Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director Fragile. Self-centered. Unrealistic. Just some of the criticism leveled at Generation Z. For those of you not keeping track Generation Z are the people born between the mid-90s to early 2010s. They are generally the children of Generation X (my generation). Between Gen X and Gen Z are the Millennials… Read more →
The Ever Present Housing Need
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director In the past two years more than 90 percent of the projects Jubilee Fund has seen, have in one way or another been related to affordable housing. There is no doubt that housing is a top priority issue not only in Winnipeg and throughout Manitoba, but across Canada. In an… Read more →
Faith, the Holidays and the Non-Profit
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director There are two topics it is suggested you never broach in polite conversation (or writing) – politics and religion. You will be happy to hear we will not be talking about politics here. Of course what this means is we need to sensitively and appropriately broach the subject of religion…. Read more →
‘Tis the Season
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director Well – we’ve done it – we’ve made to the end of another amazing year of growth in opportunity and awareness? As a non-profit there are times when the end of the year feels like it starts sometime in August because there is so much to prepare for an consider… Read more →
Morality and Ethics in a Diverse World
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director In a diverse and ever shrinking world such things as ethics and values can be a tad difficult to grasp in any clear-cut way. This is not necessarily a bad thing. When you have to engage with a thought or an idea you come to better understand it and it… Read more →
Why More Canadians are Leaving a Gift to Charity in Their Wills
We are blessed. Supporters of Jubilee Fund are thoughtful individuals, who share a concern for sustainable and innovative poverty reduction and are committed to building a better future. Often people think about contributing to the causes they care about with monthly donations or volunteering time, but there is a growing number of people who are… Read more →
The Hardest Word a Non-Profit Can Say
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director No. This might be the hardest word a non-profit can say. As non-profit employees, volunteers and managers we are used to hearing no regularly in terms of funding requests, grants etc. but no amount of hearing it prepares you for having to say it. This may be partly due to… Read more →
Team Building in a Non-Profit
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director I remember my early days in the typical office environment where periodically a well-meaning manager would announce a team building event and by and large a loud collective groan would raise up amongst my coworkers. It would usually be something of an athletic/cheer leading type of an event. You could… Read more →
The Innovative Non-Profit
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director I have always believed that there is no such thing as sustain in any organization be that a for-profit or non-profit business. If you are not moving forward, growing, developing, and innovating, you are sliding backward. One of the reasons I believe this is that the work of a non-profit… Read more →
When Membership Has No Privileges
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director If you are part of a member-based, board-run organization (like a not-for-profit) and you struggle to get enough members to even fill your board then you need to ask whether your organization should continue to exist. The traditional structure of a not-for-profit is as follows: members are the base of… Read more →
