Welcome to CharityVillage Connects – a series that highlights topics vital to the nonprofit sector in Canada. CharityVillage is a resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations in Canada. This series, hosted by President Mary Barroll, will provide in-depth conversations with experts in the nonprofit sector. We’ll examine diversity, equity and inclusion, innovations in fundraising, the gap in female representation in leadership and many other subjects crucial to the growth and development of charities throughout Canada.
A perfect storm is threatening the very foundation of Canada’s nonprofit sector. A severe shortage of volunteers has led to the cancellation and suspension of critical programming and services across Canada and, in some cases, the closure of entire organizations. In this episode of CharityVillage Connects, we explore why so many volunteers simply didn’t return post-pandemic, how current trends are impacting volunteerism in Canada, and what organizations can do to recruit new volunteers and retain those they already have. Can this looming crisis be averted? Hear sector experts weigh in on this critical issue in our latest episode.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
· Megan Conway, President and CEO, Volunteer Canada
· Heather Johnson, President, Professional Association of Volunteer Leaders – Ontario (PAVRO)
· Lisa Mort-Putland, Executive Director, Volunteer Victoria
· Raaj Chatterjee, Co-Founder and CEO, Meaningful Work
· Lori Gotlieb, Volunteer Management Consultant, Lori Gotlieb Consulting
About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
CharityVillage Resources from this Episode
· CharityVillage eLearning: Virtual Volunteering
· CharityVillage eLearning: Volunteer Engagement
· Checklist for Writing Effective Volunteer Postings
· Post a free volunteer listing on CharityVillage
· Search for volunteer opportunities on CharityVillage
Additional Resources from this Episode
We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:
· Critical lack of volunteers putting Canadian non-profit services at risk: Volunteer Canada (CBC)
· B.C. outreach organizations are struggling to meet demand (CBC)
· 2022 State of the Sector During Uncertain Times (ONN) [Volunteers Are Not Returning, page 9]
· National Action Strategy for Volunteerism (Volunteer Canada)
· Canadian Survey of Business Conditions, Fourth Quarter 2022 (Statistics Canada)
· Senior Volunteering Project: The Impact of COVID and Pandemic Precautions on Senior Volunteers (Volunteer Victoria)
· What Trends Will Impact Nonprofits and Charities in the First Quarter of 2023? (Imagine Canada)
· Let’s talk about the problems with volunteering (The Philanthropist)
· Virtual Volunteering (Volunteer Canada)
· Survey on Volunteer Recruitment (Carleton University) (June 2023)
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
For years, many nonprofit leaders have been calling for better representation within the federal government. The hope is for a sector that has as great an impact on government policies as it does on the people and causes it serves. In this episode, we delve into the campaign for a federal “Home in Government” for the charitable sector and how, if successful, this could improve nonprofits' influence on policy that affects them directly and indirectly. We’ll also hear from the first Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Non-Profits in British Columbia to find out more about her work, and how a Home in Government actually looks in practice.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Resources from this Episode
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About Charity Village
CharityVillage is a resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations in Canada. Since 1995, CharityVillage has been the HR partner for recruitment in the Canadian nonprofit sector. Our specialized job and volunteer board for Canadian nonprofit professionals has helped thousands of organizations find exceptional talent. Through our online learning courses, volunteer and event listings, webinars, newsletters, articles, tools and resources, we help nonprofit staff and volunteers do their best work every day.
In this episode, upon the first anniversary of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’ll hear unique perspectives from Indigenous leaders from across Canada on what September 30 means to them, the painful legacy it symbolizes, and how, together, we can hopefully move forward. Underlying these discussions is the role that Canadian nonprofits can play in supporting Indigenous-led charitable activities. Considering that The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was established over 14 years ago, why has the sector failed to take a more meaningful role in an area where its support could make a real difference? Tune in to this special episode of CharityVillage Connects to hear from Indigenous leaders about how the nonprofit sector can better support, and ally with, Indigenous-led organizations and communities.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not-for-profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
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In this episode, host Mary Barroll explores a bit of a mystery: Why, with incredibly sophisticated technology within easy reach, are some nonprofits still struggling to adapt and take advantage of digital tools? Is it simply a question of cost? Or is something more fundamental at work here, such as a lack of skills and understanding of how digital technology can help charitable organizations better connect with donors and volunteers? Listen to the full episode to hear our guests discuss these questions and more, and to learn how your organization can work towards digital transformation.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
· Marina Glogovac, former CEO of CanadaHelps
· Aine McGlynn, Nonprofit Technology Expert, Aine McGlynn Consulting
· Katie Gibson, Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships at CIO Strategy Council and the Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience
· Daniel Oh, Country Manager (Interim) at Sage Canada
· Joy Robson, Co-Founder of Data for Good
· Matt Ambrose, Partner at BDO Canada
· Wen-Chih O’Connell, Executive Director of PayPal Giving Fund Canada
About your Host
Mary Barroll, President of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Resources from this Episode
We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:
· Future of Giving: Online Across Generations (PayPal Giving Fund)
· Digital Transformation for Nonprofits (CharityVillage eLearning Course)
· Are Canada’s Charities Ready for Digital Transformation? (CanadaHelps Digital Skills Survey 2021)
· Grow Together: How digital transformation empowers Canadian nonprofit organizations to embrace change (Sage Canada)
· A Guide for Not-for-Profit's Digital Transformation (BDO Canada)
· Google Workspace for Nonprofits
· Microsoft 365 Nonprofit Solutions
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
In our last episode of CharityVillage Connects, which explored alternative revenue streams for nonprofits, we touched on a piece of legislation that, if enacted, could have a dramatic impact on how charities do their work.
Bill S-216, otherwise known as the Effective and Accountable Charities Act, seeks to amend the Income Tax Act to empower charities by allowing them to more effectively collaborate with a wider range of organizations, including those without charitable status, which the Act refers to as “non-qualified donees”. Proponents of the Bill say the amendments are necessary to get rid of burdensome and expensive redtape and outdated legal bureaucracy. But the key shift proposed by Bill S-216 is much more aspirational: to eliminate the deeply-rooted and historic paternalism that many see embedded in the current rules about how charities can operate.
In this episode, we speak with Senator Ratna Omidvar, sponsor of Bill S-216, and with other nonprofit sector experts to explore the pros and cons of this legislation, as well as the deeper implications of what it means for Canadian charitable organizations if it becomes law.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
· The Honourable Ratna Omidvar, Senator for Ontario, The Senate of Canada
· Susan Manwaring, Partner at Miller Thomson LLP
· Cathy Taylor, Executive Director of the Ontario Nonprofit Network
· Mark Blumberg, Partner at Blumberg Segal LLP
· Bill Mintram, Director Indigenous and Northern Relations at Rideau Hall Foundation
· Kris Archie, Chief Executive Officer of The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (The Circle)
About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Resources from this Episode
We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:
· Bill S-216: The Effective and Accountable Charities Act
· Speech on Bill S-216 (The Honourable Ratna Omidvar)
· Open Letter by Charity Lawyers in Support of Bill S-216
· Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy (Foundation for Black Communities)
· Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees – 2018 (Canadian Charity Law)
· Concerns about Bill S-216 (Mark Blumberg)
· Orange Shirt Day
· Budget 2022 (Government of Canada News Release)
· Nonprofits brief MPs on impact of key legislation (Imagine Canada)
· Bill introduced in House of Commons to remove ‘direction and control’ (The Philanthropist)
· The new qualifying disbursements rules: An improvement? (Miller Thomson LLP)
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
In this episode
In our first CharityVillage Connects episode we explored how COVID-19 forced organizations to quickly rethink their traditional fundraising initiatives, such as in-person events and galas. In this episode, we carry the conversation further by considering the dramatic shifts currently taking place in Canadian nonprofit funding models and revenue sources, including social enterprise, so-called “patient” loans, and impact investing. In addition to discussing how these initiatives can help support administration costs and capacity building, we look at the chilling effect of the WeCharity scandal on nonprofit organizations' willingness to embrace these new models.
Join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, as she speaks to sector experts about the risks and rewards that Canadian charities and nonprofits must think about as they look to diversify their revenue and engage in alternative funding models.
Meet our guests in order of appearance
About your host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Resources from this Episode
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Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
In this episode
Is "The Great Resignation” real? And is it impacting the Canadian nonprofit sector? In this episode, our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, asks these questions and explores other important workplace trends, including whether nonprofits are seen as a desirable career path and if inequitable workplaces and burnout have caused high turnover. Join Mary and a group of experts from across the nonprofit sector to delve into these issues, as well as identify solutions your nonprofit or charity can put into place to keep your valuable staff from moving on to greener pastures.
Meet our guests in order of appearance
· Jim Moss, Executive Director of YMCA WorkWell
· Lisa Taylor, President of Challenge Factory
· Deborah Legrove, President of crawfordconnect
· Maryann Kerr, CEO of The Medalist Group
· Veronica Utton, Managing Director of V. Utton & Associates
· Dr. Wendy Cukier, Founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University
About your host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Resources from this Episode
We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:
· Human Resources Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities & Nonprofits (CharityVillage and The Portage Group) (April 2021)
· Overwhelm and Burnout: What’s the Difference? (CharityVillage)
· Insights to Impact: The Depleted, the Overworked and the Underappreciated (YMCA WorkWell)
· The 50-30 Challenge (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
· How to get involved in the 50-30 Challenge (recorded webinar presented by the Diversity Institute)
· Tarnished: Let’s Rethink, Reimagine, and Co-Create a New Social Impact Sector
· Ontario’s “Right to Disconnect” Legislation
· Diversity of Charity and Non-profit Boards of Directors (Statistics Canada)
· Demystifying Veterans as a Hidden Talent Pool (Challenge Factory)
· Ontario Nonprofit Network State of the Sector 2021
· Working from Home: Productivity and Preference (Statistics Canada)
· Rising to the Challenges (crawfordconnect)
· Preparing the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders (crawfordconnect)
· Retain and Gain: Career Management for Non-Profits and Charities
· The most important question for returning to the office is not who, how, or when. Here’s why. (Challenge Factory)
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
Don't miss our next episode, Is "The Great Resignation” real? And is it impacting the Canadian nonprofit sector? In our next episode, our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, asks these questions and explores other important workplace trends, including whether nonprofits are seen as a desirable career path and if inequitable workplaces and burnout have caused high turnover.
On this episode:
Join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, to learn how nonprofits can better support their staff and volunteers when it comes to mental health. We speak to experts about burnout, isolation and depression, as well as potential solutions designed to help employers create lasting change. We’ll explore how the ongoing pandemic has exacerbated the chronic mental health challenges faced by nonprofit professionals and how employers can better support their staff by creating psychologically and emotionally healthier workplaces.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Resources from this Episode
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On this episode
At the end of a challenging year that disproportionately impacted the nonprofit sector, we're bringing you an episode of celebration featuring those whose efforts went above and beyond during this historically difficult time. In November 2021, Charity Village launched our inaugural CharityVillage Conference and Awards, honouring the commitment, passion and drive shown by those who made meaningful and outstanding contributions to their organizations and communities this year.
Since the award winners were announced, our communication channels have been buzzing with questions about what the winners did that really made them stand out and helped them win the votes of our expert judges. In this episode, join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, as she sits down with our award winners to learn their secrets to success and how you can put their learning into action at your organization.
Meet Our Guests
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
About CharityVillage
CharityVillage® is a career resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations across Canada.
About Your HostMary Barroll is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
In this episode, we focus on the devastating impact COVID shutdowns and restrictions had on fundraising, how nonprofits pivoted and embraced new digital tools to transform their fundraising models in record speed. Join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, to hear crucial advice from some of Canada’s top experts to rebuild, diversify and strengthen your fundraising strategies and do some crystal ball gazing to see what key innovations are like to remain as the sector emerges from the pandemic and into a new normal.
Meet Our Guests
· Marina Glogovac, President & CEO of CanadaHelps
· Ruth MacKenzie, President & CEO of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP)
· Wen-Chih O’Connell, Executive Director of PayPal Giving Fund Canada
· Daryl Hatton, Founder & CEO of FundRazr
About Your HostMary Barroll is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Additional Resources from this EpisodeWe've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:
· CharityVillage Crowdfunding
· PayPal Giving Fund and the Give at Checkout Toolkit
· CanadaHelps and the 2021 Giving Report
· Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP) and the Will Power Campaign
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
About CharityVillage
CharityVillage® is a career resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations across Canada.
Welcome to CharityVillage Connects – a 12 episode series that highlights topics vital to the nonprofit sector in Canada. CharityVillage is a resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations in Canada. This series will provide in-depth conversations with experts in the nonprofit sector. We’ll examine diversity, equity and inclusion, innovations in fundraising, the gap in female representation in leadership and many other subjects crucial to the growth and development of charities throughout Canada.
For more visit CharityVillage.com