Community Foundations of Canada Conference

Barry Smith
1 December 2008
Alliance magazine

Event Our Communities, Our World: Community Foundations of Canada Conference
Date 7-9 November
Venue Montreal, Canada

Canada’s remarkable movement of community foundations (now numbering 165) brought the world to Montreal for a truly global gathering in November. Community Foundations of Canada’s biennial conference, ‘Our Communities, Our World’, drew more than 650 delegates, including participants from across Canada and from 29 other countries, to engage in an inspiring dialogue about the past, present and future of community philanthropy. Click here to read ...

What is a global fund to do?

Andrew Milner
1 December 2008
Alliance magazine

After months of consultations, there are still some questions being raised as to what sorts of entity the Global Fund for Community Foundations should be supporting. Should it be organizations that conform, or almost conform, to the eight- or nine-point definition set out in the WINGS’ Community Foundations Global Status Report[1] – or at least aspire to do so? Or should the net be cast wider? Click here to read ...

Vital Signs gives mixed report card for Canada

1 December 2008
Alliance magazine

Child poverty in Canada is stuck at the same level as in 1989 and immigrant family incomes are falling behind, according to Canada’s Vital Signs 2008, the annual report card on quality of life produced by Community Foundations of Canada (CFC). Click here to read ...

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