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Leading with Intention: Employer-Supported Volunteering in Canada An indepth discussion on Employer-Supported Volunteer Programs in Canada including case studies, program design, and execution. Credit: Volunteer Canada Date: 2016 For more information on this resource click here. View

Skills-Based Volunteering: A Discussion Paper

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Skills-Based Volunteering: A Discussion Paper The purpose of the discussion paper is to provide context for skills-based volunteering by exploring the evolution of volunteerism and models of volunteer engagement. The objectives are: 1. To provide a framework for discussion about the policy and practical implications of skills-based volunteer engagement 2. To serve as a springboard […]

Employee-Supported Volunteering: The Practice and the Promise of Community Engagement

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Employee-Supported Volunteering: The Practice and the Promise of Community Engagement A discussion on the value of employee-supported volunteer programs to employers, employees, and the greater community. Credit: Volunteer Canada Date: 2014 For more information on this resource click here. View

Infograph Employee-Supported Volunteering: The Practice and the Promise of Community Engagement

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Infograph Employee-Supported Volunteering: The Practice and the Promise of Community Engagement Infograph on Employee-Supported Volunteer Programs. Credit: Volunteer Canada Date: 2014 For more information on this resource click here. View

Making a Difference: Strategies for Scaling Social Innovation for Greater Impact

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Making a Difference: Strategies for Scaling Social Innovation for Greater Impact This article explores the strategies and dynamics of scaling up social innovations. Social innovation is a complex process that profoundly changes the basic routines, resource and authority flows, or beliefs of the social system in which it occurs. Various applications of marketing and diffusion […]

Five Configurations for Scaling Up Social Innovation: Case Examples of Nonprofit Organizations From Canada

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Five Configurations for Scaling Up Social Innovation: Case Examples of Nonprofit Organizations From Canada Why do so many social innovations fail to have a broad impact? Successful social entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations often “scale out” innovative solutions to local problems in order to affect more communities or numbers of individuals. When faced with institutional barriers, […]

Can Work Be Safe, When Home Isn’t: Initial Findings of a Pan-Canadian Survey on Domestic Violence and the Workplace

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Can Work Be Safe, When Home Isn’t: Initial Findings of a Pan-Canadian Survey on Domestic Violence and the Workplace Canadian employers lose $77.9 million annually due to the direct and indirect impacts of domestic violence, and the costs, to individuals, families and society, go far beyond that. However, we know very little about the scope […]

Video – ‘Purl’ Workplace Culture Video

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Video – ‘Purl’ Workplace Culture Video This animated short video features an earnest ball of yarn named Purl who gets a job in a fast-paced, high energy, bro-tastic financial investments start-up company. As a female, Purl tries her best to fit into her male-dominated workplace by trying to turn herself into a man. However, she […]

Video – Man Up: Part 3 – How do men battle with body image?

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Video – Man Up: Part 3 – How do men battle with body image? BBC Sport gathers together five young men for a series of honest conversations about what it’s like to be a man in 2019, and the impact that can have on their mental health. Journalist Ben Zand, sprinter James Ellington, footballers David […]

Video – Man Up: Part 2 – How do men battle against depression & suicidal thoughts?

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Video – Man Up: Part 2 – How do men battle against depression & suicidal thoughts? BBC Sport gathers together five young men for a series of honest conversations about what it’s like to be a man in 2019, and the impact that can have on their mental health. Journalist Ben Zand, sprinter James Ellington, […]