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November 20, 2024

“Social enterprise is when the well-being of communities, families, individuals, our planet, are the main...

“Social enterprise is when the well-being of communities, families, individuals, our planet, are the main drivers of activities, not profit.” –Victor Beausoleil

PANL Perspectives spoke to Victor Beausoleil about leaders in social enterprise in Canada, especially organizations doing extraordinary work with newcomers and youth in the nonprofit and private sectors. Beausoleil is... More

November 18, 2024

Navigator: AI Tool for the Nonprofit Sector

According to a recent survey, only a quarter of registered charities agree or somewhat agree that they understand well the potential applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the sector, and... More

October 24, 2024

Plus ça Change… Advocacy by Canadian Charities Five Years Later

By Susan D. Phillips and Kim Nguyen. Nguyen is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Charity Insights Canada Project (CICP) or Projet Canada Perspectives des Organismes de Bienfaisance (PCPOB). Phillips is... More

October 23, 2024

The Asset Manager Tango

By Keith Sjögren. At the end of 2022, Canadian foundations held a total of $107 billion in long-term investment assets -- almost two thirds of charitable sector investment assets. These... 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