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Submission to Edmonton City Council on the 2022 Operating Budget

On December 17, 2021, Edmonton City Council passed a 2022 Operating Budget. Leading into the budget discussions, ECVO prepared a submission that outlined three key asks that would impact Edmonton’s non-profit sector. In the last two years, the non-profit sector has faced significant challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing affects of social …

New Report: Reimagining Non-Profit Governance through a Social Justice Lens

Non-profit governance discussions have undergone a transformation over the past decade, shifting from a focus on boards to a focus on governance as a complex system of people, structures, and processes embedded in a particular organizational culture and broader social ecosystem. Similarly, discussions about equity, inclusion, and social justice have transformed. These discussions have shifted …

Reflecting on a Messy, Much-Needed Strategic Learning Journey

ECVO’s evaluation learning journey started right around the time we first offered the Eval Lab course in 2018. A partnership between the Evaluation Capacity Network (ECN) at the University of Alberta, the Government of Alberta (GoA), and ECVO, Eval Lab was designed to help organizations embed evaluative data into strategic decision-making. While our mission is …