Directory of Resources to Support Information Needs of the Non-profit Sector
A Repository of Articles, Documents and Contacts. Use the SEARCH facility at the top of Website to enter your search keyword. Be sure to check "only in current section" if you only want to search this Resource folder, otherwise you will be searching the entire Website (including News, Events, etc.) As an alternative, look at the 'QUICK SEARCH' folders in this Section for a pre-selected listing of issues identified as important to the Non-profit Sector.
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ICID Corporate Disaster Checklist-Canadian
- International Centre for Infectious Diseases Checklist-A Canadian Adaptation of the ICID Corporate Checklist for Distaster Planning (Management, HR, Finance, Legal, Security, Technology, etc)
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ICID Quick Reference Guide-Pandemic Planning
- International Centre for Infectious Diseases Quick Reference Guide
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LESSONS LEARNED – THE ROLE OF THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR IN EMERGENCY PLANNING IN CANADA
- Prepared for the MHHL Equity and Ethics H1N1 Planning Table (Manitoba Health) - By Martin Itzkow (Co-Chair Manitoba Federation of Non-profit Organizations) - August, 2009
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Faith Based Community Checklist for Disaster Planning
- FAITH-BASED & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS CHECKLIST
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pandemic_checklist_childcare -MB Health
- pandemic_checklist_childcare -MB Health
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Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic
- Preparing_for_an_Influenza_Pandemic_revised_April_29_2009
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Additional Measures to Reduce Spread of Infection in the Workplace
- Additional Measures to Reduce Spread of Infection in the Workplace
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Good Hygiene in the Workplace
- Good Hygiene in the Workplace
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Business Guidance regarding Pandemic Planning
- Business Guidance regarding Pandemic Planning
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After Katrina!
- Public Expectation and Charities' Response
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Challenging Times
- Challenges and Opportunities for Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Sector during Tough Economic Times
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Cashflow Calisthenics
- Van City: Maintaining a cashflow positive organization in uncertain times
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Managing in Hard Times
- Identify the right financial information to track, in order to anticipate financial difficulties before they occur
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Negotiating with Funders
- When Funding is Withdrawn, Negotiating with Funders
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The Forgotten Fundamentals
- Caledon Institute: Missing in this debate is another set of fundamentals − social fundamentals.
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Closing Down the Right Way
- When nonprofit boards have to shut down ("dissolve") the organization
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Collaboration in the Third Sector
- Collaboration in the Third Sector: From competition to impact driven cooperation
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Partnerships
- Forming a partnership is a strategic decision
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Listening Post Communique
- In the face of this fiscal stress, nonprofit organizations are displaying enormous resilience
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Financial Strains
- THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY
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Strengthening the Capacity
- Imagine Canada: Roundtable participants made recommendations in six key areas.
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Tough Times
- Charity Village
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Quantitative Research on Sector Organizations in Manitoba (2003)
- Manitoba Research
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Qualitative Research on Sector Organizations in Manitoba (2000)
- Manitoba Research
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Youth Sample Report (2003)
- Manitoba Research
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Ethnocultural Sample Report (2003)
- Manitoba Research
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Aboriginal Community Sample (2003)
- Manitoba Research Aboriginal Sample Research - 2003
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Final Report from the MVSI
- Manitoba Voluntary Sector Innitiative - 2003
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Final Report from Policy Summit
- Manitoba Voluntary Sector Innitiative - 2003
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Supporting Organizational Infrastructure
- A background paper prepared for the Voluntary Sector Initiative Secretariat, May 2002 By Lynn Eakin, Lynn Eakin and Associates
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The Role of the Voluntary Sector in Delivering Public Services
- Funding is critical to the success of the Government’s drive to improve services, but it is about much more than money.
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Magnets and Glue - Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
- The Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations’ aim is to stimulate discussions among the three sectors about how they can work together collaboratively in pursuit of a common goal for our community
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Highlights of National Survey of Sector Organizations - 2003
- Research is a critical first step towards enabling evidence-based policy development by governments and others to strengthen nonprofit and voluntary organizations.
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"Strength under Stress" - Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organization
- A Portrait of Calgary’s Voluntary Sector - 2005
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Constructing a Philanthrophy Scale
- Philanthropy expresses long-term commitments with public goods. Key motives for philanthropy concern stewardship and social responsibility for the well-being of society as a whole. These motives have rarely been studied.
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Canadian Satellite Account of Non-Profits and Volunteering
- Testing the Handbook of Nonprofit Institutions In the Canadian System of National Accounts
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Daring to Lead
- This national study of nonprofit executive directors expands on the findings of CompassPoint’s1999 report, Leadership Lost: A Study of Executive Director Tenure and Experience
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Social networks of participants in voluntary associations
- In which respects do the social networks of members of voluntary associations differ from those of non-members?
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CCSD, IC and CPRN Submission to Gomery Commission
- The Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities - The nonprofit and charitable sector is no stranger to the importance of accountability!
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Voluntary and Community Infrastructure
- This document is part of a consultation exercise and sets out the case for the development and funding of voluntary and community sector (VCS) infrastructure in England. - 2003
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Election materials
- This kit has materials to help you raise election candidates’ awareness of the Charities and Democracy Project and convey your concerns about the current restrictions on charities and advocacy.
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Government and Governance
- recent research about the experience of VSO in Ontario and the devolution of responsibility from one government to another...ferderal - provincial to municipal responsibility.
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Cooperatives:Generic Articles of Incorporation
- Cooperatives, Co-ops
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Generic Manitoba Cooperative By-Law
- Cooperatives, Co-ops
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Cooperatives: By-Law Options
- Cooperatives, Co-ops
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Cooperatives: Instructions for Articles of Incorporation
- Cooperatives, Co-ops
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Cooperatives: Notice of Registered Office
- Cooperatives, Co-ops
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Cooperatives: By-Law District Delegates
- Cooperatives, Co-ops
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Article in Charity Village for the MVSI 2003
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Presentation to Parliamentary Committee on Finance - Pre-Budget Consultation
- Presented to the Parliamentary Committee on October 21, 2005 in Winnipeg by Martin Itzkow and Sid Frankel
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Building Better Workplaces Launch
- Details of the BBW launch January, 2010 focussed on organization with members or serving Aboriginal and Newcomer constituencies.
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New Charitable 'Toolkit' for Non-profit Organizations
- Imagine Canada offers a comprehensive information for Charitable non-profit organizations in its Charitable Toolkit site
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Profile of Voluntary & Non-profit Health & Social Services in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements - Health & Social Services in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees - Health & Social Services Non-profit Organizations in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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Employee Retirement Rates - Health & Social Services Non-profit Organizations in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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Employee Vacancy Rates - Health & Social Services Non-profit Organizations in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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Training & Development of Employees - Health & Social Services Non-profit Organizations in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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Use of HR Professionals/Board HR Policy - Health & Social Services Non-profit Organizations in Manitoba
- One of 7 Fact Sheets issued in conjunction with the release of a Survey Research Report (2010) of the Manitoba Health & Social Services sub-sector. This was a joint initiative of MFNPO and the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics. Fact Sheets included - A Profile of the NP Health & Social Services sub-sector in Manitoba, Current Skill Needs/Future Skill Requirements, Obtaining/Retaining Needed Employees, Employee Retirement Rates, Employee Vacancy Rates, Providing Further Training & Development, Use of HR Professionals & Board Adoption of a HR Policy.
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The Voluntary and Non-profit Health & Social Services Sectors in Manitoba
- A Profile of its Composition, Workplace Challenges & Resources for Meeting Those Challenges


