Recent Research
Bringing the Provinces Back In: Creating a Federated Canadian Charities Council
2009 – Adam Aptowitzer
Lending a Hand: How Federal Tax Policy Could Help Get More Cash to More Charities
2009 – A. Abigail Payne
Unlocking More Wealth: How to Improve Federal Tax Policy for Canadian Charities
2009 – Malcolm Burrows
Uncharitable Treatment? Why Donations to Private and Public Foundations Deserve Equal Tax Status
2007 – A. Abigail Payne, Huizi Zhao
Firm Foundations Putting Private and Public Foundations on Level Ground
2005 – A. Abigail Payne
Tax Treatment of Charitable Donations: How Much is Enough?
2003 – David M. Brown, Yvan Guillemette
Effective Governance of Nonprofit Organizations
2000 – Rob Paton
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Strengthening Canada’s Charities Events
Policy Conference: Strengthening Charity Finance in Canada
Toronto – March 8, 2011
Policy Conference on Strengthening Canada’s Charities
November 2008 Toronto Conference: Strengthening Canada’s Charities – Examining Challenges to Canada’s “Third Sector”
Panel Discussion on Private and Public Foundations
January 2007 Policy Panel Discussion: Private and Public Foundations – Finding Common Ground


At the Crossroads: New Ideas for Charity Finance in Canada
March 8, 2012 – Adam Aptowitzer, Benjamin Dachis