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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Nine researchers in the Faculty of Public Affairs have been awarded SSHRC Insight Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Their projects cover issues of sustainability, health, gender, finance, politics, the military and the law. In addition, two researchers received Partnership Development Grants and four FPA faculty... 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, May 13, 2021
E-BOOK EXPLORES CANADA’S CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS The first comprehensive resource about Canada’s voluntary sector was published today by The Muttart Foundation. Intersections and Innovations: Change in Canada’s Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector is now freely available online here. Users are able to download the full 600-plus-page e-book or... More
Thursday, April 22, 2021
By Dan Rubinstein New research from Carleton University was one of the factors that moved the federal government to create a Black-led philanthropic fund and support Black community initiatives in Budget 2021 released April 19, 2021. That research — a report called “Unfunded: Black Communities are Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy,”... 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
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
“Dancing with giraffes: Why philanthropy matters for public management.” Canadian Public Administration v.61:2 (June 2018), pp. 151-183. Over the years, philanthropic foundations have become important players in promoting social change and shaping public policy in many countries. However, in Canada, the role of private foundations in public... 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
Friday, March 1, 2019
From Carleton Stories... By Elizabeth Howell Photos by Fangliang Xu The future of philanthropy requires finding ways to engage millennials and new donors with institutions, said several speakers at a discussion co-hosted by Carleton University on the “new landscape” of philanthropy on Wednesday (Feb. 27). Carleton and magazine The... More
Friday, January 25, 2019
From the Carleton Newsroom... ‘The business of philanthropy’: Ottawa’s nonprofit sector embraces professionalization BY: Rosa Saba The Carleton University Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership was first offered in 2013 to address some of these growing trends and needs. The program’s graduate supervisor, Susan Phillips, says the... More
Friday, September 28, 2018
For the first fall installment of SPPA Audio Files, Director Graeme Auld spoke with Professor Susan Phillips about her recent article in Canadian Public Administration – Dancing with giraffes: Why philanthropy matters for public management. Professor Phillips is a leading expert on the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, and she has been the... More
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Late April is a time when courses are winding down. Exams are nearly done, and students are turning their attention to the summer ahead. A new job, graduation, post-school travel and the career that awaits them. Not so for this year’s cohort of graduates in the Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA). On... More
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