Steering Committee
Standards Steering Committee:
In 2010 the Standards Initiative was led by a Steering Committee made up of Founding Members. Committee members actively participated in Working Groups to design and develop the Standards Program. Their role was to shape the development of the Standards Program and shepherd it to a formal launch in early 2011.
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Steering Committee Chair: Don McCreesh, Chair, Imagine Canada
Steering Committee Vice-Chairs: |
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Debbie McInnis, Executive Director, United Way of Greater Moncton & Southeastern New Brunswick Region/Centraide de la région du Grand Moncton et du sud-est du NB |
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Katharine Schmidt, Executive Director, Food Banks Canada/Banques alimentaires Canada |
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Standards Partner Organizations: |
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Marcel Lauzière, President & CEO, Imagine Canada |
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Ruth MacKenzie, President and CEO, Volunteer Canada/Bénévoles Canada |
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Tanara Pickard, Project Manager, Gestionnaire de projets, HR Council/Conseil RH |
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Sector Members: |
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Max Beck, CEO, Easter Seals Canada/Timbres de Pâques |
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Shirley Broderick, Director, Finance & Purchasing, Covenant House |
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David Carroll, Associate Executive Director, Daily Bread Food Bank |
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Steve Carroll, CEO, Canadian Federation of Humane Societies/Fédération des sociétiés canadiennes d'assistance aux animaux |
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Audrey Conroy, Chair, Acadia Cinema Cooperative |
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Amy Coupal, Executive Director, The Curriculum Foundation/Fondation Des Programmes d’Etudes, (Chair, Capacity Building Working Group) |
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James Flaherty, Director, Operations, CentrePoint Non-Profit Management |
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Charlie Fluit, CFO, World Vision/Vision Mondiale (Chair, Standards Working Group) |
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Martin Garber-Conrad, CEO, Edmonton Community Foundation |
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Ted Garrard, President and CEO, SickKids Foundation |
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Scott Haldane, President & Chief Executive Officer, YMCA Canada/Le YMCA au Canada |
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Jane Humphries, Vice-President, Organization and Professional Development, Community Foundation of Canada |
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Alfred Jean-Baptiste, Executive Director, Toronto Centre for Community Learning and Development |
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Debbie Kennedy, President, Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources (CAVR) |
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Nataly Rae, directrice générale, Fondation Communautaire du Grand Québec |
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Penelope Rowe, CEO, Community Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Yves Savoie, President and CEO, Multiple Sclerosis of Canada, National Office/Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques (Chair, Governance & Financing Working Group) |
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Catherine Sherrard, CEO, Muscular Dystrophy Canada/Dystrophie musculaire Canada |
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Kim Sutherland, CEO, Street Culture Kidz Project Inc. |
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Sandy Turney, Executive Director, Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides/Fondation des lions du Canada chiens-guides |
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Mary Ellen Warren, Executive Director, Sarnia Lambton Rebound |
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Faye Wightman, President & CEO, Vancouver Foundation (Chair, Accreditation Working Group) |
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Leslie Wright, Tides Canada Consultant (Principal, Novita Interpares Limited), Tides Canada |
Imagine Canada Staff Support and Volunteers:
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Karen Alebon, Program Officer, Ethical Code, Imagine Canada |
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Cathy Barr, Vice-President, Operations, Imagine Canada |
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Lynn Chambers, Program Officer, Standards, Imagine Canada |
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Marnie Grona, Director, Marketing & Communications, Imagine Canada |
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Meg Kwasnicki, Manager, Library Information Services, Imagine Canada |
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Linda Mollenhauer, Mollenhauer Consulting
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Did you know that there are 161,000 nonprofilts and charities in Canada?
Did you know that Canada’s nonprofit and voluntary sector is the 2nd largest in the world?
The sector represents $79.1 billion or 7.8% of the gross domestic product
The sector is larger than automotive and manufacturing. It generates $112 billion in revenues and employs 2 million people
Canadians donated $10 billion in 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have the highest donor rates.
Canadians volunteered 2.1 billion hours in 2007
Young Canadians aged 15 to 24 are more likely to volunteer than Canadians in any other age group
One percent of nonprofits command 60% of all revenues flowing to the sector
Canadians with the lowest household incomes give a greater percentage of their income than others
Saskatchewan has the highest volunteer rate in the country, followed by the Northwest Territories and the Yukon
Those exposed to giving and volunteering activities early in life are more likely to continue those behaviours as adults
