To explore how federal priorities align with frontline realities, we asked leaders from five nonprofits three key questions about Budget 2026: what they are watching for, what their communities need most, and what message they want federal decision-makers to hear.

In this episode, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by two leaders who see the disconnect from very different vantage points. Heather McDonald, President and CEO of United Way Greater Toronto; and Patti Pon, President and CEO of Calgary Arts Development - a corner of the charitable sector that millions pour into their lives without ever calling it charity.

In this episode, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Owen Charters, President and CEO of Pathways to Education Canada. Together, they explore why wrapping students in integrated support works where piecemeal approaches fall short; how Pathways earns trust in communities with complicated relationships to institutions; and how they help position the students to be "job-ready" in a digitally powered, AI-enabled economy.

In this episode of Let’s Imagine, we speak with Sophie Tétrault-Martel & Caroline Chartier both spokespersons for the "Le communautaire à boutte" movement. They explain the objectives and coordinated actions of the mouvement to denounce an increasingly untenable reality: needs that keep growing on one side, and frontline teams stretched to the breaking point on the other.

As part of the PRISM Network Learning Series, we gathered in person for a reception and panel discussion: Steady in the Storm: Corporate Giving in a Time of Rapid Change. The conversation was equal parts sobering and energizing: a look at the pressures squeezing community investment in Alberta and across the globe, and an honest chat on whether the way we've always done this still works.