The Discovery Pod

The Discovery Pod


Latest Episodes

Malcolm Burrows on Donor Advised Funds And Changes In Philanthropy
September 04, 2019

The awareness of philanthropy has changed over the past couple of years. There is a much greater general awareness and a higher level of sophistication now in the wealth environment with the available resources and the understanding that people have ab...

Elizabeth Cannon on Developing A Fundraising Campaign And A Clear Institutional Strategy
August 28, 2019

Fundraising has been a vital part of the social profit sector. That is why it is important to do it right, especially when you are the one leading it. President Emerita of the University of Calgary and officer of the Order of Canada,

Mental Health Is Health with Deborah Gillis
August 14, 2019

Mental health is health, and it is a fact that many families have been touched by difficulties in this area in varying levels of severity. Thanks to mental health advocates like Deborah Gillis, the CEO of CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health),

Margaret McNeil: Leading A Mission And Values-Based Children’s Hospice
August 07, 2019

When people think about hospice, they think about the end of life. However, for Margaret McNeil, the CEO of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, they go beyond that and give as much opportunity for life to the children and their family as they possibly can...

Margaret McNeil: Leading A Mission And Values-Based Children’s Hospice
August 07, 2019

When people think about hospice, they think about the end of life. However, for Margaret McNeil, the CEO of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, they go beyond that and give as much opportunity for life to the children and their family as they possibly can...

Building and Leading a National Research Organization with Dr. Victor Ling
July 31, 2019

Many discovery-orientated types of research across the country make the headlines. However, most of these were breakthroughs from a scientific perspective and not from a clinical perspective. This means that the patients don’t benefit from it,

Social Profit Sector Perspectives On Change And Innovation with Paul Nazareth
July 24, 2019

As the world offers more means for people to help, the social profit sector has come to adapt to it. Paul Nazareth, the Vice President of Education and Development for the Canadian Association of Gift Planners,

Arts Leadership And Organizational Transformation with Kim Gaynor
July 17, 2019

The social profit world is so big that no leadership and organization are the same. Taking us into the arts and cultural sector of social profit, Kim Gaynor, the General Director of the Vancouver Opera, sheds light to its differences against other kind...

Palliative Care: The Importance of Informed End-Of-Life Choices with Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
July 10, 2019

More and more unfortunate patients are spending their final weeks, days, and minutes of life hidden away from the people they love, and sometimes they are in significant amounts of pain. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider,

Building Credibility Through Campaigns & Board Engagement with Judy Savage
July 03, 2019

Many organizations are confounded with the problem of having their boards support them. Judy Savage, the CEO of Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, has successfully veered from that by building credibility through campaigns and letting the boards actively ...