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101. Étude comparative Canada / États-Unis sur la philanthropie subventionnaire fondée sur le lieu.

Author

Fontan, Jean-Marc, Martinez-Cosio, Maria, Newton, Joshua, Pole, Nancy, and Bussell, Mirle Rabinowitz

Subjects
*SOCIAL support, *ACQUISITION of data, *COMPARATIVE studies
Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the main findings of a research project conducted between 2019 and 2022 with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The research involved a comparative study of ten grant-giving foundations that adopted a place-based philanthropic approach. Our text is divided into three main sections. The first looks at contemporary philanthropy. The second presents the results of the meta-analysis carried out at the start of the comparative study. The third section presents the results of the comparative analysis. Before concluding with a place-based call to action, we present the questions that guided our data collection and validate or invalidate our working hypotheses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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102. Building Citizenship: Governance and Service Provision in Canada. CPRN Discussion Paper.

Author

Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc., Ottawa (Ontario)., Jenson, Jane, Harvey, Jean, Kymlicka, Will, Maioni, Antonia, Shragge, Eric, Graefe, Peter, Fontan, Jean-Marc, Jenson, Jane, Harvey, Jean, Kymlicka, Will, Maioni, Antonia, Shragge, Eric, Graefe, Peter, Fontan, Jean-Marc, and Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc., Ottawa (Ontario).

Abstract

Citizenship is about more than the passport an individual holds; it goes far beyond nationality. The terms of citizenship determine in part who has access to goods, services, and resources and how they are distributed within a community. Rules of citizenship determine who can participate, who can decide about matters of diversity, distribution, inclusion, and exclusion. While citizenship is a useful concept, sometimes it is also a confusing one. The paper provides a brief overview of the concept of governance. It turns to a consideration of the appropriateness of this social initiative by the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC). It examines some of the reasons why Canada's historic and current experience of citizenship might advance IDRC's thinking about a citizenship entry point for its research agenda, and its attempt to answer the key question: "To what extent does the Canadian experience past and present have anything to say about options for Africans?" It provides a brief overview of the four commissioned papers and what they have revealed the links among citizenship, governance, and service delivery in Canada. The paper concludes with an overview of lessons drawn from the Canadian experience. (BT)

Published
2001

104. Social Learning among People Who Are Excluded from the Labor Market. Part One: Context and Case Studies. NALL Working Paper.

Author

Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. New Approaches to Lifelong Learning., Church, Kathryn, Fontan, Jean-Marc, Ng, Roxana, and Shragge, Eric

Abstract

This working paper lays groundwork for a Network for New Approaches to Lifelong Learning study on informal learning by people displaced from the labor market or chronically unemployed, in the context of community organizations. Section 1 examines the context and two particularly significant features--wider changes in the nature of work and related changes in the welfare state--that arise from structural changes caused by globalization of the economy. Section 2 describes three community organizations working with people excluded from the mainstream labor market that are attempting to create new forms and traditions of labor under considerable pressure to place people in the mainstream labor market. (The Homeworkers' Association is an example of how a labor union responded to work restructuring by departing from traditional tactics of collective bargaining and strike action in favor of creative alliances and innovative strategies for working with displaced workers. Chic Resto-Pop illustrates the complex interaction among business development, job training, political advocacy, and linkages to the wider culture of the community movement. A-Way Express Couriers demonstrates similar connections from within a framework of self help and with a goal of not integration but building an alternative labor market that redefines, accommodates, and organizes the capacities of a heavily stigmatized community.) Section 3 provides comments on directions the research is pursuing into informal learning. (Contains 52-item bibliography.) (YLB)

Published
2000

110. Agenda for the future

Author

Hall, Budd L., primary, Jackson, Edward T., additional, Tandon, Rajesh, additional, Fontan, Jean-Marc, additional, and Lall, Nirmala, additional

Published
2019
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119. Agenda for the future

Author

Hall, Budd L., primary, Jackson, Edward T., additional, Tandon, Rajesh, additional, Fontan, Jean-Marc, additional, and Lall, Nirmala, additional

Published
2016
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121. Examining the COVID-19 Response of Canadian Grantmaking Foundations: Possibilities, Tensions, and Long-Term Implications

Author

Manuel Litalien, Adam Saifer, Isidora G. Sidorovska, and Fontan Jean-Marc

Subjects
Cultural Studies, History, Literature and Literary Theory, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Welfare economics, media_common.quotation_subject, Grantmaking foundations, COVID-19, Canadian philanthropic sector, Equity and social justice, Organizational change / Fondations subventionnaires, Secteur philanthropique canadien, Équité et justice sociale, Changement organisationnel, Social Sciences, Economic Justice, Social justice, Democracy, Grassroots, Political science, media_common
Abstract

This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates responded to the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by loosening restrictions for grantees; collaborating on new initiatives; elevating grassroots knowledge; and balancing short- and long-term priorities. This response, however, revealed a series of tensions in the dominant pre-COVID-19 philanthropic model—specifically, as a mechanism to address the social, econ- omic, and ecological crises that predate COVID-19. The early pandemic response of grantmaking foundations can there- fore serve as a model for what a more democratic, agile, collaborative, and justice-oriented philanthropic sector can look like. RÉSUMÉ Cet article examine la réponse de fondations philanthropiques canadiennes aux enjeux de justice sociale pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Elles l’ont fait en assouplissant les exigences exigées aux donataires; en collaborant autour de nouvelles initiatives; en priorisant l’expertise des communautés; et en équilibrant les priorités à long et à court terme. Cette réponse révèle les tensions inhérentes au modèle classique de l’action philanthropique, particulièrement dans les façons de répondre aux crises sociales, économiques et écologiques. La réponse actuelle fournit des bases solides pour repenser le modèle d’action du secteur philanthropique subventionnaire afin qu’il soit plus démocratique, plus collaboratif et plus axé sur la justice.

Published
2021

123. Chic Resto-Pop: New Community Practice in Quebec.

Author

Fontan, Jean-Marc and Shragge, Eric

Abstract

A community restaurant begun in Montreal by 12 welfare recipients has provided jobs and inexpensive meals and served community interests. It attempts to integrate social and economic development, operating not primarily as a job training program but as a community-based, socially useful business. (SK)

Published
1996

131. Community organizations and local governance in a metropolitan region

Author

Fontan, Jean-Marc, Hamel, Pierre, Morin, Richard, and Shragge, Eric

Subjects
Community organization -- Economic aspects, Economic development -- Canada, Economic development -- Management, Company business management, Government, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

In a context of globalization, municipalities and metropolitan regions are involved in international competition to support economic growth. This leads to new forms of collaboration between public authorities and businesses, giving birth to new forms of urban and metropolitan governances. Moreover, many old neighborhoods of the central city and some districts of the old suburbs face growth in unemployment and poverty. In these local territories, community organizations put forward local development practices that aim to improve living conditions. These organizations cooperate with other community organizations, public institutions and private agencies. Thus, they are embedded in a kind of governance: a local governance. This article, based on the case of the metropolitan region of Montreal, highlights the conception of local development of these community organizations, the local governance in which they participate, and the link between this local governance with the urban and metropolitan ones. Keywords: community organization; local development; governance; globalization; metropolis; Montreal

Published
2009

132. Social entrepreneurs, local initiatives and social economy: foundations for a socially innovative strategy to fight against poverty and exclusion

Author

Klein, Juan-Luis, Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle, and Fontan, Jean-Marc

Subjects
Community development -- Methods -- Case studies, Social economy -- Innovations, Entrepreneurship -- Case studies, Regional disparities (Economics) -- Control, Regional focus/area studies, Social sciences, Control, Innovations, Case studies, Methods
Abstract

This paper presents a synthetic analysis of local initiatives put in action by social entrepreneurs. On the basis of six case studies carried out in Quebec, the authors describe the [...]

Published
2009

133. Les Ateliers des savoirs partagés : connectivité et Développement en Milieu Rural.

Author

Tremblay, Pierre-André, Bérard, Sébastien, Bussières, Denis, Caillouette, Jacques, Doyon, Mélanie, Dufresne, Caroline, Lachapelle, René, Laroche, Sylvain, Lavoie, Marie-Ève, Morin, Lucie, Tremblay, Sabrina, Tremblay, Suzanne, Camus, Annie, Fontan, Jean-Marc, Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle, and Klein, Juan-Luis

Subjects
COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL sustainability, COLLECTIVE action, SOCIAL context, RURAL geography, SOCIAL innovation
Abstract

Copyright of Journal of Rural & Community Development is the property of Brandon University, Rural Development Institute and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Published
2022

142. CONCLUSION

Author

Fontan, Jean-Marc, primary, Klein, Juan-Luis, additional, Saucier, Carol, additional, Simard, Majella, additional, Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle, additional, Tremblay, Pierre-André, additional, and Champagne, Christine, additional

Published
2011
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145. [PARTIE 2 Introduction]

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Champagne, Christine, primary, Fontan, Jean-Marc, additional, Klein, Juan-Luis, additional, and Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle, additional

Published
2011
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