By Katherine Verhagen Rodis, May 1, 2020 Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health, Melanie Siebert (Author), Belle Wuthrich (Illustrator), Orca Book Publishers, April 20, 2020, 186 pp, $24.95 For children and youth experiencing a pre-existing mental health or substance use conditions, daily stress and anxiety are amplified. In the middle of a global … [Read more...] about Heads Up: ‘These stories can be a place of refuge’
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The Charity Report releases its first intelligence report ‘The Cost of Conflict’
(May 1, 2020) In the face of a global pandemic, charities from food banks to shelters to community mental health centres are working in cities and towns across the country trying to fill gaps and support the most vulnerable. On its free news site, The Charity Report has covered this work, conducting probing interviews with sector leaders and conducting deep news … [Read more...] about The Charity Report releases its first intelligence report ‘The Cost of Conflict’
Feature Interview, Rick Frost, CEO, Winnipeg Foundation: ‘This is clearly not an endowment situation’
(March 25, 2020) - As they work to serve the most vulnerable people, community services are encountering operational worries and concerns about lost fundraising revenue. Community foundations are in a unique position of understanding the needs in their area, and some are responding quickly to mitigate the damage and support social infrastructure. Rick Frost is the CEO of … [Read more...] about Feature Interview, Rick Frost, CEO, Winnipeg Foundation: ‘This is clearly not an endowment situation’