HR Toolkit


Workplaces that Work

Case Study Series

This innovative series introduces you to organizations that have taken a unique approach to addressing a particular HR need or issue. Each case study features an in-depth article and a video with interviews and first-hand accounts from people working at the organization.

Additional case studies will be added to the series throughout 2008 and 2009.

 

Case Study #1 - Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention

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Too few people doing too much work. Missed opportunities for growth. Not enough time to manage staff well AND tend to funding relationships, planning and leading responsibilities.

Sound familiar? Read on to find out how one organization successfully met the challenge by developing an HR management system that focuses on planning, accommodation, development, and support. Read more »

Case Study #2 - Santropol Roulant

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Founded in 1995, Santropol Roulant is an intergenerational Meals-on-Wheels service founded run by young people in Montréal. This organization uses food as a vehicle to address social and economic isolation between generations, and to strengthen the local community. Read more »

Case Study #3 - Big Brothers Big Sisters - Edmonton and Area

 

In recent years, Big Brothers Big Sisters Edmonton and Area has seen an increase in demand for its services and so has focused on increasing capacity to be responsive to the emerging needs of clients and the community. Executive Director Liz O’Neill has overseen the organization’s growth, which doubled the number of children it served between 2004 and 2007, with that number expected to double again by 2013. Surprisingly, this has been achieved without doubling staff or overtaxing existing resources Read more »

Case Study #4 - Phoenix Youth Programs

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Phoenix Youth Programs (Phoenix) is a non-profit, community-based program located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1984, Phoenix works with at-risk and homeless youth in its extended community with a mission to break the cycle of homelessness by offering a wide range of programs and services. The organization strives to be a meaningful presence and a voice for social justice in the lives of the youth that it serves. Read more »