Reimagining Philanthropy in Canada

What is possible when we make space for the conversations we need to be having, grapple with the tensions we need to be holding, and ask the questions we need to be asking?

The Reimagining Philanthropy podcast goes beyond the written word to explore the issues and questions the philanthropic sector needs to reflect and act on. The series is produced in collaboration with the Philanthropist Journal and Senator Ratna Omidvar, and brings together Canadian and international colleagues to tackle these questions.


Episode 1: What would true, reparative giving in the philanthropic sector look like?

In this first episode of the Reimagining Philanthropy podcast, host Senator Ratna Omidvar asks guests Kris Archie and Edgar Villanueva a big question that looms over the philanthropic sector: “If accumulated wealth comes from years of oppression, exploitation, and colonization, then is philanthropy simply an expression of atonement at best or a cover-up at worst?”

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