Archives: PNL

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

SPPA Welcomes Liban Abokor as School Fellow

Liban Abokor is the Executive Director of Youth LEAPS, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving educational and employment outcomes for Black youth in Toronto. He is also a co-author of the report, Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy, which highlighted the inequitable funding of Black communities by Canada’s... More

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Amanda Clarke Speaks to the National Post about IT Paperwork in Government

How much paperwork does it take to approve a (small) government website? 39,230 words A federal public servant revealed that when his team wanted to launch a simple website with 4,305 words, he had to submit internal documents almost 10 times as long OTTAWA – The internet age has brought us an app for... More

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Paloma Raggo: 2021 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

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

2021 Highlights in SPPA

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

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Giving Tuesday: Making Positive Change Through Community-Led Projects

By Elizabeth Murphy Giving Tuesday is a global movement. It is a time for individuals to come together and be part of the solutions to some of today’s most pressing problems through charitable donations. This year, Giving Tuesday takes place on Nov. 30. Members of the Carleton University community—from faculty and staff to alumni... More

Friday, November 12, 2021

MPNL Graduate: Amy Gorecki

Although the Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) was designed as an online program well before the pandemic, the program usually begins with a two-week, intensive in-person summer institute in July where students really get to know each other before online classes start. "I was really excited about the prospect of connecting... More

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Megan Conway Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Volunteer Canada

Congratulations to Megan Conway, Instructor and Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow with the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Program in the School of Public Policy and Administration, who has been appointed the next President and Chief Executive Officer with Volunteer Canada. Please read more about Megan’s appointment on the Volunteer Canada... More

Friday, September 24, 2021

Paloma Raggo Quoted in the Washington Post about the General Assembly

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

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

SPPA Researchers Establish Lab to Study Decentred Governance in the Digital Era

Processes like seafood sustainability labelling programs or efforts to improve working conditions in the transnational supply chains for apparel and electronics are being devised and driven by non-governmental actors. Digital era tools are interwoven in these efforts. Block chain technologies, for example, are increasingly used for secure... More

Monday, August 9, 2021

Moving Fast and Breaking Public Trust: How Digital Reforms in Government Must be More Accountable to Citizens

Amanda Clarke is a recipient of the 2021 Early Researcher Award. By Joseph Mathieu Even as the Ontarian and Canadian governments are boldly considering digital reforms to meet their citizens’ needs, there is a risk that this work is undermining citizen trust, not bolstering it. “We know very little about what Canadians actually want, and... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Announcing the First Recipients of the Black Canadian Fundraisers’ Collective Award

In 2020, members of the Black Canadian Fundraisers’ Collective, including Founder Nneka Allen and MPNL alumna Múthoní Karíukí, created the Black Canadian Fundraisers’ Collective (BCFC) Award for students in Carleton University’s Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership graduate program. The award supports Black students aspiring to pursue a... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Professor Susan Phillips Spearheads the Publication of the First Comprehensive Resource About Canada’s Voluntary Sector

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

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