Research & Publications
Community organizations are searching for better ways to demonstrate the value of their work, to understand the causal relationships behind it, and to make its delivery more efficient.
As an organization whose mandate is to serve the many c ...
This guidebook is intended to introduce both prospective business sellers and buyers to the first steps of exploring social succession: getting clarity about goals, priorities, and options. It is a starting point for a much more detailed process, ...
CSC NL’s Community Sector Salary & Benefits Survey 2023 provides comprehensive documentation of compensation and benefits currently provided to community sector staff in Newfoundland and Labrador. This report investigates all aspects of com ...
In conceiving this study the Community Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC NL) wanted to explore the economic impact of community organizations. Together with the Collaborative Applied Research in Economics (CARE), Department of Econo ...
This report is the outcome of a seven-phase study by Training Works on behalf of the CSCNL to create a Leadership Competency Model for the Newfoundland and Labrador community sector.
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If you hold a leadership position with an NL nonprofit or charity, this guidebook is for you! This easy-to-use document has been created to assist nonprofit leaders both paid and unpaid in managing compliance basics.
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SWASP enables students to perform community service with a nonprofit during the summer, develop transferable skills and earn a tuition voucher and weekly stipend.
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A report on the CSC’s Day of Dialogue on social enterprise, involving 68 people from 49 organizations and government departments and 14 communities around the province.
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This collection of narratives tells the stories of innovative organizations doing work in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Vibrant Communities has an overarching goal in the St. John’s area to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for low income families. One of its strategic imperatives is to improve access to quality, affordable childcare for low inco ...
The priorities presented in this document are based on work of the Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC) in discussion with the Community Sector Working Committee (CSWC). The CSWC, formed by CSC in follow up to its Provincial Fo ...
This report presents a literature review and the findings from a survey of webinar users.
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CSC’s 2011 Submission to Income Support and Employment Act and Regulations.
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Reporting on the priorities of social enterprise leaders
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This report examines the use of communication tools in the social economy. Based on results from 466 participants sampled through interviews, focus groups, and a survey, the study identifies.
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A tip sheet for constructing effective emails in point form.
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In this study, we surveyed 251 individuals in Newfoundland and Labrador’s community sector to discover their preferences and patterns in opening and reading email.
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National studies and research carried out by the Community Services Council NL indicates that many organizations need more volunteers for all sorts of work (to serve on boards and committees, for short-term activities, for work on a regular basis, ...
A report of Day Two of CSC’s Provincial Forum New Thinking for the Next Decade which took place September 30, 2011. Day Two was led by Imagine Canada.
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A synopsis of Day One of CSC’s Forum New Thinking for Next Decade which took place September 29, 2011 at the Capital Hotel in St. John’s.
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A poster summarizing research done on communications in the social economy.
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Presentation to accompany Sub-node 6 documents on communications in the social economy.
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In this paper, findings from interviews with key informants, a case study of an alternate virtual research environment, and self-reports from network members demonstrate further information
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This paper reports on a CSC-initiated process of identifying the contributions of community enterprises in Newfoundland and Labrador to social, economic and cultural development.
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The Caledon Institute on Social Policy (with Fran Locke, Penelope Rowe and Anne Makhoul) has published a brief story of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Strategic Social Plan (SSP).
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A manual published by the Caledon Institute of Social Policy with input from ten partners across Canada, including Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC) has evaluated the use of online communities by a network of university and community-based researchers in Atlantic Canada.
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A supplement to “Annotated Bibliography on the Social Economy”
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This report presents findings after 20 months of use of web communities for the Social Economy and Sustainability (SES) Research Project.
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The literature review focuses on evaluations of online communities.
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Community Profits is a preliminary inventory of organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador involved in community enterprise activity and profiles of exceptional organizations.
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A discussion paper prepared for the Values Added Symposium outlining Innovative Strategies in Government-Community Collaboration:Voluntary Sector and Citizen Engagement in Public Policy Development
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A thesis study by Allison Catmur on the history of collaborative governance and the impact of the Strategic Social Plan (SSP) in Labrador.
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Usability Sociability Links (Sub Node 6) Hollett 2007
Community Services Council NL
This paper reports on a CSC-initiated process of identifying the contributions of community enterprises in Newfoundland and Labrador to social, economic and cultural development
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From 1998 to 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador had a unique Strategic Social Plan (SSP) built around bringing the voluntary, community-based sector (VCBS) into the policy process, instead of presentin.
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A short paper that frames the province’s SSP from a historical perspective.
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This paper presents a case study of the Strategic Social Plan (SSP) of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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On February 9, 2007, CSC brought together representatives of voluntary organizations and youth volunteers together for the Attracting and Retaining Young Adults in Voluntary Organizations Forum.
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The focus for this annotated bibliography was to provide a listing of resources on the
Social Economy with special reference to communications.
The Strategic Social Plan (SSP) for Newfoundland and Labrador articulated a role for the voluntary, community-based sector in social development that the sector had long known was essential in achieving community and population well-being.
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People, Partners and Prosperity: A Strategic Social Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador provided a framework for a shift in focus from remedial social programs for individuals to “place-based” social development. Social programs, investments an ...
The National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (NSNVO) conducted in 2003 is the first comprehensive study of nonprofit and voluntary organizations in Canada.
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Presentation of the conceptual model.
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The movement towards increasingly ‘civil,’ participatory societies is an international phenomenon posing new challenges for elected governments as citizens and community groups press for a stronger voice in political affairs.
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Collaborative, more devolved initiatives have become a keystone of government policy across a wide range of jurisdictions in the last twenty years. In the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Strategic Social Plan (SSP) is best viewed as a ...
Environmental Scan of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Voluntary Sector.
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Newfoundland and Labrador has been undergoing a series of demographic, economic, and social changes resulting in population decline in rural areas. There is a perception that these changes, especially depopulation, are negatively affecting the lev ...
In 2004, the Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador undertook research on youth voluntarism.
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After a successful first-year pilot, the Policy Internships and Fellowships (PIAF) Program was renewed in 2003. The program is managed by the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD), a joint initiative of the University of Ott ...
This paper focuses on the increasingly important role being played by academics in undertaking collaborative, community-based research.
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Among the pressing challenges for the voluntary, community-based (non-profit) sector are human resource issues. Whether articulated as the need for more volunteers and a new leadership base or under-recognition as a potential employer, there is ...
On 6 February 2003, the Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada held a roundtable on voluntary sector issues at the Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador.
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In November 2003 the Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC) released the report Expanding Their Universe: Reshaping The Future – A Report on the Impact of School Fees and Fun.
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In December 2002, a Planning Event was held to bring together researchers, stakeholders and policy shapers to identify new avenues of exploration to help shape our research agenda with a long-term.
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Volume I reviews literature findings on pre-employment models and reports on a survey of Newfoundland and Labrador career specialists and community partners.
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This report summarizes a massive research project taken on by the CSC between 1997 and 2000 to build a picture of the community sector in Newfoundland and Labrador: opportunities, challenges, demog.
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People, Partners and Prosperity – A Strategic Social Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador 1998.
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The final report on the Roundtable on the Role of the Voluntary Community-Based or Third Sector and the Social Economy in Regional Development in Atlantic Canada.
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Volume 2 – Report of the Strategic Social Planning Public Dialogue Newfoundland and Labrador (1997)
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Report of the Strategic Social Planning Public Dialogue Newfoundland and Labrador (1997)
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