Impact Conversations
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Impact Conversations is a show about change makers getting things done. Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors talk to NGO leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and environmental innovators about their goals and how they're reaching them.
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Constant Strategic Innovation at the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI at CSI.
September 29, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this conversation with Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI, we hear about the effect of COVID on their core social purpose coworking space and significant strategic changes happening at CSI. We see the value of CSi (and other nonprofits) owning real estate, unpack SI Canada’s new role, learn about their leadership on an Impact Dashboard with a Common Approach, and a pilot social enterprise in Muskoka for healing, connection and learning for impact leaders…and ...
Evolving Social Impact Planning in Uncertain Times
September 01, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBHow the world has changed! There are a lot of new challenges and opportunities these days as organizations look to clarify their purpose, strategy, and evaluation of their work to create social impact in these uncertain times. The work is more complex and challenging than it was say three years ago, the stakes are higher, and success is less certain. In this podcast, Andrew Taylor, Co-Founder of Taylor Newberry Consulting and Lynn Fergusson, Partner at Social Impact Advisors let you in on...
Loosening the Reins on Funding to Enable Impact: The General Operating Support pilot
August 18, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBLaura Manning, Executive Director at the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation (LSHF) shares the journey and lessons learned from a bold Canadian pilot started in 2018, granting significant additional, unrestricted General Operating Support (GOS) to known grantees. We hear about the time it takes to get boards comfortable with this approach and what’s behind that. We also hear how Laura and the Foundation see advocating for this approach as part of their work, to help shift the sector. Now issuing ...
Paulina Cameron: A changemaker supporting women entrepreneurs, individually and systemically
August 04, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode, we talk to Paulina Cameron, a Globe and Mail ’22 Changemaker and CEO of The Forum, a Vancouver-based charity teaching, mentoring and supporting women entrepreneurs across Canada to take their businesses to the next level. We hear about the challenges and opportunities the organization and women entrepreneurs faced through COVID. We also hear about the systemic issues women entrepreneurs face, and work The Forum is doing in both supporting women to overcome these barriers...
Gord Downie’s Legacy of #ReconciliACTION!
June 23, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBSarah Midanik, Executive Director of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund shares a message of hope, as she reflects on the important work of reconciliation requiring us all, and non-Indigenous Canadians in particular, to take action. We hear about the important work to be done to address systemic racism and how this national charity found a way, working from the ground up, to address the history not previously being told in the school curriculum, providing tools and resources into some 600...
Insights from Toronto’s Reconciliation Action Plan
June 09, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBSelina Young, Director of the City of Toronto’s first Indigenous Affairs Office speaks with us about Toronto’s Reconciliation Action Plan, recently unanimously approved by Council. We hear about the process, informed by various Indigenous community leaders, which pushed Selina and her team to revise the plan, ensuring big, bold action towards reconciliation. It’s also made clear that this plan is not for Indigenous folks to undertake, but rather actions for non-Indigenous folks to be tak...
Creating an increased and lasting sense of civic agency in youth
May 26, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBVeronika Berlicki, co-founder and leader of CityHive, shares how they are transforming the way young people engage in shaping their cities. Based in Metro Vancouver, this 5-year old nonprofit has revisited its initial strategic plans, to assess the impact its been making and see what changes that might mean for the way forward. They’ve engaged key stakeholders along the way and had some tough conversations as a team, looking at the change they want to be making and considering the trade...
Catalyzing Local Action on Climate Change through Collective Impact
May 12, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBBianca Caramento is the Manager of the Bay Area Climate Change Council, leading the collective impact initiative to advance and accelerate climate change action in the cities of Burlington and Hamilton. She shares with us the structure behind this collective, with her “backbone” role housed in the Centre for Climate Change Management at Mohawk College, supporting a collective of 14 community organizations. We hear about their Theory of Change – the master plan for reducing green hou...
The Prosperity Project: Creating a Prosperous Canada is Women’s Work
April 28, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBForeseeing COVID negatively impacting women’s ability to stay and thrive in the workforce, Pamela Jeffrey, Founder and lead of The Prosperity Project was concerned about the impact this would have on not just the women themselves, but Canada’s prosperity. So, she took action, focusing on women, and particularly women of equity-deserving communities, including Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ2S+, and physically challenged. Pamela shares how this project came to be and the unique...
The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s Commitment to Systems Change in Youth Homelessness
April 14, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBThe Home Depot Canada Foundation has recently revisited their role and plans by developing a Theory of Change and Strategic Plan. We hear about the journey and results from Amy Bilodeau, Sr. Manager, Community Investment for the Home Depot Canada, a role which includes supporting the Home Depot Canada Foundation's mission to eradicate youth homelessness in Canada. This mission has remained intact, and with a renewed commitment, with the Foundation continuing to aim higher on its fundra...
The B Corp Movement, with PeaceWorks Technology Solutions
March 31, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBB Corp is a global movement of more than 4800 companies, with almost 400,00 employees in 79 countries around the world, all focused on making business a force for good. Together, B Corps are working to shift our global economy from a system that profits few to one that benefits all: advancing a new model that moves from concentrating wealth to ensuring equity, from resource extraction to energy generation, and from individualism to interdependence. We are happy to have Ian Kell...
Non-Profit Leadership, with Shelley Zuckerman of North York Community House
March 03, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBIn this episode, Sally speaks with Shelley Zuckerman, who has been the Executive Director of North York Community House for the past 30 years, about her long career in the non-profit sector, how her organization has navigated the challenges of the past two years, and her advice for the next generation of leaders in the sector. Shelley shares what makes her optimistic for the future, both for our sector and more broadly. As she nears retirement this year, Shelley reminds us about how...
Supporting Youth Transitioning from Care through Collective Impact, with Halton CAS
February 17, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBWe’re focused in this conversation on a collective approach being taken in Halton to support young people as they transition from the care of CAS, at age 18-24. Halton Region identified this as a priority area, creating a Community Safety and Wellbeing table, and it truly is a community effort. With the Oakville Community Foundation holding the backbone or coordinator role, leveraging support from the Halton Granters Table, many local youth serving organizations have come together to sup...
Building unity on the future we want - with Sonia Theroux of Leadnow.
February 03, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode, Sonia Theroux, the Executive Director of Leadnow speaks with Sally about what progressivism means, the movement, and how activists and change makers can think about and stay hopeful about the moment we are in. Sonia is a campaigns and communications specialist, passionate about organizing and community building. She has seen the power of people talking to people about something they care about. She has led or advised on successful electoral campaigns at the municipal,...
Building unity on the future we want - with Sonia Theroux of Leadnow
February 03, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode, Sonia Theroux, the Executive Director of Leadnow speaks with Sally about what progressivism means, the movement, and how activists and change makers can think about and stay hopeful about the moment we are in. Sonia is a campaigns and communications specialist, passionate about organizing and community building. She has seen the power of people talking to people about something they care about. She has led or advised on successful electoral campaigns at the municipal,...
A conversation with Dr. David Danto: Truth, humility, and the path to reconciliation
January 20, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBOur guest on this episode is Dr. David Danto, who is the Head of Psychology at the University of Guelph Humber. Dr. Danto’s clinical and research interests include Indigenous wellness and culture-based approaches to addressing intergenerational trauma in local and global contexts. David is involved in allyship and decolonization efforts within the discipline and the academy. Dr. Danto has worked in psychiatric hospitals, counselling centers, private practice, and correctional facilit...
The Ontario Nonprofit Sector
January 06, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode, we hear from the Ontario Nonprofit Network through Executive Director Cathy Taylor, and Policy Advisor Pam Uppal, They share the state of the sector in Ontario, from their most recent surveys and ongoing interactions, and what this means for the ONN’s policy priorities. We hear about the important role of looking out for the sector overall and being part of emergent issues. We also hear about the rise and importance of collaboration across the sector – although nonprofi...
A Fireside Chat on Giving with Intention, with MakeWay’s Leanne Burton
December 23, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBIn this episode, we have a conversation with Leanne Burton, Director, Partnership Development at MakeWay, a public foundation that acts as an intermediary, working between funder and community partners to build healthy pathways towards social, environmental and economic justice. It’s a time of year when people might be thinking more about giving, donating to causes that are important to them. We’ve taken an opportunity to chat with Leanne for her thoughts on what to think about as yo...
A Systemic View to Reconciliation through Indigenous Youth
December 09, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode, we hear from 4R’s Youth Movement Executive Director Jess Bolduc about the desire to address reconciliation, by engaging Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth, creating authentic relationships and addressing fundamental flaws in the system. We hear about the challenge many nonprofits face, of only having near-term funding, while the issue to be addressed is much longer term. She lets us know about a framework for cross-cultural dialogue created by youth, and how the challen...
ReThinking Philanthropy with Dr. Joseph Smith, The Foundation for Black Communities and Generation Chosen
November 25, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBIn recognition of National Philanthropy Day and also Giving Tuesday, we’re pleased to be re-sharing our podcast with Dr. Joseph Smith, who, among other roles, is a founding member of the Foundation for Black Communities. This Foundation was designed to adjudicate grants, develop policy and liaise with government and the philanthropic sector to serve Black-led and Black-serving non-profits and charities. The Foundation’s report: Unfunded, was a catalyst for $200 million in federal ...
Facing systemic barriers and inequities in granting and beyond
November 11, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBIn this episode, we are speaking primarily about the challenges facing the arts sector and also the philanthropic sector more broadly, in addressing racial and other systemic inequities, in granting and beyond. Our guest, Jordan Baylon (they/she/he) is a queer, non-binary second generation PhilipinX artist, critic and community worker imagining justice and abundance for equity-deserving peoples. Jordan brings a decade of experience working as a grantor in the non-profit arts sector in C...
ReSketching Charity
October 28, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39 MBRudy Ruttimann, Founding Director of Sketch Working Arts, shares why and how she has stepped down after 22 years as the Executive Director, and the importance of succession planning. She also shares the exciting work she’s now taking on. The new role includes capturing learning from “Project Home”, buying their own studio space, through a community bond raise and traditional fundraising, all through COVID. Her work will also include conducting research around the impact of the arts, and...
Growing Business for Good…brought to you by the United Way
October 14, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBIn this episode, Mary Ellen Schaasfma, Director and Co-Founder of the Social Purpose Institute (SPI) at United Way BC, shares the concept of businesses having a social purpose as their reason for being, beyond profit. Over the last 5 years, SPI has been piloting programming to help businesses determine and implement their social purpose, in an effort to create a movement of businesses for good. While it’s more often that businesses support charities, Mary Ellen explains how it makes...
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this episode, Lynn Fergusson and Sally Fazal, Partners at SIA, share their thoughts on the first annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. The day is a federal statutory holiday in Canada, and SIA is also recognizing it as a day for reflection and learning. To quote our federal government’s announcement: “The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history a...
We need Radical Accountability in the social impact sector
September 16, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this episode, Mojdeh Cox, Executive Director of London, Ontario’s Pillar Nonprofit Network, shares a new lens she is bringing to the organization: radical accountability. She believes the organization (and everyone) needs to first look at ourselves, and hold ourselves accountable for our roles in today’s hot issues including systemic discrimination, reconciliation, and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). She shares that we also need to take a hard look at the nonprofit or social ...
Social Robots are reducing seniors’ social isolation
September 02, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBLee St. James founded Social Robots to apply her tech background to a social issue, close to home. Not able to spend as much time with her father while seeing the effects of social isolation, she took action. Through this social enterprise, and with help from an Investment Readiness Program grant from the Community Foundations of Canada, through the Oakville Community Foundation, Lee is piloting the use of a friendly robot, complete with a tablet for interactive apps and photos, to enga...
Responding to Early Child Care Development Needs while Planning for Systems Change
August 19, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBIn this episode, Trevor McAlmont, Executive Director of the Macaulay Child Development Centre, shares the importance of providing affordable, universal child care to change the system in Ontario, and Canada. While directly serving 7000 children and 6000 parents through the multi-service agency, Trevor also invests in areas to strengthen the outcomes for these clients. He sees a need for nonprofits to be able to pivot to address emergency needs, as they did in providing food to their fam...
How B Lab is leveraging business for climate justice, racial equity, and a stakeholder-driven economic system
August 05, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBKara Peck, Senior Director, Strategy + Partnerships, B Lab US & Canada shares their journey to strategic clarity for their organization and for making a real difference in the world. Leveraging a time of organizational and societal change, they have developed a Theory of Change, creating alignment around a new focus for the B Corp-certifying nonprofit, to support the business sector in taking collective action towards addressing racial equity, climate justice and stakeholder capitalism....
Inclusion and Connection at Community Living Oakville with Alexandra Hoeck Murray
July 22, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode, Sally speaks with Alexandra Hoeck Murray, the new Executive Director of Community Living Oakville (CLO). Alexandra talks about the impact the organization and larger community is making in the lives of people with developmental disabilities. In our conversation, Alexandra talks about when the COVID crisis first started and how CLO addressed the potential isolation and disruption that the shutdown of their day services and central building could have caused, and how thei...
Guest Podcast: A Young Newcomer’s Perspective on Settling in Canada: from Together Project - Makeway
July 08, 2021 11:01 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MBWe are happy to be sharing a podcast from an initiative whose work we admire. Together Project, on the MakeWay shared platform, connects refugee and immigrant newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Their podcast is gathering and sharing the stories of newcomers they serve. In this episode, Joudy, a young refugee woman from Syria, speaks with Natasha at Together Project about her experience coming to Canada as a young newcomer, continuing university a...
Building Welcoming Community: An update from our friends at Together Project
July 08, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBOur guests in this episode are Anna Hill and Andrew Lusztyk, co-directors and founders at Together Project, a charitable initiative on the Makeway Shared Platform. Together Project connects refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Together Project is founded on the simple idea that social networks are an important factor for integration. We first spoke with Together Project back in 2019, about their strategy and goals for impact in communit...
Foundation for Black Communities and Generation Chosen: Breaking Through Together with Dr. Joseph Smith
June 24, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this engaging conversation, Dr. Joseph Smith shares his expertise and passion for equity and inclusion and the emotional intelligence needed for productive conversations between people of diverse backgrounds. He talks about the work underway to close the gap in philanthropy in Canada, in which the needs and assets of Black Communities have been overlooked. Dr. Smith is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Generation Chosen which focuses on Mental health and Emotional Intel...
Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with SI Canada’s Andrea Nemtin
June 10, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBOur guest today is Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of SI Canada. Sally and Andrea talk about what Social Innovation is, the history of the field in Canada, and how Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada) came to be. Andrea talks about the priorities of the organization as our country emerges from COVID, and how solutions to the complex challenges of social justice and climate change can be catalyzed and aligned through education, intentional networking at local and national levels across...
Educational Success for Racialized & Newcomer Youth, with Leo Johnson, Founder, Empowerment Squared
May 27, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBHaving been a refugee himself as a youth, Leo shares how he has taken his own experience and created an organization to support youth to ensure they can navigate the Canadian system for educational success, to lay the foundation for life’s success. We hear about Empowerment Squared’swork with Hamilton youth, and importantly, their parents or caregivers. We learn of the effects of COVID-19 on their work, and how they’ve pivoted and are now serving many more people, and in a broader way, wh...
Making an Impact in the Restaurant Industry
May 13, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBCourt Desautels, CEO of the Neighbourhood Group of Companies, shares how his restaurants operate differently. They have health and wellness programs, including paid health benefits and education supports. They interview and listen to their employees to see what they need and how they can help. They empower the employees to decide which local charitable organizations to support. They sold gift cards during COVID and gave all the proceeds to their employees, allocated by an employee team....
Uncovering & Addressing Mental Health Needs for Rural Youth
April 29, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBThis podcast shares the findings and experience of following a Collective Impact process for the Rural Ottawa Youth Mental Health Collective, led by Nicole McKerracher, Executive Director of O-YA, a youth association in a rural Ottawa village. We’re joined by Emily Dozois, a youth with personal experience trying to access mental health services in rural Ottawa, and Evaluations Coordinator for the Collective. In particular, we hear the actionable findings from their survey of over 300 ru...
Building a Business and Portfolio with Purpose, with Tim Nash, Good Investing Founder
April 15, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBTim shares insights into Socially Responsible Investing – about people looking to do less evil and perhaps more good with their investments. Even more importantly, we look beyond that, to his business model aimed at helping one million Canadians invest intentionally, because of the difference he sees that will make in the world. He’s creating a movement and shares how he’ll accomplish this,based on his Theory of Change or Change Theory. This approach has Tim acting as a coach, helping ...
A Founder and Funder Creating Beautiful Music Together, with Astrid Hepner, CEO/Founder, Hamilton Music Collective and Board member and Funder, Carl Joosse
April 01, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBThis podcast is two-fold. We have the pleasure of hearing from Astrid Hepner about the great work of the Hamilton Music Collective, where, modeled after a proven program in Germany, 6000 under-served Hamilton school children are exposed to playing musical instruments, and all the related skills, pride and self-esteem that brings. We also hear from Carl Joose, representing the next generation of the John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation, and also a board member on the Hamilton Musi...
Business with Purpose – Creating Indigenous Software Testers, with Denis Carignan, Plato Testing President
March 18, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBAs a social enterprise, we’ll hear how and why Plato Testing was created and the impact it was looking to have, intentionally setting a bold target for the number of Indigenous software testers they would create and leverage in Canada. We hear now, five years later, how the planned impact is becoming a reality. We’ll hear about the partners they are working with, in post-secondary institutions and Indigenous training centres, and corporate partners who share in their mission and look ...
Supporting the Black Social Services Sector with Agapi Gessesse, ED CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals
March 04, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBThe Black Social Services Sector, as Agapi describes it, isn’t getting the attention it needs. The CEE (Careers, Education, Empowerment) Centre for Young Black Professionals is taking that on. Hear how they are supporting 3B organizations – that’s Black-focused, Black-led (including Board representation), and Black-serving organizations, including many that are not registered charities. In addition to supporting the sector, CEE provides direct programming, targeting particular indus...
Eating Disorders are Prevalent but Solvable, with Sonia Kumar, co-founder of Body Brave and the Body Peace Collaborative
February 18, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBAs someone with lived experience, and as a person of mixed colour, Sonia brings a unique perspective to addressing eating disorders as a mental health issue, raising up the voices of people with lived experience and seeking more equitable access and support. Sonia explains the issues and challenges facing people living with eating disorders , particularly through a pandemic that creates additional stress. She also shares some of the solutions developed by the national Body Peace Col...
Rallying for a Human Connection Movement with Pete Bombaci, GenWell Project Founder
February 04, 2021 14:58 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBThe GenWell Project is a Canadian organization dedicated to making the world a healthier and happier place by educating people about the importance of proactive face to face social connection and inspiring them to take action. We're going to hear a lot more about that from Founder, Pete Bombaci. After a successful career in the beverage industry, and then leading Movember Canada, Pete is now focusing on the rollout of this passion project. You're going to hear about human connection...
Intentionally Designed for Meaningful Giving, with Kate Masson, Meaningful Work Foundation at Ian Martin Group
January 21, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBAs the co-owner and Community Manager for the Ian Martin Group, Kate Masson works to establish a community of belonging and shared accountability for staff through a self-managed operating system and a genuine spirit of care for those in the organization. You're going to get a sense of that in this conversation. We're focused here not on the staffing organization, the work of Ian Martin Group as a B Corp, but on their foundation. They have been intentional in creating a foundation. The s...
Making Data Accessible to Address Inequities, through the Toronto Child & Family Network’s Raising the Village initiative
January 07, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBIn this episode, Social Impact Advisors Partner Lynn Fergusson interviews representatives of the Toronto Child & Family Network. Kelley Baldwin provides backbone support to the Toronto Child and Family Network, a network of about 100 organizations. Tamara Augsten, who’s had a lead role in developing the Network’s Raising the Village initiative shares the value of this database. This initiative has pulled together data from various partners’ sources, such as EQAO standardized testi...
Hope for the Homeless – with Proof, with Foundations for Social Change CEO Claire Elizabeth Williams
December 24, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBAs co-founder and CEO of Foundations for Social Change, Claire Elizabeth Williams is getting global acclaim for North America's first direct giving project with people experiencing homelessness. Direct giving project, as in giving a lump sum of cash directly to people experiencing homelessness. We hear about their innovative project, the New Leaf Project, and its key success factors, including: the ability to be innovative forming partnerships conducting the research - the proo...
Storytelling, impact investing and reshaping philanthropy, with Sadia Zaman, Inspirit Foundation CEO
December 10, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBSadia and her small but mighty team at Inspirit Foundation are focused on shifting Canada to having more inclusive and equitable media and arts, impact investing, and philanthropy sectors. With a background in journalism, it should be no surprise that Sadia shares the power of storytelling to make change, and Inspirit follows through, providing platforms for voices to be heard, including through the Narrative Change Lab, particularly raising Muslim and Indigenous voices. We a...
Capturing your Secret Sauce in a powerful Theory of Change, with Melissa Sariffodeen, CEO of Canada Learning Code
November 26, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBIt’s evident in this conversation that Melissa is a strong proponent of a non-profit having a Theory of Change – having a clear objective and a road map to get there. She shares with us Canada Learning Code’s significant but achievable goal, and their journey of developing and living into a Theory of Change to deliver on that goal. It has continued to be their guide through a re-branding and the unprecedented times presented by COVID-19. You’ll hear how the Theory of Change has rigour...
Capturing your Secret Sauce in a powerful Theory of Change, with Melissa Sariffodeen, CEO of Canada Learning Code
November 26, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBIt’s evident in this conversation that Melissa is a strong proponent of a non-profit having a Theory of Change – having a clear objective and a road map to get there. She shares with us Canada Learning Code’s significant but achievable goal, and their journey of developing and living into a Theory of Change to deliver on that goal. It has continued to be their guide through a re-branding and the unprecedented times presented by COVID-19. You’ll hear how the Theory of Change has rigour...
Challenge 2025, with Jim Vanderveken of Mohawk College: Building community and opportunity through workforce development
November 12, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBToday we are very pleased to welcome Jim Vanderveken to the podcast. As the Dean of the Centre for Community Partnership and Experiential Learning, Jim leads Mohawk College’s strategic commitment to postsecondary access, partnership development at the community level, and experiential learning. In our conversation today, Jim and I talk about the work of City School and the Challenge 2025 initiative in Hamilton: how it started, some of the early achievements, challenges and hopes for t...
Philanthropy’s Transformational Change with Jean-Marc Mangin, CEO & President of Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)
October 29, 2020 10:58 - 29 minutes - 41 MBIn this episode, Social Impact Advisors Partner Lynn Fergusson interviews Jean-Marc Mangin, CEO & President of Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC) about the state of the philanthropic sector, particularly in light of the challenges of COVID. We hear how many nonprofits are in a dire situation as our society faces both the healthcare and economic effects of COVID. The pandemic has highlighted the important work done by the charitable sector, the need for collaboration across sectors to...