COVID-19 advocacy from across the sector

Win! Good Samaritan protection for nonprofit insurance in Ontario

Advocacy from across the sector

Nonprofit and charitable organizations from Ontario and across Canada are taking action to understand and respond to the needs of their specific communities. On this page, you will find new research, policy responses, and analyses of systemic issues related to COVID-19 from the perspectives of different subsectors.

• Open letter: Six ways for the Ontario government to support the nonprofit sector, January 5, 2022

Policy responses

Specific recommendations and perspectives on provincial and federal policies and strategies related to COVID-19

• Imagine Canada: Call for federal support for nonprofits and charities
• Call for federal support the international cooperation sector
• Green Communities: Letter in support of Canada’s nonprofit sector
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: COVID-19 and the Canadian Workforce
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Ontario needs to invest $58 million to fix long-term care staffing crisis
• United Way East Ontario: Call for governments to increase local support
• Decent Work and Decent Health: Comprehensive measures required to protect the public
• Workers Action Centre: COVID-19: Protect Workers Now!
• Education Foundation of Niagara: Letter to federal government supporting nonprofit and charitable sector
• Social Enterprise Council of Canada: Letter to federal government calling for support for social enterprise sector
• Canadian Women’s Foundation join Letter to Ministry of Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development highlighting the importance of applying an intersectional feminist lens to the COVID-19 pandemic
• YWCA Canada: Call for a Feminist Approach to COVID-19
• Joint letter to federal government from community economic development, co-operative, social economy, social enterprise, and non-profit organizations
• Ontario Nonprofit Housing Association: Letter to the Attorney General of Ontario supporting “good samaritan” liability protection for nonprofits

Systemic issues and analysis

How nonprofits envision building an equitable response to the pandemic

• YWCA Canada: A Feminist Recovery Plan in Canada for women, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people
• Income Security Advocacy Centre: Support income security for Ontario’s most vulnerable people
• Alliance for Healthier Communities: Statement from Black Health Leaders on COVID-19’s impact on Black Communities in Ontario
• Black to the Future Community of Practice: COVID-19 Emergency Aid Report
• ARCH Disability Law Centre: Ontario Health is Engaging in Consultation with Human Rights and Key Community Experts on the Triage Protocol
• YWCA Toronto: An Intersectional Approach to COVID-19 She-Covery
• Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, ONN, and Kathleen Lahey: Resetting Normal Report 1: Building Gender Equality in the Pandemic Recovery
• Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Fay Faraday, and ONN: Resetting Normal Report 2: Women, Decent Work, and Canada’s Fractured Care Economy
• Joint letter: Stronger Together – Solidarity Statement denouncing anti-Black racism
• Déclaration commune de solidarité : Dénoncement du racisme anti-Noirs
• Migrant Workers Alliance for Change: Unheeded Warning: COVID-19 & Migrant Workers in Canada 

Surveys and research

Data on the experiences and needs of specific nonprofit subsectors and regions

• Rural Ontario Institute: COVID-19 Impact on Rural Employment
• Saskatchewan Nonprofit Partnership: Saskatchewan Nonprofits & COVID-19
• BC nonprofits and COVID-19: Early Impact Summary Report