Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director Have you ever been invited to a wedding or birthday and found yourself in a circumstance where the best you could do is send a gift? We’ve all been there to one degree or another and typically we don’t feel great about it. Sometimes life and circumstance get in the… Read more →
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Social Finance: What is it and why do I Care?
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director Have you heard? The Social Finance Fund has finally begun flowing thanks to the federal government moving ahead on an announcement made five years ago. You haven’t? That’s ok. For those of us steeped in the space it seems like you cannot throw a metaphorical rock these days without hitting… Read more →
Nothing About Us Without Us
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director I love the phrase “nothing about us, without us.” As a concept it expresses a simple, elegant idea of involvement – no one gets to have a conversation about us, without us. No one gets to advocate for us, no one gets to propose solutions or develop policies on our… Read more →
The Value of a Distributed Social Infrastructure
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director Over the years, particularly when we approach municipal and provincial elections, the calls for dramatically increased spending on social infrastructure in Winnipeg get louder. Honestly who can blame people? The evidence of need for a massively expanded inventory of safe, accessible, affordable housing is obvious. There are clear signs that… Read more →
Boards and Governance in Non-Profits
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director How important are boards to the average non-profit? I have been involved in many non-profit organizations and invariably someone asks this question, usually out of frustration. “I mean, why do we need a board?” the person wonders aloud. “They don’t do anything and usually obstruct all of our good ideas…”… Read more →
Membership Has Its Privileges
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director The old, oft-repeated phrase “membership has its privileges” rears up from time to time in different places and in different ways but what does it really mean? Incorporated non-profits like Jubilee Fund are membership-driven organizations. Structurally our members are the ultimate authority, as is the case with any member-driven body…. Read more →
A Moral Compass in the Non-profit Sector
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director A lot of wise, probably somewhat life-worn folks over the years have said a variation of the following sentiment: “Knowledge is a burden.” In the non-profit sector this can be felt when attempting to navigate the often rough seas on ethics and morality, particularly in governance and decision making. Now… Read more →
Non-Profits and the Generation Gap
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 →
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