How will HST affect your organization?
Posted on 14. Nov, 2009 by admin.
In June 2010 the HST will come into effect. The Ontario Nonprofit Network has put together a detailed brief and a tool for assessing its impact on your organization.
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Save the Date: Toronto – A City Fit for Children
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Middle Childhood Matters Coalition Toronto is hosting a one day interactive forum with leading Canadian researchers and dynamic speakers in the field of middle childhood.
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Carol Goar reports on SPT Research Forum and Hard Hit
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Reporting on Wednesday’s Social Planning Toronto Research Forum, Carol Goar, a columnist with the Toronto Star, highlights the Hard Hit Report and the challenges facing nonprofits in today’s economic climate. Includes responding letter to the editor from The Stop’s Jonah Schein.
Beth Wilson, SPT’s Senior Researcher, was quoted about the unsustainability of the responses which social services have used up to this point.
“I wonder if there is sufficient infrastructure in place in these organizations to support so many volunteers and to oversee their work,” she said. “Also I wonder whether volunteers are being called upon to take on work they may not be qualified to do or may not be appropriate for them to do.”
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Mapping EI Changes in Ontario
Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by admin.
This map from Statistics Canada demonstrates the percentage change in the number of EI recipients in Ontario between August 08 and August 09.
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City of Toronto Launches ‘Open’
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by admin.
The City of Toronto’s official data set catalogue (beta version) has opened. Access City data, get information about City data and the City’s OpenTO initiative and give them feedback.
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