Skip to main content

360 Blogs page

alt

Bringing together diverse perspectives about social good.

What do Canadians think of charities and nonprofits?
People gather outdoors at a picnic table in a park, smiling and handing out or receiving small items while others chat in the background among trees with autumn foliage.
Related blog post

What do Canadians think of charities and nonprofits?

For the past year and a half, our team has been working on a public awareness campaign set to launch this Fall. To inform the campaign strategy, we conducted research to understand the perceptions of Canadians regarding nonprofits and charities. As we prepare to launch the campaign, we’re sharing key findings from this market research so that others in the sector can benefit from this insightful information and leverage it for their own needs.

Émilie Pontbriand

Let's Imagine podcast banner

Let's Imagine Podcast EPISODE 43: “Le communautaire à boutte” : A national movement taking action & demanding to be heard (with Sophie Tétrault-Martel & Caroline Chartier)

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.

Andrew Troup, Narissa Kanju, David Wighton & Christi Cruz

Corporate Giving in a Time of Rapid Change: What We Heard in Edmonton

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.

Devon Ayer

Pictured: Albert Labelle (Partner, PearTree Canada), Jemima Adejo (Development and Grants Manager, CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals), Billy Morin (MP for Edmonton Northwest), Jodene Baker (Vice President, Research, Advocacy & External Relations, Imagine Canada), Sarah Kim (Senior Manager, Advocacy & Engagement, Vancouver Foundation)

Fair Funding for Nonprofits Advocacy Day Roundup: On the Hill for our Communities

On May 5, 2026, nineteen nonprofit leaders from the Fair Funding for Nonprofits coalition convened on Parliament Hill to advocate for more equitable and effective federal funding for nonprofits. The ultimate goal? To allow nonprofits to better serve their communities.

Maya Mohammed

Let's Imagine podcast banner

Let's Imagine Podcast EPISODE 42: Who We Fundraise With Matters: Representation in Philanthropy (with Alain Mootoo)

In this episode of Let's Imagine, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Alain Mootoo, Chief Operating Officer of the CAMH Foundation to explore why representation in fundraising teams matters strategically; how lived experience shapes the way trust is built with donors and communities; and what it looks like to create genuine pathways to fundraising leadership for people from marginalized backgrounds.

Let's Imagine podcast banner

Let's Imagine Podcast EPISODE 41: Innovative community partnerships for northern education (with Willa Black and Paul Boucher)

In this episode of Let's Imagine, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Willa Black, who founded the program while at Cisco and now serves as Volunteer Chair of Connected North's Advisory Board, and Paul Boucher, a member of the Rocher River people, residential school survivor, Knowledge and Language Keeper, and Language and Cultural Specialist at Paul William Kaeser High School in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

Subscribe to the Imagine 360° Newsletter

 

Stay up-to-date about the latest news, research, events, and opinions across the sector. Unsubscribe at any time through the link in the newsletter footer.

 

Imagine Canada, 2 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 300, Toronto, ON M4T 2T5, [email protected]

People gather outdoors at a picnic table in a park, smiling and handing out or receiving small items while others chat in the background among trees with autumn foliage.
Related blog post

What do Canadians think of charities and nonprofits?

For the past year and a half, our team has been working on a public awareness campaign set to launch this Fall. To inform the campaign strategy, we conducted research to understand the perceptions of Canadians regarding nonprofits and charities. As we prepare to launch the campaign, we’re sharing key findings from this market research so that others in the sector can benefit from this insightful information and leverage it for their own needs.

Émilie Pontbriand