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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how non-profit organizations operate and how they’re funded. Whether it will be enough to help the non-profit sector address growing social problems remains to be seen. (Piqsels)

January 31, 2021

How COVID‑19 could transform non‑profit organizations

Brent McKnight, McMaster University and Julie Gouweloos, McMaster University

The COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on how non-profit organizations operate and how they’re funded. Is it enough to boost non-profit sector capacity to address social inequities post-pandemic?

To adapt to changing consumer habits during COVID-19, small retailers in Canada have offered services like home delivery and curbside pickup. They may need to continue those practices in the post-pandemic era. (Maarten van den Heuvel/Unsplash)

December 8, 2020

Dress pants optional: How retailers are dealing with changing consumer habits

Brent McKnight, McMaster University

The COVID-19 pandemic offers small retailers an opportunity to engage customers who are changing their habits.

A tattoo parlour in Toronto remains closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. (michael_swan/flickr)

March 31, 2020

Businesses step up to make the products we need to get through the coronavirus pandemic

Brent McKnight, McMaster University and Martina Linnenluecke, Macquarie University

Businesses are struggling in these difficult times — but there is a shimmer of hope in the incredible creativity, ingenuity and resilience that we see from around the globe.

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