Q&A Archives

September 29, 2021

Advice to Beginning Fundraising Professionals

Amanda Fritz is an MPNL graduate and the Director of Major Gifts at the Montreal-based Fondation CHU Ste-Justine. PANL Perspectives spoke to Fritz about fundraising’s dynamic nature and the importance of making career changes within... More

September 13, 2021

Donor Relations in the Biggest Healthcare Fundraiser in Canadian history

Tori Peacock is an MPNL graduate and a Stewardship and Donor Relations Associate at the SickKids Foundation, which is in the middle of a $1.5 billion campaign to raise money for new, state-of-the-art facilities. PANL... More

August 26, 2021

Agriculture, Technology & Nonprofits: A Q&A with Jacqueline Keena

Jacqueline Keena is a graduate of the MPNL program and the Managing Director of Enterprise Machine Intelligence & Learning Initiative (EMILI), an organization working with industry and academia to accelerate the adoption of intelligent technologies... More

August 20, 2021

“It’s because they’re all brilliant. You have to be to survive…” –Ray Eskritt

Ray Eskritt is the Executive Director of Harmony House Women’s Shelter and a graduate of the MPNL program. PANL Perspectives spoke to Eskritt about barriers to domestic-violence shelters before and after the pandemic. The interview,... More

December 4, 2020

Erica Spracklin on the Impact of COVID at the University of Saskatchewan

The pandemic has impacted every corner of the University of Saskatchewan. All classes were moved to remote delivery and the campus was closed, something that has never happened in the university’s 113-year history.

November 10, 2020

Juliana Rodger of Causeway Foundation

Causeway Foundation adapted with Krackers Katering and Cooking for a Cause. It was able to continue employing clients during COVID-19 business restrictions in Ottawa.

November 8, 2020

Ashley Pardy-Serre of Team Rubicon Canada

She says her disaster-response organization has found new ways to serve communities to help reduce the spread of the virus and continue with its mission.

October 8, 2020

Adaptability & COVID, with Amanda Mayer at the Lawson Foundation

The crisis emphasizes how important it is to support social infrastructure — all the ways that we connect, whether we’re family, friends, colleagues or strangers — and to check in on one another and help... More

October 6, 2020

COVID Crisis in the Arts & Culture Sectors, with Sarah Todd

Cultural organizations have been hit hard by the pandemic. The BC Arts Council established an easy-access relief program and other urgent initiatives.

October 5, 2020

Nancy Cardozo of Junior Achievement of BC

COVID-19 has forced social profit organizations to adapt and accelerate their innovations, mainly by transitioning from in-person to online services. The sector had been lagging behind others in terms of technology.

September 23, 2020

Fateema Sayani of the Ottawa Community Foundation

At the start of the pandemic, the Ottawa Community Foundation worked quickly to assure funding reached various community organizations swiftly.