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Purposeworks contributes to sector thinking through reflection, learning, and evidence-informed perspective. Our writing is grounded in practice focused on governance, systems, leadership, sustainability, and the realities facing nonprofit and social-purpose organizations in Canada.
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Governance
When Governance Gets Hard: Leading Boards Through Uncertainty
Posted February 10, 2026
For many non-profit and social purpose organizations, governance has become more demanding than it was even a few years ago. more…
Systems
Why Your Workforce Problem May Actually be a Systems Problem
Posted February 25, 2026
Burnout, turnover, and recruitment difficulty rarely begin with individual performance. This piece explores the structural conditions that drive workforce strain in the social-purpose sector.
Leadership
The Case for Fractional Workers: Rethinking Capacity
How intentionally designed fractional roles can stabilize, build capacity, and transfer knowledge - without creating the organizational reliance that undermines long-term sustainability.
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We respectfully acknowledge that Purposeworks' offices are located on the unsurrendered and unceded traditional Wolastoqey (WOOL-US-TOOK-WAY) land. The lands of Wabanaki (WAH-BAH-NAH-KEE) people are recognized in a series of Peace and Friendship Treaties to establish an ongoing relationship of peace, friendship and mutual respect between equal nations. We recognize the Wabanaki who have been the traditional stewards of this land for countless generations, and we pay our respects to their elders past and present. We recognize the enduring presence and contributions of these peoples, who have lived on and cared for this land since time immemorial.
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