Publications

April 2023 The Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO) was invited to provide feedback to current elected officials about future ministerial makeup and election platform priorities. To be as reflective of the sector as possible, ECVO hosted a series of town halls, inviting non-profit leaders to share their perspectives. What follows is a summary of the key themes that were brought forward throughout these sessions.

June 2022 ECVO’s ‘What We Heard’ document summarizes items discussed during a facilitated conversation between a group of non-profit leaders and the Mayor’s Office as a follow-up to the Mayor’s State of the City address that he had given the week before. The meeting provided an opportunity for Mayor Sohi and his team to engage in dialogue (group and individual) with non-profit leaders. They listened to the non-profit experience of the systemic inequities that Edmontonians were facing during the pandemic and continue to face (i.e., racism, gender discrimination, language and cultural barriers, ageism, etc.). It also allowed them to understand how the City and the Mayor’s Office can support the non-profit sector with recovery going forward.

February 2022 Produced in partnership with United Way Alberta Capital Region and Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area, this report seeks to understand current and emerging trends in the philanthropic environment in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region over the next three to five years, reflecting an evolving charitable landscape spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing digital transformation, and an increasing focus on equity, inclusion, and social justice.

December 2021 This report serves as both a foundational document for the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations in charting a course for supporting Alberta non-profits in reimagining their governance approaches as well as a beginning guide for any non-profits interested in making their internal governance practices more equitable

May 2021 In 2020, ECVO initiated a multi-phase process intended to mobilize people around shared imaginations of transformation. Guided by the principles outlined in ECVO’s Strategic Framework 2020-2022, we developed a strategic engagement process that was meant to create opportunities for purposeful dialogue about the non-profit sector’s past, present and future. This initial report is the result of a series of exploratory conversations with dozens of non-profit leaders, who collectively explored prevailing myths, trends, and opportunities for structural and systemic change in the sector.

May 2021 Captures the lived experiences of a sample of 324 newcomers accessing services at one of four immigrant and refugee serving agencies in Edmonton. The results illustrate the complexities newcomer communities face as they settle in Canada.

December 2020 A continuation of ABNN’s Impact surveys conducted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a second update to the data collected on the top concerns and challenges for non-profits during COVID-19. This report examines data from around the province of Alberta.

November 2020 A continuation of ABNN’s Impact surveys conducted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a second update to the data collected on the top concerns and challenges for non-profits during COVID-19. This report examines data specific to Edmonton non-profits.

June 2020 A continuation of ABNN’s Impact surveys conducted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first update to the data collected on the top concerns and challenges for non-profits during COVID-19. This report examines data from around the province of Alberta.

May 2020 Edmonton’s non-profit sector shares its largest concerns during COVID-19 and into the future. Data sourced from ABNN’s province-wide survey The Impact of COVID-19 on Alberta’s Nonprofit & Voluntary Organizations.

April 2020 A survey of 474 non-profits from around Alberta on the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Administered in partnership with the Alberta Nonprofit Network and many other provincial partner organizations.

August 2019 An overview of what facilitators learned leading Eval Lab‘s first cohort. The Eval Lab is a co-learning space designed for non-profit leaders to explore, test, and adapt evaluation-based concepts in ‘real-life’ settings.

June 2019 An Executive Summary of the Lessons from the Influx report, focusing on the greatest settlement challenges and key areas ripe for systemic change.

June 2019 A comprehensive report on the local response to the Syrian refugee influx, including challenges faced by agencies, how Edmonton’s volunteers responded, and settlement stories from newcomer refugees.

June 2019 What we learned digging into screening practices with volunteer engagement specialists during this interactive lab series in partnership with Volunteer Alberta.

April 2019 A toolkit for employer-supported volunteering.

2016 History of Edmonton’s Human Services Sector maps the history of the Human Services Sector in Edmonton as a collective. Through individual stories and historical accounts, the report identified the key influences and themes that underlie the development of the Sector and its’ contributions to Edmonton’s social, cultural and economic prosperity

2016 This timeline complements the History of Edmonton’s Human Services Sector report, providing more than 100 years of history into Edmonton’s social services milestones.