CharityVillage Connects: Post-Election Wake-Up Call: What Canada’s New Federal Government Means for Nonprofits

It’s been about three months now, since Canada elected its new government. What will this new federal government mean for Canada’s nonprofit sector? What policy shifts can we anticipate? How will funding be affected? And what should nonprofit leaders be watching for, in the months ahead? In this episode of CharityVillage Connects, we speak with several nonprofit leaders and government relations experts to help us unpack what we might expect from our newly elected government and better understand what the nonprofit sector can do to work with this government to serve the needs of Canadians.

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Meet Our Guests

Meet Our Guests (in order of appearance)

Christopher Holz

Government Relations Advisor, capitalW

Christopher (Chris) Holz is a seasoned public affairs executive with over 20 years of experience working with government decision makers and clients.

Providing counsel at all three levels of government, he has served corporate clients, citizens groups, charities and non-profits, in several policy areas including financial services, energy and utilities, real estate and infrastructure development, gaming, film and television, health care, municipal government, environment, among others.

Mitzie Hunter

President and CEO, Canadian Women’s Foundation

Mitzie Hunter is a dynamic leader with 30 years of experience working in the private and non-profit sectors, and in government. She was the first Black woman to serve as Ontario’s Minister of Education, she was also Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development and Associate Minister of Finance. Today she is President and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation and a respected advocate for women, girls, and gender-diverse people across the country.

Mitzie is known for her expertise in an array of issues, including building neighbourhoods, communities and cities – and the infrastructure and inclusive economies that support them. She has held leadership positions with the Prosperity Project, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, CivicAction, Goodwill Industries, and SMART Toronto, a technology hub. Her community commitment is evident through board roles with Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, Fidelity Investments Canada, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, United Way Greater Toronto, and TVO. In 2023, Mitzie ran for mayor of the City of Toronto. She is a Senior Fellow with the C.D. Howe Institute, Chair of the Sectoral Table on the Caring Economy, and a Canadian Urban Leader at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities.

Jean-Marc Mangin

President and CEO, Philanthropic Foundations Canada

Jean-Marc has been President & CEO of Philanthropic Foundations Canada since 2019. He currently sits on the Government of Canada’s Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector.

Prior to PFC, Jean-Marc led a renewal process of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the largest national organization of Canadian researchers and scholars as its Executive Director.

He also has had a long career serving in international development with the UN, NGOs, and the Canadian Government in responding to global humanitarian disasters and development challenges. As CUSO Executive Director, he led a merger with VSO-Canada, and he was the first Executive Director of Global Call for Climate Action, a cross-sector civil society initiative supporting transformational change to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Born in Manitoba, raised in Quebec, and educated in BC and Ontario, he holds an MA in Political Sciences and Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto.

The land that Jean-Marc lives, learns and works on has been home to many Indigenous communities throughout time, and is the traditional unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People.

Andrew Chunilall

CEO, Community Foundations of Canada

Andrew Chunilall joined Community Foundations Canada in 2013 and became CEO in 2017, following a six-year tenure as Vice-President of Finance for the London Community Foundation and his long-standing service as a finance and regulatory expert for Canada’s philanthropic milieu. Now at the head of the community foundation movement, Andrew is working closely with the Community Foundations of Canada Leadership team, Board and foundations in Canada and abroad to help the philanthropic sector transform, innovate and meet the new challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

About your Host

Mary Barroll

President of CharityVillage

Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.

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