Kristen’s latest article is available as an online-first version in the Journal of Social Policy. When contracting public services to nonprofits, governments can choose non-market systems that avoid incentives to decrease service expansiveness over time. The paper compares Canadian and English homelessness.

Philanthropic Foundations Canada recently published our report on the sixth and final session of our study on the impact of COVID-19 on philanthropic foundations in Canada. The study used an iterative Delphi method to track the experience of 22 foundations from May 2020 through to May 2021. In our latest report we provide a concise, practical overview of our findings from the final session.

My recently published paper with Daniel Westlake and Alix Jansen, “Does the Profit Motive Matter? COVID-19 Prevention and Management in Ontario Long-term Care”, was featured in the PANL Perspectives Newsletter of Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Click here to read the post featuring our article!

My latest PhiLab blog post—co-authored with Dan Westlake and Alix Jansen—presents the results from our recently published study on COVID-19 in long-term care. In “Does the Profit Motive Matter? COVID-19 Prevention and Management in Ontario Long-term Care Homes”, we find that for-profit long-term care homes did the worst job of protecting life during the pandemic. But nonprofits were not much better. The data reveal that government long-term care homes were associated with the best COVID-19 management outcomes, while nonprofits were in the middle. The Philab blog post reflects on why, and where we go from here.

My new article in the Conversation—co-authored with Dan Westlake and Alix Jansen—argues that Ontario’s provincial government should consider replacing all for-profit and nonprofit long-term care with direct government provision. While many people have focused on for-profit long-term care, nonprofits also experienced problems in preventing resident deaths from COVID-19. This piece in the Conversation is based on our recently published article in Canadian Public Policy, “Does the Profit Motive Matter? COVID-19 Prevention and Management in Ontario Long-term Care”.

Read my new case study on the recent transformation of the Canadian Red Cross under climate change. It was published today in PhiLab’s December special edition on climate change and the environment. I show that increased natural disasters have expanded the role of the Red Cross, first through philanthropic funding and later on through government supports. Today, the Red Cross is an indispensable part of a growing area of Canadian social policy: emergency social services. This case shows an instance of welfare nonprofitization in action and points to the connections between philanthropy and welfare state expansion.