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Celebrating Branch Efforts, Embracing Joyful Philanthropy - CPF Giving Tuesday Campaign 2022 – Bravo CPF SK, CPF NB, and BC & Yukon!
A massive thank you to our CPF staff and supporters for sharing our Giving Tuesday ask and to all those who generously donated. Thanks to our CPF community, we raised $2105.27 in one month from 52 donors. We increased our Giving Tuesday donors by 26.8% this year! We’d also like to recognize several branches that did exceptionally this year during our campaign:
- Highest staff donation rate: CPF Saskatchewan (Their overall donation total also increased significantly!)
- Most donations from general membership: CPF BC & Yukon
- Donation increase award: CPF New Brunswick
Thanks everyone and stay tuned for more details on our 2023 fundraiser!
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TREASURER, Call for Interest - CPF National Nominating Committee Update
Canadian Parents for French is calling for individuals to serve on its National Board of Directors. The Committee developed a posting to recruit individuals to serve in the volunteer Treasurer position. It is circulating on all mainstream channels:
ACTION: Please share the posting within your personal and professional networks. Contact Committee Chair, Wendy Carr, wcarr@cpf.ca, with questions or for additional information.
PCH Review of CPF Governance, Communication, and Accountability Processes
In spring 2022, CPF was informed that PCH, as our major funder, would conduct a Review of processes with the CPF National office and a sampling of 3 CPF Branch offices – CPF NB Branch, CPF NWT Branch and CPF MB Branch were selected. The questionnaire was circulated in November and the selected CPF offices were requested to reply and provide supporting documents by mid-January.
While such exercises are time-consuming, they offer an excellent opportunity to remind our organizational leaders of the importance of strong oversight roles, of regular review of risk management practices to continue to ensure a strong, equitable and resilient CPF Network.
The Review results, best practices and potential recommendations will be discussed with all 4 CPF offices directly involved in this exercise, in preparation for the draft review report in late March.
The PCH Final Report will subsequently be shared with the whole CPF Network, in light of informing next steps to clarify expectations and improve our overall processes and practices. The exercise will likely be completed in April / May 2023.
ACTION: The PCH Questionnaire has been shared with all Branch Executive Directors. We encourage each Branch to review the questionnaire as an opportunity to discuss considerations to improve oversight and accountability practices.
Further Network-level discussion will be scheduled in July 2023 upon receipt of the PCH Final Report. Contact CPF Network CEO, Nicole Thibault, nthibault@cpf.ca, with questions or for additional information.
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O’Poésie - CPF French Poetry Contest 2023 – Deadline February 9th, 2023
Reminder that the O'Poésie National FSL Poetry Competition has launched. Materials are avaiable on both the CPF QCNU and National websites, is live here on the National site. The deadline is February 9th 2023 and winners will be announced in March.
Action: Please share information on Branch social media accounts and in newsletters. Contact Megan Chartrand, mchartrand@cpf.ca, with questions or for additional information.
10th Annual National Canadian Film Day – April 19, 2023
As a reminder, CPF has been reaching out to Branches and Chapters to coordinate both virtual and in-person French Movie Screenings in conjunction with REEL CANADA, who will cover the cost of buying the rights to the film of choice from their long list of available films.
Their partners Landmark, Cineplex and many independently owned theatres across Canada are willing to host film screenings and REEL will cover the viewing costs. This is an important opportunity to increase CPF Brand visibility in communities across Canada and with these important partner groups.
Action: Please share information to encourage CPF Chapter participation and ensure their coordination with Marin Hawley to be included in the CPF Network Impact Report. Once screenings are booked, we appreciate Branch support of promoting events via social media accounts and in newsletters. Contact Marin Hawley, mhawley@cpf.ca, with questions or for additional information.
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Staffing News – CPF Network Office
Goodbye and Thank You Jon!
Jon MacDougall, Network Manager, Digital Strategy and Information Technology has accepted a position as Operations Manager for a not-for-profit that matches refugees and new Canadians with employment opportunities in their field of study. Jon’s last day with CPF was January 13 th.
Jon will be truly missed as he became a wonderful, reliable staff contributor over the last three and a half years, and his kind, patient manner will be hard to replace. We do wish him the very best in this next professional growth experience, putting him well on his path to becoming an executive director one day.
Please direct all your IT related questions or needs to Cathy Stone at cstone@cpf.ca who will forward them to the appropriate individual in the interim.
Welcome to New CPF Network Human Resources Manager – Deb PowersDeb Powers starts with CPF on January 25, 2023, in the role of CPF Network Talent and HR Manager. She has extensive experience in recruitment, onboarding, HR policies and procedures as well as in labour relations. Deb will focus on enhancing HR processes. She will be reaching out to Branches to begin conversations on our HR support and programs including new processes for consistent Staff Performance reviews. Deb can be contacted at dpowers@cpf.ca.
CPF is a registered charitable organization (Charity Reg. No. – 118835131 RR0001). As an organization, we remain truly grateful to donors for their ongoing generosity. A tax receipt is issued for donations of $20 or more. To give, visit cpf.ca.
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