canada’s voluntary sector emerging from the margins paul carrick founder cause canada
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• There are over 160,000 nonprofit and voluntary organizations in Canada.
That’s 1 nonprofit for every 197 Canadians!
• Canadian nonprofit and voluntary organizations report 139 million individual memberships.
That’s almost 4 memberships for every Canadian!
• 54% of Canada’s nonprofits rely entirely on volunteer labour.
• 19 million volunteers contribute more than 2 billion hours/year to Canadian nonprofits.
That’s equivalent to 1 million full-time jobs!
• Canadian nonprofits have annual revenues of $112 billion.
More than $8 billion of revenues are in the form of individual donations!
• Canadian nonprofits employ over 2 million people.
56% of these jobs are full-time and 67% are permanent positions.
June 28: Memorial Day for Canadian Foreign Aid Workers
June 28, 2011: the 10-year anniversary of the unveiling of the
Monument to Canadian Aid Workers in Ottawa
The Monument’s 3 Key Messages:1) Commemoration of Canada's commitment to international development and humanitarian assistance…
2) A tribute to all Canadians who die while pursuing the ideals of international development and humanitarian assistance and acknowledgement of the risk they face in the course of their work…
3) Special dedication to Tim Stone and Nancy Malloy, who inspired the idea of the Monument.
Julie DescoteauxLesley Ann Wren
Shirley RayStephen FlowerRaya Pearlman
Fr. Joe A. MacDonaldPat Gleason
Lynn Caroline DalzielCharles Topshee
Shirley CaseJacqueline Kirk
Nicolas ParenteauElmer Arias Chinchilla
Stewart SutherlandIsabelle PelletierJennifer Headley
Sally MillerFrançois-Jacques Roussin
Scott MackieChristopher Klein-Beekman
Jean-Claude LauzierErrol Van Huyssteen
Louis Vincent St-Hilaire-GravelVatche Arslanian
John ScogganMaría Jesús Ginés
Dina AwateBob & Ruth Chapman
Jean-Pierre Prud'hommeGordon Reay
Michelle Spencer-YatesRenee Sabatier
Dan Rowan
Katherine FlemingRon Audette
Anthony WielemakerTim Stone
Nancy MalloyHendrick Marinus Abma
Chantal LapaireSusan Lesjak
Suzanne Séguin-GoertzOtto Roesch
Jean-Claude CloutierMichael WalshPeter KennedyJohn MurrantYves MassonLouise Roy
Rebecca ReissPatricia MoroJill McMaster
Patricia HarlandDan O'Hanley
Norm TattersalAlan MastersJoan Conway
Rita WallDan Duffy
William RussonDr. Maria RoversBrian Krempien
Rhena Lee HymovithchJonathan James Fyles
Dr. John DobsonMory Lewis
Jennifer GreenMax Bus
Alexander McLellandLarry Garinger
Willie ArsenaultMarie O'Keefe
Kona MatthewsCarmen Matthews
Marc RadomskyHeidi Trahmel
Gordon FindlayVirginia Price
Clément BoulangerNorman Riley
Chris OramAnn Oram
Bryan JamesEd Reid
William George HowardMargaret Mariner
Alan KemptonTerrence Farebrother
Micheline BilletteClaire Miller
Cicely CorneliusJamie Brooks
Mark Andrew OndrusFrancine Gregoire
Louise ToupinLeo Nederveen
Jack William KosterHarry J.H. Durance