In fall 2010, the Foundation released a discussion paper entitled 'In the Best Interests of Children and Families: A Discussion of Early Childhood Education and Care in Alberta'. The paper was developed to stimulate discussion on how Alberta might best approach the funding and delivery of early childhood education and care in Alberta. Following release of that paper, the Foundation, with support from its local partners, hosted five regional forums across the province to consider the ideas presented in that paper. This current report summarizes the key themes that emerged from those discussions and provides a synthesis of participants' thoughts and responses to the discussion paper.
Reports
Early Childhood Development
In the Best Interests of Children and Families: A Plenary Discussion of Early Childhood Education and Care in Alberta
11/2011
This summary report outlines the major themes that emerged from a plenary forum with fifty-one participants involved in early childhood education and care in Alberta, hosted by The Muttart Foundation and Success By 6. The plenary forum was organized both to review findings from a series of five regional forums organized to discuss the Foundation's paper 'In the Best Interests of Children and Families: A Discussion of Early Childhood Education and Care in Alberta' and to consider the broad outlines of a possible path forward for strengthening early childhood education and care in the Province.
In the Best Interests of Children and Families: A Synthesis of Regional Discussions
09/2011
This summary report outlines the major themes that emerged from a plenary forum with fifty-one participants involved in early childhood education and care in Alberta, hosted by The Muttart Foundation and Success By 6. The plenary forum was organized both to review findings from a series of five regional forums organized to discuss the Foundation's paper 'In the Best Interests of Children and Families: A Discussion of Early Childhood Education and Care in Alberta' and to consider the broad outlines of a possible path forward for strengthening early childhood education and care in the Province.
In the Best Interests of Children and Families: A Discussion of Early Childhood Education and Care in Alberta
11/2010
A discussion paper that provides an overview of the current funding and delivery of early childhood and care in Alberta as well as an alternate vision for how early childhood education and care can be approached and supported to better meet the needs of Alberta's children and their families.
In conjunction with the release of this discussion paper, the Foundation held a discussion on December 3rd, 2010 to allow key stakeholders in the Edmonton area the opportunity to consider the paper and begin a broader dialogue on the options it presents for advancing the funding and delivery of early childhood education and care. Additional discussions will take place in Grande Prairie, Calgary, Red Deer, and Medicine Hat/Lethbridge to engage others in these important discussions.
Strengthening the Charitable Sector
Supporting Innovation and Resiliency in the Charitable and Non-Profit Sector
Imagine Canada's pre-budget report, August 2010
08/2011
August 2010 - Imagine Canada, a national umbrella organization representing the interest of Canadian charities and non-profits, has just submitted its pre-budget brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
Are there too many non-profit organizations in Alberta duplicating services?
A "think piece" by Mark Holmgren seeks to respond to the suggestion that there are too many non-profit organizations in Alberta.
Recently, there have been some suggestions (mainly from government) that there are too many non-profit organizations in Alberta. Are those suggestions valid? Should there be some control over who can form associations? Or is government's role simply to decide which organizations it will fund? Mark Holmgren has written a thoughtful paper on the topic. Click here to read it.
The Drafter’s Guide to Memoranda to Cabinet
“A Drafter’s Guide to Memoranda to Cabinet” was originally created to instruct public servants throughout the federal government on how to prepare documentation, present analysis and set out options for decisions under consideration by Cabinet and its committees.
Sharing their wealth
An Edmonton Journal special report on Alberta's volunteers and not-for-profit organizations.
Perspectives on Fundraising
Research from Perspectives on Fundraising, by Imagine Canada and commissioned by the Muttart Foundation, looks at charity returns submitted to the Canadian Revenue Agency. Research results showed low-level cost of fundraising percentages for most charities, but also showed that many charities are still not completing their T3010Bs correctly.
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