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Thursday, March 24, 2022
The Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) division at Carleton University is currently accepting applications for two postdoctoral fellows. The postdoctoral fellows will be involved in the launch and management of a new knowledge infrastructure project being created to form new understandings on Canada’s charitable sector.... More
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
From the Carleton Newsroom... *** La version française suit. Carleton University’s Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) faculty team is launching a major five-year research project that will change our knowledge about the charitable sector in Canada. Through weekly surveys, the Charity Insights Canada Project—Project Canada... More
Thursday, February 24, 2022
By Karen Kelly The company GoFundMe is probably best known for personal campaigns to raise money for medical and funeral expenses. But recently, it’s in the news for a much bigger campaign: a fund to support the “Freedom Convoy 2022” protest that raised $10 million dollars (USD) on behalf of anti-mandate protests in Ottawa... More
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
SPPA Professor Paloma Raggo was awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant in partnership with SPPA School Fellow Cathy Barr (Imagine Canada) and Susanna Kislenko (University of Oxford) for the project, “The Governance Perspective on Founder’s Syndrome: Assessing the Role of the Board.” The recent events surrounding WE Charity has brought into... More
Monday, December 20, 2021
From new research funding to teaching awards to timely events, there are many reasons to celebrate the outstanding efforts of everyone in the Faculty of Public Affairs (FPA) this year. While we faced many challenges, 2021 also presented new opportunities, which were embraced by the faculty, staff and students within FPA. What follows is... More
Friday, September 24, 2021
Philanthropies pledge billions during UN meeting Philanthropies choose to announce big initiatives during the General Assembly to get more attention on their commitments and influence the public agenda, experts say. “This is the time where you have a global audience, otherwise the audience is more fragmented by countries,” said Paloma Raggo, a... More
Saturday, May 8, 2021
SPPA Professor Paloma Raggo was awarded a 2019-2020 SSHRC Connection Grant to host a day and a half symposium, “Enhancing Whistleblowing Practices and Research in Canada,” in partnership with Pam Forward, president and executive director of the Whistleblowing Canada Research Society. The event is planned as part of the Faculty of Public... More
Monday, June 1, 2020
Carleton University COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Grants SPPA Grant Recipients: Susan Phillips, Nathan Grasse, and Paloma Raggo, as well as Elizabeth Searing from the University of Texas – Dallas. The charitable sector is as important to Canada’s economy as the extractive or manufacturing industries, and Canadians rely on charities to... More
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Students in the MPNL program are required to complete the Capstone course as one of their final program requirements for their degree. Alexandra Lamb, a student in our sixth cohort, had the unique opportunity of completing her Capstone in Dublin, Ireland. Capstone 2019 – Trinity College, Ireland. Supervised by Professor Sheila Cannon of... More
Thursday, November 7, 2019
If the Trump whistleblowers lived in Canada, they’d face serious risks October 30, 2019 6.38pm EDT Paloma Raggo Assistant Professor, Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Carleton University Whistleblowers put their careers, and sometimes their safety, on the line to protect democratic ideals and the public interest. Canada, like its... More
Friday, July 26, 2019
The first and only in Canada, even after seven years, the Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) provides a pathway into leadership careers in the large and growing nonprofit sector. As the only degree of its kind in the country, the MPNL (and shorter Graduate Diploma) attracts students from across the country, a... More
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