivingTuesday & TrustAfrica

In 1976, after a traumatic event, Botswana's government decided to build the country's first university, but it had no money for the massive project. It turned to the practice of... More

September 5, 2024

Empowerment Squared

Leo Nupolu Johnson is the founder and Chief Empowerment Officer (CEO) of Empowerment Squared, a nonprofit organization that works with newcomer youth and families primarily in Southwestern Ontario and West... More

September 3, 2024

Job Post for Tenure-Track Appointment as an Assistant or Associate Prof.

Carleton University is accepting applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership. Through research, teaching, supervision and service to the... More

August 8, 2024

Good News, Bad News: Two Decades of Gender Pay Gaps

The nonprofit sector embraces equity as a core value, while the majority of the nonprofit workforce is women. However, traditionally, women have been underrepresented in leadership roles in the sector,... More

August 6, 2024

Neamat Sidani on “Family Business Philanthropy”

Neamat Sidani is a PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in Belgium. She researches family business philanthropy and worked in corporate and retail banking for 15 years.... More

August 6, 2024

CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals

Agapi Gessesse has been the Executive Director of the CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals for six years. Born and raised in Toronto by a refugee mother, Gessesse’s commitment to... More

August 1, 2024

Africapitalism and The Tony Elumelu Foundation

By Somachi Chris-Asoluka, CEO of The Tony Elumelu Foundation With 70% of its population under the age of 30, Africa stands as the world's youngest continent, and by 2050, 20%... More

July 21, 2024

The Ups and Downs of Philanthropy in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Jacob Mati, Deputy Director of the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) and Associate Professor at Wits Business School, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Priorities in philanthropy in... More

July 19, 2024

Disaster Philanthropy Goes to Art School

By Mab Coates-Davies In 2014, a blaze broke out at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) in Glasgow, Scotland. Students watched on social media as firefighters suppressed the flames. In... More

July 17, 2024

New Data Initiatives from Nanos Research

Nik Nanos founded Nanos Research, a company that works with nonprofit organizations, corporations and government agencies to collect and analyze data. He spoke with PANL Perspectives about the work his... More

July 11, 2024

Community Philanthropy: Canadian and International Innovations

"Community Philanthropy: Canadian and International Innovations," the 2024 Celebrating Philanthropy event run by the MPNL program, took place on June 27, 2024, at Carleton University, in Ottawa. It was sponsored... More