Research by Alumni | PANL Perspectives

Two important parts of the Capstone experience of the MPNL program are professional experience for students and research of relevance to the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. Every spring, the program accepts applications from sector organizations to host a team of students on a capstone project in the fall term. (Please contact anna.riethman@carleton.ca for more information.) This pages also contains outstanding articles and research from MPNL students and alumni.

Articles & Research by Alumni

October 22, 2022

Coming Soon: How to Start a Nonprofit and Keep it Going in the First Year

Study about "How to start a nonprofit" MPNL students Kira McDermid and Emma Wood are researching how to start a nonprofit in Canada, as well as everything that a new... More

October 25, 2021

Ally Smith on Social Enterprise in Canada and Scotland

Ally Smith is an MPNL graduate, a social entrepreneur, and a Research Associate at The Young Foundation, which develops better connected and more sustainable communities across the UK. She previously... More

September 13, 2021

It’s Time to Go: A Capstone Report about Closure

The Capstone Project provides professional experience for students of the Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership program and provides important research in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. Students work in... More

June 22, 2021

LTC homes run by governments prevented COVID deaths better than LTC homes run by corporations...

LTC homes run by governments prevented COVID deaths better than LTC homes run by corporations and nonprofits

Kristen Pue, Alix J. Jansen and Daniel Westlake recently published a paper showing that government-run long-term care homes did a better job at preventing COVID-19 deaths than LTC homes run... More

May 26, 2021

Will They Lead? Sustainable Investing at Canadian Foundations

By Brigette DePape. (This article is a shorter version of a report submitted for publication.) Foundations and climate change To respond to the greatest challenge we face as a planet,... More

May 25, 2021

“I think that it would have been deeply problematic had we not acted”–Sadia Zaman, Inspirit...

“I think that it would have been deeply problematic had we not acted”–Sadia Zaman, Inspirit Foundation

Interview by Sherlyn Assam. Inspirit Foundation is giving a $1 million endowment and $350,000 in unrestricted donations to the Foundation for Black Communities. PANL Perspectives spoke with Sadia Zaman, CEO... More

May 25, 2021

“The only two foundations who answered the call are led by non-white people”–Jehad Aliweiwi, Laidlaw...

“The only two foundations who answered the call are led by non-white people”–Jehad Aliweiwi, Laidlaw Foundation

Interview by Sherlyn Assam. Laidlaw Foundation is giving $1.85 million towards an endowment to the Foundation for Black Communities. PANL Perspectives spoke with Jehad Aliweiwi, Executive Director of Laidlaw Foundation,... More

December 20, 2020

Towards Healing: How Can Foundations Respond to the Philanthropic Community’s “Declaration of Action”?

The Philanthropic Community’s "Declaration of Action" was a commitment made in 2015 in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. For his 2018 capstone project, Christopher... More

December 3, 2020

Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy

Carleton University PhD student Fahad Ahmad and MPNL alumna Rachel Pereira helped to produce a new report, Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy (in English and French). Prepared by... More

October 12, 2020

Foundations: What We Need in the Next Five Years

Leanne Burton, a student in the MPNL program and Director of Partnership Development at MakeWay (formerly Tides Canada), weighs in with her views about the lack of transparency at private... More