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Dear Friends, Through the year, our ongoing vision at Capacity Canada is to develop organizational capacity that positively impacts lives and well-being of people, to help courageous communities excel. It’s people like you and your direct support that enables us to assist so many in the charitable sector and their leaders to foster well-being in our communities. […]
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Dear Friends, Throughout the year, our mission at Capacity Canada is to fuel social innovation with various programs to bring together people, resources, and ideas that help many others across the country. Your ongoing support enables us to support many in the charitable sector and their leaders to continue to develop necessary skills to govern […]
Charities need holistic view: Manulife Board Governance BootCamp
A holistic view of the world is something Melanie Goodchild lives and breathes, every moment of her life. And the learning for Canada’s charitable sector is that they need to adopt the largest possible view of what they do, who they serve and issues they face within society. “You can’t use simple or even complicated […]
Charities, non-profits meet for common good: Manulife Board Governance BootCamp
Vivian Zochowski has been to more than a half dozen governance bootcamps set up by Capacity Canada, and every time she sees something new. This time, it’s a heightened energy and learnings that bode well for 40 organizations with people in the room. “Networking is one of the biggest takeaways from this gathering,” says the […]
Canada’s charities need national volunteer strategy, regulatory changes: Senator Ratna Omidvar
WATERLOO REGION – Canada’s charities need a national volunteerism strategy and regulatory changes at the federal level to help them continue to thrive, a leading co-author of a Senate report told top non-profit leaders in Cambridge Thursday. “The charitable sector is vitally important to our lives, to our communities, in fact to our nation,” Sen. […]
Parents for Community Living wins governance excellence award
WATERLOO REGION – Parents for Community Living, created 30 years ago in Kitchener-Waterloo to help developmentally challenged adults, has reinforced its position as a vital non-profit agency by winning the Manulife Governance Excellence Award. The annual award, adjudicated and sponsored by Capacity Canada, recognizes outstanding board governance work in Waterloo Region’s charitable non-profit sector. The […]
CD4SG opens doors for social good
Tatjana Dudas never dreamed of anything like the Creative Day for Social Good (CD4SG). When she shifted from studying biology at university to enrol in graphic design at Conestoga College, she expected to get a chance for some practical experience, but nothing like she could see now. “The professional and client contact, plus the energy […]
CD4SG teams give charitable boost
Wildfires ravaged the Fort McMurray area three years ago, yet thousands of people there continue to face complex struggles that still plague their northern Alberta community. Entire families forced to evacuate during the fires continue to deal with impact of losing their homes and community connections. Coupled with job losses from the economic downturn that […]
Capacity Canada, partners host one-day blitz to help non-profits across Canada: Creative Day for Social Good
WATERLOO REGION – Oct. 15, 2019 – Non-profit organizations across the country will get a boost this week from a 24-hour creative ‘blitz’ to help promote their social causes. Capacity Canada, along with partners Intertek Catalyst, Conestoga College, Google, Manulife, Him & Her, and Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, will provide free design, marketing and public […]
Local Social Profit Sector Evolves to Meet Community Needs
(WOOD BUFFALO, AB) May 24, 2019 — Major players in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo’s social profit sector are making a fundamental change to how they work together and serve the community. United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo, the Wood Buffalo Community Foundation and FuseSocial have formalized a working relationship to minimize duplication […]
