Module 1
 Imagine Canada et al., Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the 2004 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2006, (PDF)
Michael H. Hall, et al., Canadian Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective. Toronto: Imagine Canada (part of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project), 2005, (PDF)
Peter Frumkin, “The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector,” (Chapter 1) and pp. 64-71 only of “Service Delivery” (Chapter 3). On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2002, (PDF)
Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and John R. Hibbing, “Citizenship and Citizen Engagement,” Annual Review of Political Science, 2005, 8, pp. 227-49, (PDF)
Donald J. Bourgeois, The Law of Charitable and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 3rd Edition. Toronto: Butterworths, 2002, Chapter 1, (PDF)
Module 2
Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Regina List, Global Civil Society: An Overview. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 2003, (PDF)
Pablo Eisenberg, “Looking Ahead: What is the Future for the Nonprofit World?” International Journal of Not-for Profit Law, 8, 1, 2005, pp. 81-90. Response by Arthur Drache, pp. 96-98. Note: the entire issue of the Journal is posted; please search for the relevant article in it, (PDF)
Peter Elson, "A Short History of Voluntary Sector-Government Relations in Canada," The Philanthropist/Le Philanthrope, 21, 1, 2007, pp. 36-74, (PDF)
Susan D. Phillips, “Policy Analysis and the Voluntary Sector: Evolving Policy Styles,” in Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett and David Laycock, eds., Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, (PDF)
Module 3
Patricia Bradshaw, Reframing Board-Staff Relations: Exploring the Governance Function Using a Storytelling Metaphor,” Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 12, 4, 2002, pp. 471-84, (PDF)
J. Bart Morrison and Paul Salipante, Governance for Broadened Accountability: Blending Deliberate and Emergent Stabilizing,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2007 195-217, (PDF)
Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie R. Crutchfield, “Creating High-Impact Nonprofits,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2007, pp. 32-41, (PDF)
Chao Guo, “ When Government Becomes the Principal Philanthropist: The Effects of Public Funding on Patterns of Nonprofit Governance,” Public Administration Review, May/June, 2007, pp. 458-473, (PDF)
Terence S. Carter and Theresa L.M. Man, “Good Governance in Meeting the Duties of Directors of Charities and Not-for-Profits,” Available at www.carters.ca, (PDF)
Module 4
Michael Edwards, “Philanthrocapitalism” and Its Limits,” International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, 10, 2, 2008, pp. 22-30, (PDF)
Alan Broadbent, “Fulfilling the Philanthropic Contract: Mutual Benefit for the Public Good,” The Philanthropist, 20, 3, pp. 198-204, (PDF - not currently available)
Jed Emerson, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Addressing the Critical Gaps in Risk-Taking Capital for Social Enterprise. Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business School, Oxford. 2007, (PDF)
Financing Social Economy Enterprises, Tessa Hebb et al. (2006) Industry Canada Report. Ottawa, (PDF)
William Foster and Gail Fine, “How Nonprofits Get Really Big,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2007,pp. 46-55, (PDF)
Angela M. Eikenberry and Jodie Drapal Kluver, “The Marketization of the Nonprofit Sector: Civil Society at Risk?” Public Administration Review, 64, 2, 2004, pp. 132-140 , (PDF)
Module 5
Geoff Mulgan et al., Social Innovation: What it is, Why it Matters and How it can be Accelerated. Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business School, Oxford. 2007, (PDF)
Paromita Sanyal, “Capacity Building Through Partnership: Intermediary Nongovernmental Organizations as Local and Global Actors,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 35, 1, March 2006, pp. 66-82, (PDF)
Kathy Babiak and Lucie Thibault, “Challenges in Multiple Cross-Sector Partnerships,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2008. pp. 1-27, (PDF)
Jane Wei-Skillern and Sonia Marciano, “The Networked Nonprofit,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2008, pp. 38-43, (PDF)
Setting the Table for a Stronger Non Profit and Voluntary Sector in Ontario, Susan Carter and Paula Speevak Sladowski, CVSRD, (PDF)
Voice Lessons: A Discussion Paper on the Ecology and Leadership in the Canadian Voluntary Sector, Paula Speevak Sladowski, CVSRD, (PDF)
Module 6
Brindle, D. 1999. Media coverage of social policy: A journalist’s perspective. In B. Franklin (ed.) Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation. London: Routledge, pp. 39-50, (PDF)
Deacon, D. 1996. The Voluntary Sector in a Changing Communication Environment. European Journal of Communication, 11(2): 173-99, (PDF)
Gibelman, M. and S.R. Gelman. 2004. A Loss of Credibility: Patterns of Wrongdoing Among Nongovernmental Organizations. Voluntas, 15(4): 355-81, (PDF)
Greenberg, J., T. May and C. Elliott. 2006. Homelessness and Media Activism in the Voluntary Sector: A Case Study. The Philanthropist, 20, 2: 131-52, (PDF)
Module 7
Adam M. Grant, M. K. Christianson, M. K., and R. H. Price, “Happiness, Health, or Relationships? Managerial Practices and Employee Well-being Tradeoffs,” Academy of Management Perspectives, 21, 2007, pp. 51-63, (PDF)
Additional Readings
Scott, Katherine, Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada’s New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, Summary Report, 2003 Canadian Council of Social Development, (PDF)
IMPACS, Charities: Enhancing Democracy in Canada, 2003, (PDF)
Muttart Foundation, Talking about Charities: Canadians Opinions on Charities and Issues Affecting Charities. Edmonton: Muttart Foundation, 2006, (PDF)
Statistics Canada, Satellite Account of Non-profit Institutions and Volunteering. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2004, (PDF)
A. Paul Pross and Kernaghan R. Webb, “Embedded Regulation: Advocacy and the Federal Regulation of Public Interest Groups,” in Kathy L. Brock, ed. Delicate Dances: Public Policy and the Nonprofit Sector. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2003, pp. 63-122, (PDF)
Canadian Council on Social Development, Pan-Canadian Funding Practices in Communities: Challenges and Opportunities for the Government of Canada, Executive Summary, Canadian Council on Social Development, June 2006, (PDF)
Public Policy Forum, Seven Ways to Prepare for Parliament. Ottawa: PPF, 2005.
CVSRD, National Study of Board Governance Practices in the Non Profit and Voluntary Sector in Canada, CVSRD, Strategic Leverage Partners Inc. 2007.
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Director’s Liability: A Discussion Paper on Legal Liability, Risk Management and the Role of Directors in Non-Profit Organizations, Ottawa: Volunteer Canada, 2007, (PDF)
Jed Emerson and Sheila Bonini, Capitalism 3.0, (PDF)
Coro Strandberg and Brenda Plant. Capitalism 3.0, National Round Table on Environment and the Economy's research program on Capital Markets and Sustainability, 2004, (PDF)
Sarah Cooch and Mark Kramer, “Compounding Impact: Mission Investing by US Foundations,” March 2007, (PDF)
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