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GOVN 380/HSRV 363: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Governance Report a Broken Link

The purpose of this course is to enable students in exploring and thinking critically about role of the voluntary sector in governance, and to give them the opportunity to evaluate the regulation, management, funding, and accountability of this sector. It is also designed to encourage students to think about the decolonization of voluntary organizations.

Unit 1: Overview of the Voluntary Sector: Concepts and Perspectives

Phillips, S. D., & Wyatt, B. (2021). Intersections and innovations: Change in Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–25). The Muttart Foundation.

Please page down to the eleventh page of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 1 of Intersections and Innovations.

Carmichael, P., & Elson, P. R. (2022, April 12). A short history of voluntary sector–government relations in Canada (revisited). The Philanthropist Journal.

Please read the first two main sections after the table of contents, “The Federal State and Moral Charity” and “Indigenous-Settler Relations.” If you download the PDF, these sections are on pages 2 to 11 of the document.

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. (1996). Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Government of Canada.

Please read Volume 1: Looking Forward, Looking Back.

Munshi, S., Levi, E., & The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. (2021). Indigenous Peoples, communities, and the Canadian charitable sector. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–13). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 499 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 25 of Intersections and Innovations.

Supplementary Resources

Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector. (2021–2024). Reports #1–#4.

Chen, R. (2022, June 20). What would true reparative giving in the philanthropic sector look like? The Philanthropist Journal.

Long, A. (2022, April 27). Changing the story: The Canada-wide push to recognize workers in the non-profit sector. The Philanthropist Journal.

Uppal, P. (2018, April 10). Examining women’s compensation in the nonprofit sector—Part 2. Ontario Nonprofit Network.

Websites

Charity Village

Charity Village is a commercially run website on Canada’s voluntary sector that has current information on jobs and news in the voluntary sector, in addition to a library of learning materials and other resources.

Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project

The Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project was conducted from 1991 to 2017 by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies. The site provides international data on and analysis of the voluntary sector.

Imagine Canada

Imagine Canada resulted from the 2005 merger of the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy and the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations. Imagine Canada is now the largest online resource centre for people working in the nonprofit sector in Canada. The website provides statistics, reports, research articles, and news, particularly in the areas of governance and accountability, philanthropy and fundraising, organizational management, human resources, and volunteerism.

Unit 2: The Voluntary Sector in an International Context

Ott, J. S., & Dicke, L. A. (2021). The nonprofit sector internationally: The global context. In J. S. Ott & L. A. Dicke (Eds.), The nature of the nonprofit sector (4th ed.) (pp. 111–121). Routledge.

Khlebnikova. S. (2021). Plan International and its contribution to the global civil society. Journal of Business Diversity, 21(2), 83–88.

Richez, E., Raynauld, V., Agi, A., & Kartolo. A. B. (2020, April–June). Unpacking the political effects of social movements with a strong digital component: The case of #IdleNoMore in Canada. Social Media + Society, 6(2), 1–13.

Unit 3: Social Capital and Volunteerism

Putnam, R. D. (1995, December). Tuning in, tuning out: The strange disappearance of social capital in America. PS: Political Science and Politics, 28(4), 664–683.

Russell, A., Speevak, P., & Handy, F. (2021). Volunteering: Global trends in a Canadian context. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–33). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 396 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 20 of Intersections and Innovations.

Yeung, S., Rosenberg, M., Banach, D., Mayotte, L., Anand, S. S., Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Fort McKay First Nation, & Castleden, H. (2021, December). Bonding social capital and health within four First Nations communities in Canada: A cross-sectional study. SSM—Population Health, 16, 1–9.

Supplementary Resources

Kim, D. H., & Ellison, N. B. (2022). From observation on social media to offline political participation: The social media affordances approach. New Media & Society, 24(12), 2614–2634.

Trieu, P., Bayer, J. B., Ellison, N. B., Schoenebeck, S., & Falk, E. (2019). Who likes to be reachable? Availability preferences, weak ties, and bridging social capital. Information, Communication & Society, 22(8), 1096–1111.

To gain full access to this article, search for it through AU Library’s Online Journals, Books, and more page. We are unable to provide you with a direct link to the article, but it is available through the library's database collection.

Yu, R. P., Ellison, N. B., & Lampe, C. (2018). Facebook use and its role in shaping access to social benefits among older adults. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 62(1), 71–90.

Shier, M. L., Handy, F., & Turpin, A. (2022, February). Measuring a nonprofit’s civic footprint. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 33(5), 990–1001.

Unit 4: Service Delivery in a Restructured Welfare State

Brooks, N. (2001). The role of the voluntary sector in a modern welfare state. In J. Phillips, B. Chapman, & D. Stevens (Eds.), Between state and market: Essays on charities law and policy in Canada (pp. 166–216). McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Laforest, R. (2021). Transforming health and social services delivery systems in Canada: Implications for government–nonprofit relations. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–12). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 537 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 27 of Intersections and Innovations.

Uppal, P., & Febria, M. (2021). Decent work in the nonprofit sector. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary sector (pp. 1–12). Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 366 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 18 of Intersections and Innovations.

Mintram, B. (2022). A reconciliatory pathway for providing decent work for Indigenous Peoples within the nonprofit sector. Carleton Perspectives on Public Policy, 8.

Supplementary Resources

Aquanno, S. M., & Bryant, T. (2021). Situating the pandemic: Welfare capitalism and Canada’s liberal regime. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 51(4), 509–520.

Loomis, J. (2020). The COVID-19 wildfire: Non-profit organizational challenge and opportunity. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 11(2), 8–11.

Laforest, R. (2018). Transforming governance patterns: Challenges and opportunities for voluntary sector capacity. In L. Dobuzinskis & M. Howlett (Eds.), Policy analysis in Canada (pp. 317–330). Bristol University Press.

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Unit 5: Engagement in Policy Development

Levasseur, K. (2021). Policy capacity: Building the bricks and mortar for voluntary sector involvement in the public policy process. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–11). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 573 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 29 of Intersections and Innovations.

Wyatt, B. (2021). It should have been so simple: The regulation of charities in Canada. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–19). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 93 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 4 of Intersections and Innovations.

Guo, C., & Saxton, G. (2020). Chapter 1: Social media and nonprofit advocacy: The beginning of a new paradigm. The quest for attention: Nonprofit advocacy in a social media age (pp. 1–25). Stanford University Press.

Supplementary Resources

Guo, C., & Saxton, G. D. (2020). The quest for attention: Nonprofit advocacy in the social media age. Stanford University Press.

This book is book is not available through AU Library. You may find a copy of the book through WorldCat (choose your location near the top right corner of the page to find the copies nearest to you).

Houston, S. (2021). Evolving relationships with government: Building policy capacity. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–7). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 584 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 30 of Intersections and Innovations.

Lakoff, G. (2014). The all new don’t think of an elephant! Know your values and frame the debate. Chelsea Green Publishing.

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Lorinc, J. (2022, November 7). The advocacy riddle. The Philanthropist Journal.

Gardner, A. L., & Brindis, C. D. (2017). Advocacy and policy change evaluation: Theory and practice. Stanford University Press.

Websites

Nonprofit Advocacy

Urban Institute (American)

Regulation of Advocacy

Charities and Giving, CRA

Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy

Samara Centre for Democracy (Canada)

Charles F. Kettering Foundation (American—deliberative polling)

Unit 6: Governance, Leadership, and Accountability

Phillips, S. D., Dougherty, C., & Barr, C. (2021). The fine balance of nonprofit sector self-regulation: Assessing Canada’s standards program. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–21). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 153 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 7 of Intersections and Innovations.

Fredette, C. (2021). Planning for succession in the interests of leadership diversity: An avenue for enhancing organizational diversity, inclusion, and equity. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–22). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 324 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 16 of Intersections and Innovations.

Charters, O. (2021). Board governance in practice. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–18). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 174 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 8 of Intersections and Innovations.

Walrond, N. A. (2021). Decolonize your board. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 19(3), 26–33.

Supplementary Resources

Gebremikael, L. (2021, March 8). When we’re not at the table, we end up on the menu. Imagine 360. Imagine Canada.

Lee, Y.-J. (2021). Nonprofit arts organizations’ pursuit of public interests: The role of board diversity. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 12(4), 563–587.

Wilson-Raybould, J. (2022). True reconciliation: How to be a force for change. McClelland & Stewart.

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Websites

Government Regulation of Charities

Compliance and Audits, CRA

Charity Purposes and Rules, Charity Commission of England and Wales

Sector Regulation and Seal of Excellence

Standards Program, Imagine Canada (formerly the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy)

Better Business Bureau (Canada)

Board Governance

Board Source

Unit 7: Financing, Fundraising, and Philanthropy

Hale, S. (2021). Giving and fundraising trends. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–21). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 212 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 10 of Intersections and Innovations.

Glogovac, M. (2021). New technologies and fundraising. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–15). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 233 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 11 of Intersections and Innovations.

Riseboro, C. (2021). The overhead myth: The limitation of using overhead as a measure of charity performance. In S. D. Phillips & B. Wyatt (Eds.), Intersections and innovations: Change for Canada’s voluntary and nonprofit sector (pp. 1–13). The Muttart Foundation.

Please search for page 665 of the PDF to find this reading, which is Chapter 36 of Intersections and Innovations.

Morrisseau, M., Archie, K., DeGagné, M., Liske, L., Morriseau, A., Angulalik, J., Sinclair, N. D., Hopkins, C., & Bernard, K. (2022, April 26). We don’t have a word for philanthropy. The Philanthropist Journal.

Jamieson, R. (2020). Decolonizing philanthropy: Building new relations. In P. R. Elson, S. A. Lefèvre, & J.-M. Fontan (Eds.), Philanthropic foundations in Canada: Landscapes, Indigenous perspectives and pathways to change (pp. 157–172). Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Research Network, University of Victoria, Université du Québec à Montréal, Alliance Publishing Trust.

Supplementary Resources

Chen, R. (2022, July 25). How can we reimagine philanthropy for tomorrow? [Podcast]. The Philanthropist Journal.

Siddiqui, S. A., Wasif, R., & M. A. Hughes. Chapter 1: What is Muslim philanthropy? Understanding Muslim philanthropy (pp. 11–24). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Vallely, P. (2020). Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Novovic, G. (2022, March 1). Rethinking philanthropy: Emerging paradigms of social justice. The Philanthropist Journal.

Brennan, J., & Munshi, S. (2022, August 8). Investing in Indigenous philanthropy through reciprocity. The Philanthropist Journal.

Websites

General

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Imagine Canada

Foundations and Grant Making

Community Foundations of Canada

Philanthropic Foundations Canada

United Way Centraide Canada

Social Entrepreneurship

Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation

Social Enterprise, Harvard Business School

Unit 8: Managing in a Complex Environment: The Road Ahead

Brousselle, A., Brunet‐Jailly, E., Kennedy, C., Phillips, S. D., Quigley, K., & Roberts, A. (2020). Beyond COVID-19: Five commentaries on reimagining governance for future crises and resilience. Canadian Public Administration, 63(3), 369–408.

Please read the commentary by Susan D. Phillips, “Government-Civil Society Relations Post-Pandemic: A Reinvention Triptych,” pages 374 to 379.

Riley, S. J. (2024, February 5). We asked leaders in the charitable and non-profit sector what’s top of mind for them in 2024. The Philanthropist Journal.

Imagine Canada. (2024). Written submission for the pre-budget consultations in advance of federal budget 2025. Imagine Canada.

To find the latest version of Imagine Canada’s yearly submission, please search the internet using the same document title and substituting the forthcoming year. Note that as of early 2025, Imagine Canada's website did not include a search function.

Supplementary Resources

Senior, P. (2023, February 1). Philanthropy must challenge misogynoir. The Philanthropist Journal.

Simpson, K. (2022, March 28). Building a sector-specific digital path forward. The Philanthropist Journal.