COCo Toolbox
The COCo Resource Toolbox is a collection of practical tools for community groups and nonprofits in Quebec. Our resources run the gamut from how to run effective meetings, how to train your Board of directors, to fundraising ideas for your nonprofit. Other resources can be found on our social media, on our blog, or on the French side of this toolbox.
The “Problem” Woman of Colour in the Workplace A couple of years ago, COCo discovered an earlier version of this tool, which depicts a common experience for women of colour (and especially Black women) working in the nonprofit sector. The diagram, which was originally developed in the United States, really struck us. It spoke to […]
Tags: #antio, anti-oppression, cocopub, nonprofit, Quebec, race, racism, women, women of colour
March 8, 2018
A grant recently caught our eye that we thought to share with our network, offered by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), a federal nonprofit. The Community Investment Program funds projects that innovative projects that support the development and/or enhancement of the internet for the benefit of all Canadians, including: Community access to the internet, […]
Tags: Communications, finance, funding, fundraising, grant, ICT, technology
February 5, 2018
Recently, the COCo team put aside a few hours to dig into some questions that have been on our minds for a while. One of those questions was how COCo wants to integrate land acknowledgements– that is, recognizing the indigenous territories where we do our work- into our meetings, facilitation, and events. Our conversation about […]
Tags: #antio, anticolonial, decolonize, indigenous, land acknowledgement, territory acknowledgement
A new resource is now available in Montreal for nonprofits in charities looking to get refurbished and donated computers and laptops. The equipment is either free, or costs up to $100, and applications can be made on their website, here. The organization bottomlining this initiative is the Electronic Recycling Association (ERA), a non-profit organization founded […]
Tags: Communications, computers, laptops, technology
January 11, 2018
In mid November, Montreal Arts Interculturels (MAI) organized, with COCo’s support, a bilingual panel on cultural appropriation and other kinds of systemic racism in arts and culture (following a racist performance in our own building, elaborated here). The panel was sold out weeks in advance, and so we hosted a livestream of the event. That […]
Tags: #antio, anti-oppression, arts, cultural appropriation, culture, racism, resource, Video
November 30, 2017
The Healthy House: An Organizational Assessment Tool for Community Groups Developed over many years of accompanying community organizations, and used with a hundred-odd nonprofits, the Healthy House allows us to clearly visualize and evaluate the health of our organizations as a whole. Using the metaphor of a house, this tool allows you to take a step […]
Tags: assessment, orghealth, planning
The Community Legal Services of Point-St-Charles and Little-Burgundy are launching the second version of the Guide for Community Workers: Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Access to Social Benefits and Programs in Quebec ! We have also created popularised pamphlets on this topic, they will be available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Creole and Chinese (Simplified). LAUNCH We’re looking foward to […]
November 7, 2017
One of the most common refrains we hear when we work with Boards of Directors who are struggling is that they were not given any real training or support when they joined. In any situation, it takes a while to truly understand an organization and figure out how best to support it; without some good training […]
Tags: board, board of directors, board orientation, board training
August 31, 2017
We were excited to stumble across this “handbook for progressive communicators” last week. Although very focused on the American context, this guide puts “base building” front and center. It is an easy to read, chock full of examples and clear instructions, and very focused on helping us making our messages intelligible and inspiring. Here’s a […]
Tags: Communications, marketing, messaging, technology
We recently revamped a document we’ve been using for years here at COCo, the “Conflict Continuum”- one that we wanted to share more widely with the community groups in our network. The model seems pretty simple at first glance, but we’ve found it to be a very powerful tool when organizations, or individuals within those […]
Tags: cocopub, conflict, conflict resolution, HR, mediaiton
August 28, 2017