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Investing in Canada’s Community Services Sector Is Investing in Canada’s Future

Jun 13 2025

Leadership

When Canadians struggle with the uneven impact of economic and social disruption, they turn to the community services sector for support. From child care, mental health, housing, and youth programs, to employment and training, culturally relevant support, and newcomer settlement services, the organizations that we collectively represent across Canada respond to urgent community needs every...
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The charities that help struggling Canadians are struggling, too

Dec 14 2020

CEO Blog

Originally published in the Globe & Mail December 11, 2020 By W. Matthew Chater, Owen Charters, Dan Clement, Peter Dinsdale, and Maya Roy One thing is true of our organizations: We exist because communities need us. More than eight million Canadians rely on us every year. And when times are especially tough, like now, even...
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BGC Canada acknowledges that our work spans many Territories and Treaty areas and we are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who have gone before us and the youth that continuously inspire us in the work that we do. BGC Canada’s mission statement is to provide safe, supportive places where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life. We recognize that these values are impossible to attain without the ongoing guidance and partnership with Indigenous peoples.

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