Best The Charity Report Editor In Chief Gail Picco Podcasts (2024)

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S2 E3 - This is My Real Name: A Stripper's Memoir 25:18

2y ago25:18

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Cid Brunet is a former stripper and emerging writer who spent a decade working in clubs across Canada under the name Michelle. This Is My Real Name: A Stripper's Memoir is a candid, searing memoir of working 10 years in the sex trade, a personal guide of the strip club circuit by someone who knows it well. Brunet’s crisp dialogue puts you in the dr…

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S2, Episode 2, Talking Deep Diversity with Shakil Choudhury 39:22

2+ y ago39:22

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Shakil Choudhury, is an award-winning educator and consultant with more than 20 years of international experience in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion. He’s worked with thousands of organizational leaders across sectors in Canada and the United States to, as he says, “help them improve their equity outcomes.” His new book, Deep Diversit…

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S2. Episode 1: Drew Hayden Taylor on Indigenous Literature and his new work 23:12

2+ y ago23:12

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A contemporary multi-media storyteller, Drew Hayden Taylor has written more than 30 books and screen plays, and scores of columns and essays. He’s a theatre performer and director, actively expanding the boundaries of Indigenous literature. His most recent novel Chasing Painted Horses was published in 2019 and named one of the year’s best books of …

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Episode 17 - Getting personal with the authors of Collecting Courage 1:23:32

2+ y ago1:23:32

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An anthology of stories written by Black fundraisers working in the United States and Canada has laid bare the underlying racism in the philanthropic sector. The editors and contributors of Collecting Courage: Joy Pain Freedom Love have been on the virtual book tour circuit talking about racism, community, and best the way forward. And today we’re …

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Episode 16 - Rev Michael Coren in conversation about his new book The Rebel Christ 35:31

2+ y ago35:31

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The countdown to Christmas has begun and, for many Christians, so has the annual debate about the true meaning of the holiday. The legacy of Indian Residential Schools coupled with weaponization of the words of Christ by the evangelical right wing leaves Christianity in a crisis. The words of its founder, born in Bethlehem two centuries ago, are us…

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Episode 15 - Cindy Wagman 28:58

2+ y ago28:58

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Cindy Wagman began her nonprofit career as a fundraising manager in a women’s shelter. Since that time, she’s been Development Director for the Canadian Women’s Foundation, The Kensington Foundation, Rotman School of Management, and Campaign Director for the Hot Docs Film Festival. For the past six and a half years, she’s headed up her own consulta…

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Episode 14 - Madeleine Shaw, author of The Greater Good 34:52

2+ y ago34:52

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Madeleine Shaw is a multiple award-winning social entrepreneur with more than twenty-five years of experience launching ventures with a social change agenda. At age 25, she founded Aisle, a privately held business whose sustainable menstrual care products are now sold in more than 40 countries worldwide. She’s established the charity United Girls o…

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Episode 13 - Sara Florence Davidson 32:12

2+ y ago32:12

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Dr. Sara Florence Davidson is an educator, author, and assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Her brand-new children’s book, Jigging for Halibut with Tsinii on which she collaborated with her father, is a simple story of a young man who goes fishing with his grandfather and returns in the evening, but one that i…

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Episode 12 - Lucy Bernholz and How we Give Now 40:49

2+ y ago40:49

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Dr. Lucy Bernholz is Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University. For the past 12 years, she has been the force behind the annual Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society Blueprint monograph series. This week her new book, How we give now: A philanthropic guide for the rest of us, has been released. Fo…

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Episode 11 - #BlackinSchool with Habiba Cooper Diallo 25:37

2+ y ago25:37

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The prevalence of anti-Black racism and its many faces, from racial profiling to police brutality, in North America is indisputable. What we know less about is how our schools reinforce rather than erode racism, teaching a one-dimensional, tokenistic curricula portraying Black people, and work to erase the lived experiences of Black youth, in effec…

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Episode 10: Straight Talk with F. Warren McFarlan 31:47

2+ y ago31:47

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Our very special guest today is F. Warren McFarlan, Professor Emeritus and former Senior Associate Dean of External Relations at Harvard Business School, who has 40 years of active nonprofit experience. Among his many and varied accomplishments, he helped set up Harvard’s School International Senior Management Program in Switzerland in 1973 and was…

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Episode 9: Barbara Floersch and the Righteous Ask 31:51

2+ y ago31:51

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A righteous ask is a funding request grounded in a community need that is well aligned with the funder’s mission and put forth by a well-respected nonprofit in pursuit of impact rather than dollars, writes Barbara Floersch in her new book You Have a Hammer: Building Grant Proposals for Social Change. Floersch has more than 40 years’ experience in n…

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Episode 8 - David Macfarlane talks about his new book Likeness 27:38

2+ y ago27:38

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David Macfarlane, one of Canada’s most celebrated writers, has just released his latest book. Likeness: Fathers, sons, a portrait is a told through a portrait of Macfarlane by Canadian artist John Hartman set against the backdrop of Hamilton, Ontario where Macfarlane grew up. The painting, measuring five feet by five and a half feet, that has ended…

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Episode 7 - Covering the opioid epidemic with guest Marcus Gee 27:35

3y ago27:35

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Today, we get behind the process of covering a major news story. For the past two years, award-winning journalist Marcus Gee has been writing about what some call the “other” pandemic—deaths from opioid overdose. He’s talked to and written about medical practitioners, opioid users, and the family and friends they sometimes leave behind. We ask him …

The Charity Report Editor In Chief Gail Picco Podcasts

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The Charity Report Editor in chief Gail Picco

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S2 E3 - This is My Real Name: A Stripper's Memoir 25:18

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S2, Episode 2, Talking Deep Diversity with Shakil Choudhury 39:22

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S2. Episode 1: Drew Hayden Taylor on Indigenous Literature and his new work 23:12

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Episode 17 - Getting personal with the authors of Collecting Courage 1:23:32

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Episode 16 - Rev Michael Coren in conversation about his new book The Rebel Christ 35:31

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Episode 15 - Cindy Wagman 28:58

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Episode 14 - Madeleine Shaw, author of The Greater Good 34:52

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Episode 13 - Sara Florence Davidson 32:12

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Episode 12 - Lucy Bernholz and How we Give Now 40:49

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Episode 11 - #BlackinSchool with Habiba Cooper Diallo 25:37

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Episode 10: Straight Talk with F. Warren McFarlan 31:47

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Episode 9: Barbara Floersch and the Righteous Ask 31:51

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Episode 8 - David Macfarlane talks about his new book Likeness 27:38

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Episode 7 - Covering the opioid epidemic with guest Marcus Gee 27:35

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Episode 6 - Untangling history on a knitting road trip with guest Sylvia Olsen 35:04

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Episode 5: No Apology - Indian Residential Schools and Legacy of the Catholic Church with Reverend Michael Coren 33:16

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Episode 4 - Neglected No More: André Picard talks about his new book 28:14

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Episode 3 - Guaranteed Basic Income, interview with Jamie Swift and Elaine Power 41:32

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Episode 2: Métis history comes alive with Katherena Vermette 27:01

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Episode 1: Fundraising for the Environment, Interview with Dave Love 27:20

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