How to ensure that social policy decisions are consistently and effectively guided by the best possible evidence? Mowat NFP’s latest report crystalizes the lessons learned from the Innovation in Evidence conference and related research and convening activities to tackle this challenge. Read More
Building the Canadian evidence infrastructure for social policy
Canadian governments and their service-provider partners are tackling increasingly complex social problems. Effective solutions will depend on how well they can identify what initiatives are and are not working, and how well the most promising ones can be adapted and scaled up.Read More
In advance of our Innovation in Evidence conference, Mowat NFP reached out to six Canadian and International conference speakers — Dr. David Halpern, James Turner, Jon Baron, Diane Roussin, Hanna Azemati and Jonathan Breckon to garner their expertise on a wide-range of topics relating to the role of evidence:Read More
Strengthening Canadian Efforts to Identify What Works (and What Doesn’t) in Social Policy
The landscape for evidence-informed policymaking is changing rapidly. While important social issues are becoming more complex and entrenched, there exist challenges which impede the generation and adoption of evidence to inform impactful social policy in Canada. Read More
Governance is one of the most challenging and complex issues in the non-profit sector. It is typically regarded as something that boards do, and problems with governance are usually understood as problems with board performance.Read More
The latest report from Mowat NFP’s Enabling Environment series analyzes how charities, funders, governments and academic institutions can create a more enabling environment for data collection, analysis and sharing for the charitable sectors in both Canada and the UK.Read More