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- 2010 Legacies Now
This nonprofit works in partnership with community organizations, non-government organizations, the private sector, and all levels of government to develop sustainable legacies in sport and recreation, healthy living, arts, literacy, accessibility, and volunteerism.
They exist to actively assist communities to discover and create unique and inclusive social and economic opportunities leading up to and beyond the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
- ACCESS: The Non-profit Learning, Training & Development Index
Developed by the HR Council for the Voluntary & Non-profit Sector (HR Council), the site allows users to search for learning opportunities and providers by province or region, topic area, language
of instruction or preferred learning approach. Listings include not only accredited programs
and courses offered by post-secondary institutions, but also programs
offered by community-based trainers and other organizations including workshops, networking
sessions and virtual learning.
- Advancing Cultural Diversity in Volunteer Management Project
This project is working to develop the organizational and community capacity of nonprofit organizations in Ontario to recruit and support a more culturally diverse volunteer base.
Their site contains a variety of resources, news items, and other practical tools for organizations looking to increase the cultural diversity of their volunteers.
- Association Resource Centre (ARC)
Includes articles, resources and an 'Ask the Expert' forum to help associations improve their performance.
- A - Z Directory for Board Governance
Created by Volunteer BC, this directory offers articles and links to other resources related to every stage of board development, from choosing your first directors to dealing with a mature board.
- BC & Yukon Technical Support Network
A network for voluntary sector organizations looking for technical
help. It offers tech-related resources, plus several directories where
organizations can post or find services and products.
- Ben's Blog: Building Nonprofits
This blog aims to provide insight and value to the nonprofit community on how to manage, administer, and grow nonprofits into sustainable infrastructures.
- BequestGuide.org
A navigational guide to the world of charitable bequests for front-line practitioners, including: professional fundraisers specializing in gift planning, development directors, estate administrators and trust officers, financial advisors and allied professionals.
- Board Development
A one-stop site to help improve board development training,
governance and accountability in the Canadian voluntary sector.
- Board Development Program
A unique service that provides assistance to not-for-profit boards in the area of governance through workshops, consultations, training of volunteer instructors, resource materials, and partnerships between Alberta Culture and Community Spirit and Grant MacEwan College.
- Campus Access
A content-rich site geared towards college and university students
in Canada that provides great internship and volunteer work resources.
- CanadaHelps
A free service for charities to receive gifts online through their own website. CanadaHelps facilitates the online donation process by providing donors with a listing of all of Canada's registered charities, allowing them to donate online and instantly receive an e-tax receipt.
- Canada Volunteerism Initiative (CVI)
- Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources (CAVR)
The mission of the Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources is to provide and maintain a national association which promotes the professional administration of volunteer resources, certification of membership, continuing education standards and collaboration with provincial, national and international organizations.
- CanadianArtsNet
Focuses on the 'business' side of a life in the arts in Canada, with free resources that include: an artists directory, web directory, funding databases, forums, and arts event calendar.
- Canadian Book of Charities
A searchable database of Canadian charities organized alphabetically and by subject area. Also includes information for professionals dealing in wills and trusts.
- Canadian
CED Network
The Canadian CED Network brings together organizations and
individuals interested in finding useful and practical solutions to the
economic, social, and environmental challenges facing local communities
across Canada.
- Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
The CCPA publishes research and analysis on a wide range of social and economic issues, including poverty, housing, education, healthcare, and the environment.
- Canadian Donor's Guide
Offers a fully searchable, online database of thousands of the more established and active charitable organizations across the country. Search by name, location, or type of activity.
- Canadian Educational Policy
and Administration Network
A comprehensive on-line database and networking forum about
elementary and secondary education in Canada. CEPAN offers resources and
a process for the continuous renewal and updating of information.
- Canadian Evaluation Society
A nonprofit bilingual association dedicated to the advancement
of evaluation theory and practice in Canada and in the global evaluation
community.
- Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution
A nonprofit alliance of business corporations and law firms
in Canada working together to promote the creative resolution of disputes. The web site includes arbitration rules, model mediation procedures, publications, and links to other related resources.
- Canadian Gateway to Microfinance
A portal site offering news and information on microfinance activities initiated by a wide range of Canadian organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
- Canadian HR Reporter
Provides current news, information on the latest HR trends and practices, expert advice, experiences and insights from HR practitioners, research and resources. Online content can be accessed with a free membership.
- Canadian Outcomes Research Institute (CORI)
Offers resources to assist nonprofit human services organizations
to become outcome-oriented. Includes outcome planning tools, change management
tools, survey writing tools, and measurement planning tools.
- Canadian Social Economy Hub
The CSEHub reaches out to practitioners, researchers, and civil society, offering news, articles, and other tools and resources related to Canada's social economy.
- Canadian Social Planning
Network
This online place for Canadian community social planning councils
to share information is managed by the Canadian Council on Social Development.
- Canadian Social Research Links
A virtual resource centre for Canadian social program information
that includes launchpads to external sites, thematic research guides,
online social research tools and virtual library pages, among other things.
The site is maintained by Gilles Séguin.
- Canadian Women's Health
Network
A network of individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions
concerned with women's health. The CWHN recognizes the importance of information
sharing, education and advocacy on women's health, and works to build
and strengthen the women's health movement in Canada and throughout the
world.
- Caregiver Network
A resource centre created to help caregivers of the elderly
and ill.
- Car Heaven
A vehicle donation program that helps people get their older,
high-polluting cars off the road. Car are recycled and the proceeds support
worthy charities.
- Cass & Fraser
A helpful site from Cass & Fraser Chartered Accountants that
includes: easily navigated commentary on generally accepted accounting
principles for non-profit organizations; an accounting tutorial explaining
some common non-profit journal entries, and the process of posting entries
and compiling financial statements; sample financial statements; and links
to useful information on the financial reporting and taxation of non-profits.
- Centre for Community
Enterprise
Specializes in resources for nonprofit organizations which build
and integrate local initiatives in economic and human resource development.
They also publish Making Waves: Canada's Community Economic Development
Magazine, which includes reports by and for practitioners on the
principles and practice of community-based development.
- Centre for Community
Organizations
Specializes in resources aimed at building nonprofit organizational
and community capacity. Includes handbooks, toolkits, and links to other
helpful web sites.
- Centre for Cultural
Management
Located at the University of Waterloo, the centre provides
leadership in cultural management education and research.
- Centre of
Excellence for Public Sector Marketing
The site presents research on the current "marketing health" of the public and nonprofit sectors, plus a large collection of marketing resources and tools, and a newsletter archive.
- Centre for Nonprofit
Management
Aims to enhance the ability of nonprofit organizations to manage and govern themselves by offering consultations and training, as well as prepared resources and materials.
- Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC)
A valuable information portal offering news, surveys, opinion pieces, and original research on what's happening in Canada and what Canadians think about it.
- Centre for
Studies in Food Security
A collection of publications, links, and resources that aim
to inform and assist community groups, health professionals, universities,
government agencies and others who are interested in the issue of food
security.
- Centre for
Sustainability
The Centre is dedicated to building the capacity of people and organizations engaged in the nonprofit sector in British Columbia. It is an important access and referral point for technical assistance resources.
- Charities File (The)
Funded by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to build the capacity of charitable organizations across Canada, the site aims to increase awareness among charities about annual compliance requirements of the Government of Canada, and provide training on how to complete and submit accurate information returns (T3010s), on time.
- Charity Times Magazine
The home of Charity Times Magazine, which requires a paid subscription to receive issues, this site also includes a number of free resources such as a blog, news, and a listing of events across Canada. Canadian charities can also submit press releases to the magazine.
- CharityLaw.ca
Provides information on legal issues of interest to charities
and not-for-profit organizations both in Canada and internationally in
the form of articles, seminar materials, and newsletters.
- Charitytax.com
Created by lawyer Adam Aptowitzer, this site offers a number of resources related to charity law in Canada, including a free newsletter, charity tax tips, and a charitable contribution calculator for donors.
- CharityVillage
Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector. You are currently
accessing a directory within the CharityVillage site.
- CharityVillage Campus
A series of self-paced, web-based courses developed by senior fundraising consultant and trainer Judi Angel, FAHP. Courses include Proposal Writing, Grantseeking, How Fundraising Works, and many more.
- CharityVillage Donate Used Items page
A list of organizations across Canada that accept goods - such
as clothing, household items, and vehicles - as charitable donations.
- Citizen's Handbook (The)
"The most complete grassroots organizing guide available on
the Internet." Charles Dobson of Vancouver covers Community Organizing,
Community Building Activities, The Citizen's Library, and plenty more.
Useful stuff for those who care about their communities.
- CLEONet
Created by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) as an online clearinghouse for community legal education. It offers a searchable collection of hundreds of resources and news items, on a wide range of legal topics, in several languages.
- Communication Initiative
(International: Victoria, BC)
The Communication Initiative (The CI) network is an online space for sharing the experiences of, and building bridges between, the people and organizations engaged in or supporting communication as a fundamental strategy for economic and social development and change.
- Community-media.com
A collection of articles and free resources to help community
organizations take advantage of community radio or set up their own radio
broadcast. The site also includes links to more than a hundred non-commercial
radio stations in Canada.
- Community Organization Directory (The Red Book -- Vancouver)
Contains information on approximately 5,000 community organizations
in Lower Mainland British Columbia and across Canada.
- Community Literacy of Ontario -- Volunteer Management Resources
A helpful series of resources for literacy volunteers or volunteer
managers of any kind.
- Conference Board of Canada
A group of Canadian business, government and public-sector organizations
that develop and exchange knowledge about organizational strategies and
practices, emerging economic and social trends and key public policy issues.
- Connexions Information Sharing Services
Connexions works to connect individuals and organizations working for social change with each other, with information and ideas, and with the wider community. Connexions Online features resources and organizations fostering democratization, economic justice, environmental responsibility, civil liberties, and the creation and preservation of community.
- Cultural Diversity Program
The Cultural Diversity Program at the Canadian Council on Social
Development (CCSD) is a research unit which focuses on immigration, multiculturalism,
and ethno-racial relations from a social and economic perspective. Its
mission is to assist social service and community organizations as well
as various levels of governments in developing culturally relevant policies,
programs and services.
- Cultural Human Resources Council
Offers HR tools, resources, and links to articles, reports,
and other information for those working in the cultural sector.
- Cultural Planning Toolkit
A guide to assist local governments, as well as arts, cultural and heritage organizations with strategic thinking, decision-making and community consultation during the planning process.
- Culture of Accountability
The site helps nonprofits to better understand the new accountability environment and how they can create a culture of accountability within their organizations. It includes an explanation of the eight critical success factors that need to be present in a highly accountable nonprofit organization.
- Dalhousie University Non-Profit Sector Leadership Program
Provides voluntary and nonprofit organizations with many of the program's resource materials, as well as selected links to other websites that also offer useful information on leadership and management topics.
- Database of Granting Agencies
A useful resource for grant-seekers from the Office of Research
Services at University of British Columbia.
- Developing Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector (HRVS)
A project that will strengthen the ability of voluntary sector
organizations to attract, support, and keep skilled and committed employees.
Resources include the Good HR Practices Tool Kit, HR assessment and planning
tools, information on employee benefits and retirement plans, and much
more.
- Directors' and Officers' (D&O) Liability Insurance Toolkit
Created by Volunteer Alberta, this online tool is designed to help nonprofit directors understand their responsibilities, what can go wrong within the organization, and how to prepare for it.
- DiverseCity onBoard
DiverseCity onBoard matches highly qualified candidates from racially and ethnically diverse communities with governance positions in agencies, boards, commissions and non profit organizations across the GTA.
- EndCanadianPoverty.ca
Offers news, a discussion forum, and other resources to help charities and other organizations end poverty in Canada.
- Enterprising Nonprofits
A source of news, information, resources, and funding opportunities for social enterprise development.
- Envision.ca
Created by the Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, this site offers a wealth of information on managing a voluntary organization in Canada.
- EthicsCentre.ca
Offers a variety of resources on ethics and corporate responsibility,
including articles, speeches, a newsletter, and links to other related
web sites.
- EthicsWeb.ca
A collection of ethics-related websites, this site presents a selected range of high-quality ethics-related resources on particular topics.
- Fostering Sustainable Development
A series of articles, case studies, sample graphics and other
resources for community-based social marketing of sustainable development
programs. The site is run by consulting firm McKenzie-Mohr Associates.
Registration is required, but is free.
- From Good Causes to Root Causes
A toolkit created by Community Foundations of Canada, this site is a practical
resource designed to help funders better understand and address poverty in
Canadian communities. The toolkit helps funders prepare, implement and
evaluate a strategy to respond to poverty in their community. Background
information, discussion questions, and lessons learned all figure prominently.
- Funders' Network on Racism and Poverty
The network provides grantmakers with opportunities for learning, networking, collaboration and resources that enhance the capacity of its members to effect social change on the issue of racialized poverty in Canada.
- Fundraising Toolkit - Guidelines for Disaster Relief Committees
Although published by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing with the intention of assisting disaster relief committees in municipalities with fundraising, this toolkit is of great use to anyone interested in the basic elements of fundraising. The toolkit includes an introduction to fundraising, an explanation of fundraising subcommittees, sample fundraising activities, and tips for success.
- Gavin Perryman and Associates
This site contains many free and useful articles on management, including a detailed board questionnaire. Topics include board and governance, leadership and management, financial and strategic planning, the voluntary sector, partnerships and mergers, and organizational health.
- GiftPlan.ca
Canada's source for news and views on charitable gift planning,
offering news, articles, and resources on all aspects of planned giving
for use by charities and donors
- Gifts In Kind Canada
The Canadian affiliate of Gifts in Kind International, this
organization works to encourage companies to donate newly-manufactured
products to Canadian charities through an efficient countrywide distribution
system.
- Ginsler & Associates
A company which provides governance and management consulting services to nonprofits, this site also has an extensive free resources page which includes about 150 links to studies, reports, and policies on violence and violence prevention, as well as another 150 links addressing nonprofit management and governance.
- GivingandVolunteering.ca
A free resource of key statistical information on the giving
and volunteering of Canadians, based largely on the results of the Canadian
Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (CSGVP).
- GlobalPhilanthropy.ca
GlobalPhilanthropy.ca assists Canadian individuals, nonprofits and charities to conduct foreign activities including international development, humanitarian assistance, and education, and to understand the legal, ethical and practical issues that they face.
- Goodenough.ca
A resource web site developed by Dr. Gillian Kerr and her associates
that is dedicated to providing you with the information technology tools
to run your organizations as inexpensively and effectively as possible.
The site includes articles and links to resources to help with technology
and information management, including many free web-based services.
- GrantBenefit
Developed by Community Foundations of Canada to help grantmakers
better demonstrate the impact of their grantmaking.
- Guarding Minds @ Work
This online guide to workplace psychological safety and health provides employers with practical, user-friendly tools designed to specifically measure the psychological health and safety of their workplace, as well as concrete actions for making improvements and evaluation techniques for current programming.
- Green Legacies: A donor's Guide for B.C.
Information about 22 different planned giving options for nature is provided on this site, as well as updates and new information. The Guide is designed for professional advisors assisting donors (lawyers, financial planners, and appraisers), and for donors looking for the range of giving options.
- Health In Action
A resource web site that provides access to health promotion
and injury prevention. Services include searchable databases of programs,
contacts (agencies/organizations), research and resources, as well as
feature articles, listservs, news releases, and a list of conferences
situated worldwide.
- hireimmigrants.ca
Funded in part by the Maytree Foundation, this site answers the question "Why Hire Immigrants?" It was designed to assist decision makers and leaders who drive Canada's economy to source, select, develop and welcome skilled immigrants as creative contributors to their workforce.
- How to Write a Good Proposal
Created by McMaster University, this collection of resources is primarily aimed at those seeking research grants, though the guidelines, tips, and tutorials can be applied by any organization that is preparing grant proposals.
- HRThoughtLeader.com
Created by the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario, the site delivers the latest news, research, articles about HR management, a glossary of common HR terms, and more.
- iComm
Provides Internet accounts, net resources and assistance to
nonprofit organizations.
- Imagine Canada
A national charitable organization dedicated to advancing the
role and interests of the charitable sector for the benefit of Canadian
communities. Highlights of the site include The Canadian Directory to
Foundations & Grants and an Information Centre featuring material from
the organization's publications.
- In Kind Canada
Canada's first national "Gift-In-Kind" program, matching the
material surpluses of business to the needs of charities.
- Institute on Governance
Offers a variety of helpful articles, toolkits, and other resources
on such topics as Aboriginal governance, accountability and performance
measurement, board governance, building policy capacity, and more.
- Insurance Bureau of Canada - Risk Management Module
Offers risk management information tailored specifically for nonprofits and charities that will help organizations identify, manage and reduce potential risks.
- Insurance Toolkit
Run by Volunteer Alberta, this website provides information for nonprofits on insurance policies, including risk assessment, how to find an agent, understanding and managing policies. It also has information on volunteers and insurance and how to work with your board.
- International Development
Research Centre
A public corporation created by the Canadian government to help
communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic,
and environmental problems through research.
- Knowledge Development Centre
Maintained by Imagine Canada, the site promotes the transfer of knowledge to nonprofit organizations by disseminating information, resources, and tools such as fact sheets, short reports, and manuals on a variety of relevant topics.
- LabourRelations.org
Offers news stories, sample policies, tips, feature articles,
and other resources related to human resources and labour relations issues
in Canada.
- Legal Line
Provides information covering Ontario and Canadian federal
laws, including answers to more than 700 frequently asked questions about
23 areas of law.
- Mental Health Works
Offers tools and resources to help organizations recognize the important role they can play in supporting the mental health of their employees and how they can respond appropriately when employees experience mental health problems.
- Mentoring Canada
An online training and resource program that allows individuals,
companies, and other youth-oriented organizations to learn the qualities
of mentoring. Aside from more than 400 downloadable resources designed
to help organizations currently involved in service delivery in the not-for-profit
sector, the site also contains two interactive training modules.
- Nathan Garber & Associates
This site contains help-sheets, articles, and links to other resources to strengthen the nonprofit sector in general, and boards of directors in particular.
- National Institute of
Disability Management and Research
The institute is committed to reducing the human, social and
economic cost of disability to workers, employers and society through
education, training and research. The focus is on workplace-based reintegration.
- National Technical Assistance Registry (NTAR)
A bilingual, multi-purpose information resource -- skills and
expertise for arts and heritage organizations seeking change. Find help
on change as radical as developing a revised mission and a whole new set
of programs, or as routine as developing a new fund-raising campaign or
a new marketing plan, or updating the human resources policy.
- National Volunteer Week Resource Kit
Published by Volunteer Alberta, this resource kit is highly relevant to nonprofits across the country. The kit includes information to help organizations plan their National Volunteer Week celebrations and media campaigns, and includes a number of resources centred around dealing with the media.
- Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
For small and/or home-based businesses, those considering entrepreneurship,
and especially persons with disabilities involved in or interested in
entrepreneurship. Provided by Ability Network Publishing Inc.
- Niagara College Centre for Community Leadership
A gateway to resources and information for the staff and volunteers
of voluntary sector organizations, including news, tools, templates, samples,
links, and more.
- Nonprofit Library Commons
An online library that serves the nonprofit, voluntary and charitable sector in Canada by providing access and helping to build the sector's collective knowledge base. The site contains a nonprofit newswire, a library catalogue with downloadable resources, and a share section with a knowledge exchange.
- Nonprofit Matrix
A helpful resource site from HJC New Media that explains the
ins and outs of charity portals and Application Service Providers (ASPs).
- Non-Profit Sector Leadership Program
A collection of articles, manuals, tools, and other resources compiled by Dalhousie University's Non-profit Sector Leadership Program.
- Not-For-Profit
and Charity Law Pages
Information on nonprofit, not-for-profit and charity management,
liability, directors, volunteers, employees, fundraising law, tax law,
as well as FAQs, links to other sites, and opportunities for discussion
from the Legal Studies program at the University of Alberta and the Muttart
Foundation.
- Nova Scotia Volunteer Forum
A Canadian forum on volunteer issues, this site offers a wide range of resources all submitted by the public and other nonprofit organizations. The site also has a volunteer news section covering both local and national issues, as well as a notice board for volunteer opportunities available in Nova Scotia.
- On Board
A joint project of of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development and funded by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to build the capacity of small and rural charitable organizations across Canada, this site has a number of free resources including templates, articles, and tools to help managers and directors effectively run their organization.
- Online Health Program Planner
This evidence-based planning tool is geared towards the health sector, but could easily be adapted by other nonprofit programs to assist with their planning needs. The planner includes a workbook, worksheets, evidence to support decision-making, practical tips and recommended resources for each of the six planning steps.
- Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
A non-profit organization with a multidisciplinary focus on
health promotion and prevention activities across the province.
- OYG Consulting
This Canadian consulting firm's website features a number of free resources, including full archives of their free monthly newsletters, and a wide range of free articles covering such topics as facilitation, organization management, human resources, and leadership.
- Performance Management and Appraisal Help Centre
Operated by work911 and author and consultant Robert Bacal, this free resource center's mandate is to offer help in designing, implementing and making use of performance management and performance appraisal systems. The site contains many free resources, including help cards, white papers, FAQs, and a Tools for the Real World series.
- Philanthropic Foundations Canada
Philanthropic Foundations Canada is a national membership organization for Canada’s independent, grantmaking foundations. Their site contains a wealth of information for grantmakers, including grant application success stories and a guide to starting your own foundation.
- PlanetFriendly.net
This site focuses on bringing people together over ideas that matter. It includes articles, resources and event planning tools, including guides on how to organize and promote a successful event, and how to make the most of events and meetings.
- Planforgifts.com
Planforgifts.com is a website specifically designed for charities and nonprofit organizations who are establishing a new planned giving program or enhancing an existing one. The website offers a planned giving strategic plan and everyday tools for running a successful gift planning program.
- Policy.ca
Policy.ca is a non-partisan resource for public discussion of issues in Canadian public policy. This site consists of a constantly growing database of online public policy research publications, as well as information on policy organizations, institutes and researchers.
- PrivacyInfo.ca
Features summaries of all of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's
decisions under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents
Act (PIPEDA), as well as links to Canadian privacy legislation, privacy
law news, and other resources.
- Public
Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA)
Offers a large collection of free publications relating to
legal issues surrounding nonprofit corporations, the environment, health
care, human rights, seniors, children, and more.
- Public
Policy Forum
The Public Policy Forum's mission is to strive for excellence in government - to serve as a neutral, independent forum for open dialogue on public policy, and to encourage reform in public sector management. Its four strategic themes are: globalization and sovereignty; innovation and inclusion; trust and confidence in Canadian institutions; and building better government.
- Public
Values
Public Values is a news site dedicated to looking at privatization and how to fight it. The site has a large amount of industry, campaign, and political information, as well as a current news listing and RSS feed.
- Resource Centre for Voluntary
Organizations
The RCVO is a reference library with an extensive collection
of print and video resources for the non-profit sector. Topics include
volunteer management, agency management, fundraising, board development.
Some resources are for sale. Located in Edmonton Alberta.
- Responsible Investment
Published by Community Foundations of Canada, this site is a guide to responsible investment by foundations. The site includes resources to help foundations start or advance their journey along the path of mission-based investing, adopt appropriate investment policies and programs, and increase the percentage of their assets that are aligned with their mission.
- Risk Management and Governance
Published by the Chartered Accountants of Canada, this site offers concise, informative guidance materials for boards of directors and senior managers. Topics include fraud risk, HR issues, and liability, among others.
- Screening Process
Published by Volunteer Alberta, this site offers a variety of articles, tools, resources, and activities related to effective volunteer screening processes.
- Seniors Computer Information Project
SCIP is a highly acclaimed guide for retirees and older adults
to Manitoban, Canadian and world-wide information and services. SCIP is
a project of Creative Retirement Manitoba.
- Shared Learnings
A directory of organizations working with homeless populations,
advocacy organizations, and organizations involved in funding, as well
as other resources related to homelessness.
- skOOchie
A free tool that helps organize get-togethers and manage sign-ups. Includes templates for nonprofit organizations to send e-mail invitations and track guest registrations. It is flexible and works for a variety of sign-ups and get-togethers, including parties, charity fundraisers, board meetings, and volunteer sign-ups.
- Sources Select Online
Serves journalists and others with information needs. SSO features
the Sources directory -- 5,000 contacts from more than 1,000 organizations
and companies offering expertise and views on over 12,000 subjects.
- Straight Goods
A useful Canadian source for alternative news, consumer information, and coverage of nonprofit groups. The purpose of Straight Goods is to help you save money,
protect your rights, and untangle spin with investigative reports, features,
forums, archives, and links to many others who share our values.
- Strategies For Effective Proposal Writing
Created by the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, this manual
provides a guideline to help organizations decide whether or not to apply
for funding and a step-by-step process on how to proceed.
- Synergy Associates
Offers a collection of articles and research papers related to nonprofit governance and public policy.
- Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement
Offers all kinds of free resources related to leadership, decision-making,
and community-building.
- TechSoup Canada
The Canadian partner of TechSoup Global, this organization provides technology information and support to Canadian nonprofits. They also run an online product donation service that connects nonprofits with technology product donations from major corporations.
- Tools of Change
Founded on the principles of community-based social marketing,
the site offers specific tools, case studies, and a planning guide for
helping people take actions and adopt habits that promote health and/or
are more environmentally-friendly.
- Towards a Respectful Workplace
The result of two workplace studies conducted by researchers at the University of New Brunswick, this toolkit contains information for employees and organizations on how to better create a respectful workplace and avoid workplace bullying. The site also includes an extensive FAQ section as well as a reporting tool to help track organizational bullying.
- VenturePhilathropyGuide.org
Natasha van Bentum's helpful and comprehensive guide to the
emerging world of venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. Includes
links to key resources, articles, and information for fundraisers and social
entrepreneurs.
- Victim-Assistance
Online
An information, research and networking resource for victim
assistance specialists, professionals in related disciplines and all interested
in the field of victimology. Excellent links to other sites in Canada
and internationally.
- VIOLET: Law & Abused
Women
A plain language, woman-friendly, safe space on the Internet
providing passive and interactive services to meet the legal information
needs of abused women and their service providers in Alberta. It includes
information about where go for assistance and a safe place.
- VOICE: Voluntary Organizations
Involved in Collaborative Engagement
Provides tools and resources designed to assist organizations in their ability to build relationships, identify opportunities, and find practical ways to influence policy.
- Voluntary Gateway
The Voluntary Gateway offers a wide array of free resources related to Canada's nonprofit sector, including regularly updated news and resources, access to online communities, access to discussion forums, and a weekly e-newsletter.
- Voluntary Sector Initiative
A joint initiative between Canada's voluntary sector and the
federal government with the long-term objective of strengthening the sector's
capacity to meet the challenges of the future, and enhancing the relationship
between the sector and the federal government. A key source of information
regarding important developments affecting Canada's voluntary sector.
- Voluntary Sector Knowledge
Network
A resource site that assists managers of nonprofit organizations.
It includes a wide range of articles and other helpful information on
such topics as leadership, community & government relations, fundraising,
accountability & evaluation, and much more.
- Volunteer Canada
Volunteer Canada is the national voice for volunteerism and
has provided leadership on issues and trends in the Canadian volunteer
movement since 1977. Volunteer Canada actively engages in research, training
and other national initiatives designed to increase community participation
across the country.
- Volunteer Lawyers Service
The Volunteer Lawyers Service provides free legal assistance
to nonprofit and charitable organizations in Ontario, including a broad
range of business law services: employment law; duties and liabilities
of directors; real estate and leases; trademark registration; privacy;
contracts; etc.
- Volunteer Lawyers Service - Calgary
Volunteer Lawyers Service is a special initiative of the United Way of Calgary and Area, the Canadian Bar Association Alberta, the Law Society of Alberta, and the Association of General Counsel of Alberta. It is aimed at providing eligible charitable organizations in Calgary and area with free legal services and advice.
- Volunteer Value Calculator
This easy-to-use, online tool is designed to help you calculate the economic value of the volunteers at your organization. There are eight separate calculations in the Volunteer Value Calculator, categorized into three strategic areas, human resource productivity measures, volunteer program efficiency measures, and community support measures.
- Volunteering and Healthy Aging
Created by Volunteer Canada, this site helps Canada's baby boomers to stay active through volunteer work. The site also presents a wealth of informaton to organizations on how to adapt a volunteer program to include the unique needs of baby boomers, thereby improving recruitment and retention.
- Volunteers and the Law in Alberta
This interactive web tool provides up-to-date and accurate information, intended to give a general overview of the various areas of law and how these areas relate to volunteer programs, Board of Directors, and to the volunteers themselves. Although specific to Alberta's statutes, this resource will prove to be valuable to all Canadians across Canada.
- VolWeb.ca
VolWeb.ca helps support events across British Columbia by connecting organizations and volunteers using a web-based registration system that makes it easy for event organizers to recruit their team of volunteers. The site also offers a collection of tools, templates, and resources for both volunteers and volunteer managers.
- Women in Global Science and Technology
Promotes international collaboration and coalition building
among women scientists and technologists around the world.
- Workplace Development Toolkit
Created by the Settlement and Integration Services Organization, this online toolkit provides a wide array of resources assisting organizations in hiring a diverse workforce as well as Internationally Trained Professionals and Tradespeople. The toolkit includes an FAQ section, an overview of recruitment and diversity, as well as specific tools including a sample job ad, resume screening tip sheet, and a sample job offer.
- Young Retired
The volunteering section of this site offers a series of video interviews on the benefits experienced by volunteers, how to find a local volunteer assignment, placements abroad offered by major Canadian NGOs, and how to create volunteer roles that are attractive to skilled boomers.
- Youth in Philanthropy Canada
Provides news, information, and resources for and about Canada's youth in philanthropy movement, including guidelines for creating a youth advisory council in your community.
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