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Interview with Justin Wiebe, Board Member at PFC."Philanthropy became a means for me to support communities in building and sustaining solutions that eradicate inequities, pursue justice, and build community prosperity."

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Want A More Diverse Workforce? Move Beyond Inclusion To Belonging

Mercer Canada CEO and BlackNorth Initiative Director Jaqui Parchment’s opinion piece highlights the necessity of thinking beyond short-term solutions. Parchment suggests businesses to move from a focus on diversity and inclusion alone to cultivating a deeply-rooted sense of belonging in workplaces. Read More

B.C Human Rights Commissioner Ready to Tackle Race-Based Health Data Collection 

As COVID-19 has sparked calls to collect data to better understand racial inequity in health-care systems, “the problem is already visible” says B.C Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender. Read More

Coronavirus Will Change Cities but Offers Chance to Fix Chronic Inequities: Expert 

This article covers the University of Toronto professor Richard Florida’s academic opinion on the disproportionate impact the disease sets on cities. “COVID focused attention on inequities with regard to how much visible minorities were exposed to the virus in their communities.” Read More

UN Secretary-General’s Nelson Mandela Lecture: “Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: A New Social Contract for a New Era”

“COVID-19 is shining a spotlight on this injustice. The world is in turmoil. Economies are in freefall. We have been brought to our knees – by a microscopic virus. The pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of our world.” Read More

Climate Change is also a Racial Justice Problem

The Washington Post climate reporter Sarah Kaplan covers what racism means for climate change and vice versa. Kaplan suggests that climate change and racism are related because “it dictates who benefits from activities that produce planet-warming gases and who suffers most from consequences.” Read More

Lumina Foundation Commits $15M To Racial Justice Projects

Lumina Foundation will support work within Indiana as well as U.S. social justice efforts and organizations over the next three years from its Fund for Racial Justice and Equity. Read More

Video Interview: The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Sector and Philanthropic Culture

Donald Gingras explains the main impacts of COVID-19 on the various Patros across Quebec. This recording underlines the importance of the expertise of the community to understand needs and solidify networks. Read More

2020 Virtual Skoll World Forum Week: Sharing Their Learnings

Skoll Foundation asked their network to contribute, learn, and connect with each other via virtual Ecosystem Events. They used an open-source approach as a departure from a traditionally highly-curated Forum delegate base and program. Read More

Readout: Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector – June 22, 2020

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS) held a meeting focused on identifying and examining the priority areas that the committee will work on. Read More

Diabetes In Indigenous Communities

Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, Lawson Foundation, and Novo Nordisk’s article, on a community-driven solution in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Recommendations, challenges some questions around COVID-19 and its threat to those with diabetes and immunocompromising conditions. Read More

Why Scenario Planning is Critical to Philanthropy’s Crisis Response 

The Center For Effective Philanthropy publishes the importance of scenario planning rooted in rehearsing how their organizations might respond to future impacts. They have also released a scenario-planning resource for social sector leaders. Read More

COVID-19 Scenario Planning for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations 

The Monitor Institute by Deloitte interviewed over 75 social sector leaders during April and May 2020 to understand what the future might look like for philanthropic funders and operating nonprofits. Read More

Human health and climate action: What role for foundations? (Webinar in French)

Post-Webinar Notes. Find It Here