The Flying Circus sets the right note. Your Working Girl can’t remember a time when she didn’t know this song. The Money Song by Monty Python
Where the money isn’t
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Every year in Toronto and cities across the country, departments of public health have to fight for their budgets. In Toronto, the fight was ugly last year. The mayor wanted no increase. Toronto Public Health said delivery of student nutrition programs necessitated an increase. The budget passed, but not without a fight. Next year is […]
How can I get some?
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The shortest cut to getting a piece of the money that’s floating around the charitable sector for your own personal self is to obtain your CFRE® — the Certified Fund Raising Executive certificate, a fundraising certification program run by the industry self-regulator, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). The test is tough, made up of […]
How do I show I have it?
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Deep down, Your Working Girl’s populist side believes that hospitals, universities and associated government-funded buildings should be called “The People’s Cardiac Centre” or “The People’s Breast Cancer Laboratory”, “The People’s Law Library” and so on. She does, however, acknowledge it has the tinge of the Maoist about it and she doesn’t want to throw her […]
Hi-ho, hi-ho
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
You don’t have to dig too deep — part two. The ties that bind. International NGOs and the Canadian mining industry. Here a listing of Canadian NGOsand the mining companies that acknowledged as a “Donor”, “Alliance Partner”, “Major Corporate Sponsor” on their website. In some cases such as Plan Canada, WUSC, World Vision (for which […]
You don’t have to dig too deep
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Prologue: As the freezing rain beat against the windows of her 15th floor walk-up, Your Working Girl was thinking on the brouhaha surrounding World Vision, Plan Canada, World University Services of Canada and their $7.7 million deal with Barrick Gold, IAM GOLD, Rio Tinto and CIDA (heaven rest its soul). For a sector that has […]
Your Working Girl 