Residing in a oil-rich province, my morning reading consists of the daily banter between business tycoons and the environmental conservationists.  Last month, a group of Canadian Sierra Club members bicycled to the tar sands (approximately 1,000 km) to gather water...

In my pursuit to better understand international philanthropy, someone posed the question to me, “Should western style philanthropy really be a world-wide model (the standard)?”  I don't know how to fully answer and it is a question that keeps me thinking. The U.S....

Last week's release of the 2008 Index of Global Philanthropy by the Hudson Institute, Center for Global Prosperity showed the power that private money is having on the world of philanthropy.  Citing that in 2006 government aid equaled less that 25% of the all economic...