About the Non-Profit Sector
Students who participate in CSL are likely to gain more from their placement experiences if they take time to understand the social, economic, and political context of the non-profit sector. We encourage all students and instructors to explore some resources on the non-profit sector before participating in CSL. In some CSL courses, instructors require students to read and respond to these or other resources as part of their course assignments.
For more information about the non-profit work in Alberta, check-out these resources:
- Fact Sheet About the Voluntary Sector in Alberta (pdf)
- Profiling the Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector in Alberta (pdf)
- The State of the Nonprofit Sector in Alberta (pdf)
- Lasby, D., Barr, C. (2021). State of the sector and public opinion about the sector. In Phillips, Susan D. and Wyatt, Bob (Eds). Intersections and Innovations: Change for Canada’s Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector. Chapter 2. (pp. 1-36, Chapter 1). Edmonton, AB, Canada: Muttart Foundation.
- Imagine Canada. Canada’s charities & nonprofits: Infographic (pdf)
- Imagine Canada. Get to know Alberta’s nonprofit sector: Data sheet (pdf)
- Statistics Canada. (March 20, 2024). National Insights into Non-profit Organizations, Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (pdf)