Online Non-Profit Toolbox

The COCo Toolbox is a collection of practical tools for community groups and nonprofits. Other resources can be found on our social media and on our blog.  If your organization has a resource you would like to add to the toolbox, just let us know!

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Earth Day 2026: Climate, Conflict and Care


Earth Day 2026: Climate, Conflict and Care Billions of people across the globe gather with their local communities every year on April 22nd to honour and celebrate our world. With Earth Day right around the corner, we at COCo want to share a few reflections about the global movement. We hope that this post serves […]

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April 14, 2026


CALACS de Sept-Îles, La pointe du jour – COCo working across the province!


  Our colleague Pascale Brunet of the Organizational Development and Training Coordination team took a trip to Sept-Îles to facilitate our Courageous Conversations workshop at CALACS de Sept-Îles, La pointe du jour. Tune in to Côte à Côte to hear Pascale speak about this work! The Courageous Conversations workshop was originally developed as part of […]

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March 31, 2026



Support and Funding for Black-Led Organizations in Quebec


Support and Funding for Black-Led Organizations in Quebec In order to mark this year’s Black History Month here at COCo, we wanted to create a roundup of resources for Black-led organizations in Quebec (almost all of which are also available to organizations across Canada). If you know of resources that we have missed – please […]

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February 10, 2026


A Guide to Equity Audits & Taking Action on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion


Equity as a Practice: From Audits to Action This week, Imagine Canada released two new resources related to equity work in nonprofits, in collaboration with some of our very own affiliate facilitators. The second one we are sharing is about “equity audits”, a term often used by organizations trying to assess their own equity, diversity […]

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February 5, 2026


A Guide to Equity Working Groups or Equity Committees


A New Resource on Equity Working Groups/Committees This week, Imagine Canada released two new resources related to equity work in nonprofits, in collaboration with some of our very own affiliate facilitators. The first one is about equity working groups or equity committees, and how to make them work in practice. We know this resource will be […]

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February 1, 2026


Cloud-Based Document Storage for Community Groups


On October 22nd, COCo hosted an Ateliers/C called “Reflections on cybersecurity issues in your organization”. In this workshop, we discussed the cybersecurity process that we recently completed at COCo. We also shared some best practices to mitigate common security risks that can result from human errors. Some of those best practices were about the use […]

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January 25, 2026


Funding Opportunities for Organizational Development Processes


Here at COCo, we are very aware that nonprofit organizations often struggle to fund organizational development work – costs such as hiring consultants or facilitators, paying for trainers, or implementing new software. We thought we would share some of the best funding sources we have seen so that nonprofit organizations in Quebec can afford the […]

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November 19, 2025


We’re hiring a Communications and Events Assistant


The Centre for Community Organizations (COCo) is hiring a Communications and Events Assistant. The application deadline is November 26th, 2025. Interviews are expected to take place during the week of December 1st, 2025, and December 8th, 2025. The Centre for Community Organizations (COCo) is a provincial non-profit organization that works to build an inclusive, social justice-oriented […]

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November 3, 2025


Organizational Growth: Reflections And Learnings From Atelier/C On May 28, 2024


This article synthesizes the reflections shared at the May 28, 2024 Atelier/C titled “Organizational Growth: Let’s Talk About Challenges and Learnings”. This workshop brought together 12 Montreal-based organizations and was co-facilitated by Rose-Anne St Paul and Sophie Le-Phat Ho around the experience-sharing of Cassandra Exumé, general coordinator of the Montreal-North-based organization Hoodstock. As a reminder, […]

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December 3, 2024


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