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The push for a national caregiving strategy
Thursday, January 9th, 2025
A fundamental goal of a national caregiving strategy must be to change the narrative about care work and fully articulate the value it provides society and what we stand to lose in economic and human terms if we don’t support carers. A fundamental part of this work involves acknowledging and addressing the outsized burden of care carried by women and racialized people… a national caregiving strategy will make the issue of care politically and socially unignorable and will drive recognition that care work is skilled, dignified, necessary, and worthy of proper compensation.
Tags: disabilities, Health, Home Care, jurisdiction, Seniors
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50 years, 50 moments (part 2)
Thursday, April 7th, 2022
… we’ve compiled 50 milestones that together create a snapshot of a fast-growing sector moving into maturity, developing a clearer idea of itself and its role in Canadian society, navigating turbulent and often adversarial relationships with government, fighting for the funds and licence to fully come into its own, and able to fuel progressive shifts in spite of significant obstacles.
Tags: child care, corrections, disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, philanthropy, poverty, standard of living
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Corporate/employee giving campaigns key to future donation growth
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
In 2017, the index notes, only 20% of Canadians reported having made a donation the previous year, down from 26% in 1997. The trend underscores a looming problem: as demand for services rises, the social deficit grows… but a new report points to the significant power workplace giving programs have to both raise charitable giving rates and bolster companies’ recruitment efforts, retention rates, and bottom lines.
Tags: ideology, participation, philanthropy
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