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Federally Regulated Entities Under Scrutiny for Non-Compliance with Accessibility Requirements From Michelle McKinnon at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP- "The Accessible Canada Act and Accessible Canada Regulations came into force in 2019 and require federally regulated entities to, among other things, consult people with disabilities and publish Accessibility Plans. Accessibility Plans must include certain information, including information about barriers facing people with disabilities and solutions to address those barriers. Federally regulated entities with more than 100 employees were required to publish their Accessibility Plans by June 1, 2023, and federally regulated entities with between 10 and 99 employees were required to publish their Accessibility Plans by June 1, 2024." #AccessibilityInTheNews https://lnkd.in/guQFbdzw

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Indigenomics NOW is a powerful platform reimagining Indigenous economies! Join us for Indigenomics NOW—a 24-hour virtual experience on November 14th that showcases Indigenous leadership in economic self-determination, sustainable business, and systems transformation. Each session dives deep into how Indigenous businesses are shaping a resilient future, blending ancestral knowledge with cutting-edge strategies. Register now to be part of a transformative economic dialogue! Registration available here: https://lnkd.in/g-7dx-PZ #Indigenomics #EconomicJustice #IndigenomicsNOW #IndigenousEconomy

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I want to say out loud that several of these folx are my most trusted collaborators, others are new leaders to our shared network. But ALL are experts in this space who usually teach longer (more costly) courses and private client programs. This is a low time/cost commitment that will pay you MAX dividends. How to join a board? What’s the commitment of time and expectations? Going beyond “governance” rules, because many real people (not just the wealthy, powerful or ‘connected’), join a small charity or nonprofit board to support a vision, a cause, a community or leaders they believe in…so how can you be not just productive but a GOOD board member? Join these experts and get the scoop.

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Top 3 reasons why Wentworth Strategy Group launched our new course Governance Essentials for Nonprofit Organizations with DeGroote School of Business - McMaster University Executive Education and why you should join us on November 28 👇 Register now at: https://lnkd.in/gk_QJti8 1. Joining a community of practice: we will be welcoming a number of current and aspiring board directors from across the greater Hamilton and Burlington areas and beyond and facilitating networking, relationship building, and sharing of best practices on how we can elevate these important organizations in our community and continue to grow together. 2. Value: while Canada has excellent governance programs like the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program and The Director's College at McMaster University, these are out of scope for most volunteer directors on local nonprofit boards. We have worked with DeGroote to offer this executive education program at a reduced rate and promise to offer exceptional value to participants. 3. A focus on governance for impact: we are a strategy consulting firm that intentionally expanded into governance after observing significant gaps in governance knowledge with many nonprofit clients we work with. We see good governance as a means to an end - helping organizations to succeed. Our unique curriculum aligns the work of being a director to achieving strategic outcomes. Hope to see you in class! Reach out directly for any questions or register directly at https://lnkd.in/gk_QJti8

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From renewing passports to getting medical treatments to improving sustainability across our industrial supply chains, technology adoption is not happening and it is crippling productivity. Plus… 1. Your teams want to be learning and leveraging technology to do their jobs better. Retention and employee satisfaction! 2. Investors get ROI through their investee technologies getting adopted. No ROI means capital doesn’t cycle back and LPs don’t reinvest. Foresight Canada 🍁 is committed to scaling ventures and supporting industry and government adoption of technologies that improve sustainability and productivity! Let’s work together to make this happen. #cleantech #scale #matchmaking #capacity #competitivenes #Canada

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Benevity’s new Impact Reports are a game-changer in translating giving and volunteering metrics into tangible social outcomes, marking a significant stride towards transparency and accountability. #CSR #ESG #socialimpact #reporting #impactgenome Check out the details here:

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Despite dominating the childcare sector in B.C. and rapidly expanding space availability compared to publicly-funded daycare, for-profit private family child-care providers face potential long-term setbacks from government policies. Essential reading for aspiring childcare business owners.

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How can you keep up with all of the changes across the wide spectrum of Federal &/or Provincial Government Grants for Hiring, Training, &/or Market Expansion? ... How about connecting with the best team of Grant Consultants & Advisors I've grown to know & trust. The reality is that grants are often very fluid in their Availability & Eligibility requirements to qualify, not to mention they are typically only available for a limited time or with a limited overall grant pool of funding. Most businesses simply don't have the time, energy, resources, or knowledge to know how to apply & navigate the Grant Application process, much less know about what Grants they may be eligible for. Am thrilled to be allied with this excellent solution provider to help BC & Canadian businesses access the help to navigate this & connect with solutions that help them accelerate their growth! Who do you know that is looking to Hire new talent, Train existing talent, &/or expand their market? Simply forward or click this link to connect this amazing team! Surrey Board of Trade Burnaby Board of Trade Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce New Westminster Chamber of Commerce Kelowna Chamber Greater Westside Board of Trade | West Kelowna & Westbank Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce Vernon Chamber of Commerce Indra Bhan Angie Whitfield Leslie Courchesne Rich Patterson Colleen Clark Heather Robinson Michael Magnusson Dan Proulx Heather Booth Rory M Morgan Jasroop Gosal Robyn Hastings Ryan Leonhard Sandra Jette Chloe Wan Jeannette LeBlanc Terri Ann Phillips Mayla Janzen Pierre C. Bourbonnais Christine von Pander🇨🇦 Nate Toevs Kirandeep Khairah Jacob Fox Brent Mitchler, CPA Emily Kerr, MBA, PFP® Barton Moxness Craig Anderson Jennifer Jones, CPA, CA Robert (Rob) Arthurs Trevor Johnson Maggie Juszko Stephanie Sang #CanadianGovernmentGrants #ProvincialGovernmentGrants #HiringGrants #TrainingGrants #MarketExpansionGrants #Hiring #Training #Grants #Business #Growth #Canada #Economy #TheBigPictureCoach #BCsBusinessCoach #BigPictureMastery

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Ontario Health Team Governance: WILL COMMUNTY GOVERNANCE BOARDS SURVIVE THE ELECTION?🆘😱🆘🆘😱🆘🆘😵‍💫🆘🆘😱🆘🆘😱🆘🆘😵‍💫🆘🆘😱🆘🆘 Has the Ontario healthcare bureaucrats given up on getting rid of local Community Governance Boards? They got rid of the 14 CCAC Community Governance Boards and kept the 14 local offices. The local office staff became part of Ontario Health, and the 14 Local Community Boards became one centralized Board for an organization the healthcrats rebranded as “Ontario Health at Home” — that no longer was interested in the local communities, and even failed to provide proper “oversight” for the single centralized organization that mismanaged the recent “supply crisis”, which made dying people go without pain reducing drugs. OOPSIE🤷‍♂️🙄”Modernization” strikes again🙄 Then the Healthcrats “modernized” our healthcare system further (who is against modernization?) by eliminating the 14 Community Governance Boards of the LHINs — and redeploying the staff to be part of the growing empire of Ontario Health Regional Offices —and then establishing 58 Ontario Health Teams. While their original plan was to eliminate the founding member Community Governing Boards — who approved the Shared Vision of their respective OHTs — people kept warning the healthcrats that, while they found these Community Boards annoying, and wanted to replace the OHT’s original founding Community Governance Boards with 58 “Super Governance Boards” that they could appoint and control (each with their own CEO and another bloated bureaucracy) , but wiser people kept pointing out that the local community Board members they found so annoying, were in fact key members of each community. They were warned that all the MPPs would jump down their throats if they did it before the expected “premature election” next Spring. So, while most of our CEOs are still focused on being as compliant as possible — and keeping their Boards uninformed about the lack of progress on their OHTs implementation of the Shared Vision they approved five years ago, the plot to get rid of local Community Governance is simply postponed — until after the election, when the 58 OHTs will have their OHT CEOs and OHT staff in place to micromanage and control the CEOs of healthcare organizations. Of course “best practice” COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE isn’t being considered and with compliant CEOs, and uninformed Community Boards, it certainly looks like the healthcrats will get their way after the election.🤷‍♂️

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Based on our experience in #crisiscommunications and #externalrelations, we're focusing our next edition of #COREInsights on #reputationmangement. Given the #watercrisis facing residents and businesses of the #Calgaryregion, we've included an analysis of areas for improvement and a series of questions that the #CityofCalgary needs to anticipate and address in dealing with the major #feedermainbreak. And a few other interesting #reputationmanagement pieces! One thing that the #crisiscommunications team and the #CalgaryEmergencyManagementAgency deserves credit for in the updates is the imaging and graphics. It's not easy to do this in a timely fashion and these graphics are clean, professional, and really help people understand where things are located and what the focus of work is. To see what I mean go to the city's main webpage and view their updates. Keep that part up!! To receive your bi-weekly edition of #COREInsights before it's posted on other platforms, make sure you subscribe by going to https://lnkd.in/gBt7vqx4 and enter your email address!

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Social Purpose is the new way of thinking about the impact of your business, and its reason for existing that simultaneously drives business growth and societal good.   This is such a great opportunity to learn about Purpose, how to develop it for your business, and then put it into action. And with it being led by Mary Ellen Schaafsma it means the sessions will be impactful and focused. Check this (complimentary!) event series out for sure!

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Today is #BearWitnessDay, which recognizes the fundamental rights of all Indigenous children to have equitable access to government services. It seems an appropriate day to update you on an important initiative I've been supporting for the past few years. #Impact215 To honour the legacy of the Kamloops 215, The Roundtable Inc. has a big, hairy audacious goal (BHAG) to fund 215 Indigenous youth in their post-secondary endeavours over the next five years. Read more about how we're empowering indigenous youth through education over on our blog: https://lnkd.in/g_22xAjM A big THANK YOU to all of you who have referred clients, donated, shared our story and advocated for our #Impact215 initiative. To date, we have committed to funding 31 young Indigenous people who are pursuing their dreams. 👥 We have also formed the #Impact215 Consortium in collaboration with Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., 3Coze and Parachute Executive Coaching to help accelerate our impact. If you are a coach and consultant, we want you to be a part of it! To learn more about adding your support to our consortium, contact us. Our collective commitment to Indspire will help transform Indigenous education and support First Nation, Inuit and Métis youth across Canada as they pursue post-secondary education. Our clients often tell us that our programs have transformed their leadership journeys - this is our opportunity, as a community, to transform the lives of Indigenous youth together. And if you're looking to get involved, here are three ways you can help us make an impact: 👉 Refer a colleague to a Roundtable program. We have committed to taking a percentage of all referral sales we receive and putting those monies towards funding more #Impact215 bursaries. Contact us to get started. 💵🎓 Make a donation directly here --> https://lnkd.in/ghxrZuwd . Any amount will make a big difference and help us fund more students. 📝 Commit to truth and reconciliation. Take the corporate pledge for Truth and Reconciliation or enrol in the program How to Be an Ally developed by the Indigenous Training Corporation Inc. #JordansPrinciple #Impact215 #IndigenousYouth #IndigenousEducation

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Really interesting blog on economic complexity and Canada's weaknesses and opportunities. The Atlas of Economic Complexity from Harvard's Growth Lab is a great resource to explore this: https://lnkd.in/gyYjR-e5 It includes a ton of data and some really interesting visualizations to explore every country's export basket, its economic complexity, their product space and potential growth opportunities. It recommends a "Parsimonious Industrial Policy Approach" for Canada that addresses bottlenecks and helps jump short distances into related, and more complex, products.

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Can a carpentry diploma indirectly provide skills helpful in pursuing a medical degree? Dr. Michael Bartellas, Co-Founder of PolyUnity Tech Inc., discusses how every aspect of learning contributes to one's overall journey in this episode of Insights from NL Business Leaders.

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The Incredible team at the Children and Youth Planning Table of Waterloo Region have released The 2023 Youth Impact Survey "Experiences of Homelessness Snapshot". This is number six out of eight disaggregated snapshots based on the 2023 Youth Impact Survey data. Centring the voice of Children and Youth is a critical strategic objective, here is some of what they shared: - The YIS asked youth if they had ever experienced homelessness. Up from 8% in 2021, 13% had experienced either visible homelessness (living in a shelter, on the street, or in an abandoned building) or hidden (i.e. temporarily living with relatives or friends, in a car, or anywhere else because you had nowhere else to live). -  Sense of belonging was 18% lower for those who have had experiences of homelessness, whether visible or hidden. - The number of young people who at least sometimes go to school or bed hungry has increased from 5% in 2021 to 15% in 2023. Those with homeless experiences were 22% more likely to experience food insecurity. See the snapshot below or follow the link in the comments to read the Deep Dive.

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📰 Biweekly Update: Social Services Key Insights – October 18, 2024 📰 We're excited to share the latest edition of our biweekly newsletter, packed with updates and stories on key developments in the social services sector across British Columbia. Here's a glimpse of what's inside: - Toxic Drugs Crisis: Learn about the Vancouver Drug User Liberation Front's constitutional challenge and ongoing debates around involuntary treatment.    - Housing: Dive into the BC NDP's recent initiatives addressing the housing crisis and see how upcoming election promises may shape the future of affordable housing. - Reconciliation Book Club: Join our ongoing conversations on reconciliation through literature. Our next book discussion will focus on Bone Black by Carol Rose GoldenEagle on October 23. Sign up and be part of this important dialogue. - Social Policy Forum 2025: Save the date for our flagship event in February! Get ready for thought-provoking discussions on the most pressing social policy issues affecting our communities. - Opportunities and Career Listings: Stay connected with the latest training, webinars, and career opportunities in the sector. There's much more inside, including updates on health care, homelessness, and good news stories that uplift and inspire. Don't miss out! 📅   👉 Read the full update here: https://lnkd.in/d_Wzex9a And stay informed about the key issues impacting BC's communities. #SocialServices #CommunityCare #HousingCrisis #Reconciliation #ToxicDrugs #CareerOpportunities #BCPolitics #Homelessness #SocialPolicyForum #BCElection

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Report shows strong growth in New Brunswick's economy and population The 2023 Economy in Review report reveals significant advancements in New Brunswick’s economy, highlighted by population, employment, and investment gains. Province’s Finance Minister Ernie Steeves noted the province's 1.3% economic growth, consistent with 2022. New Brunswick's population surged by 3.1%, reaching an all-time high driven by immigration. Employment climbed 3.5%, hitting a record 386,500 jobs, while the unemployment rate dropped to a historic low of 6.6%. Investment in building construction soared to $3.8 billion, marking a 9.3% increase, with total capital investments reaching $5 billion. Follow the Life Ashore page and click: https://lnkd.in/g7iBCyj https://lnkd.in/eiHRKvN More updates on Canada Immigration programs Visit our website: www.lifeashore.com

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Calling all nonprofit leaders! 📣Our latest report, The Demand for Digital Skills in Canada's Nonprofit Sector, uncovers crucial insights into the digital skills landscape of the nonprofit sector. Notable findings include: - Identification of digital skills gaps 🔍 - Investments in training programs for digital skills 💸 - Piloting a Digital Skills+ model 💡 Discover how to futureproof your nonprofit's tech workforce! Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/euYxpdi5 #NonprofitTech #DigitalResilience #TechWorkforce #DigitalSkills #TechTalent

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