You’re doing meaningful work — but non-profits across Canada are experiencing unprecedented workforce instability driven by high turnover, chronic staffing shortages, reduced volunteer engagement, rising burnout, and increasing mental health concerns. These pressures directly impact organizational capacity, service delivery, and long-term sustainability.
This four-part series is designed to help non-profit leaders strengthen their organizations with practical, usable strategies. Each 90-minute session focuses on a key area of resilience and growth: creative HR and hiring solutions, donor communication for trust and retention, using digitization and technology to secure funding, and improving grant writing and reporting.
April 8
HR and Hiring: Building Capacity for Stronger Impact
Presenters: Marina Glencross and Sandra Stokes, S&G HR Consulting
Discover practical HR strategies tailored for nonprofit organizations. Learn how to improve hiring, retain great people, and build stronger, more resilient teams. Participants will leave with actionable ideas they can apply right away to better support their staff and mission.
April 22
From Ask to Impact: Communicating for Donor Trust and Retention
Presenter: Allie Hughes, Chief Strategy Officer, Delta4Digital
May 6
Digitization and Technology for Securing Funding
Presenter: Doris Fiander, AI Strategy Advisor and Speaker, Gowest.ai and Quantum Growth AI
May 20
Grant Writing and Reporting
Presenters: Diana Cihak, President and Senior Grant Writer, and Julie Yates, Executive Assistant, Upper Edge Consulting, LLC
Sessions take place at the Four Points by Sheraton St. Catharines, 3530 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
Registration:
Non-profit organizations: $40/session plus tax
For more information and to register click here.
