About the Public Good Initiative

The Public Good Initiative (PGI) is a student-led project that pairs students from the School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG) at the University of Toronto with community organizations that can benefit from our pro bono consulting services. The intention is to blend the unique attributes and voluntary ethos of the SPPG’s students with the needs of public benefit organizations in and around Toronto.

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**NEW UPDATE (April 1, 2012)

Thank you to all who came to PGI’s Year End Event.  Special thanks to JoAnne Doyle from United Way Toronto for her great insight on the challenges and opportunities facing the not-for-profit sector.

Pictures to the event can be found here: http://bit.ly/GXIKke
We look forward to a successful wrap-up of our 2011-2012 projects and will begin accepting new applications for Fall 2012 projects in June.

- PGI Coordinators

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PGI is no longer accepting project applications from non-profit organizations for Winter 2012. We will be accepting projects for Fall 2012 in June.

PGI offers free consulting services to non-profit organizations. Contact us for more information.

Click here for our 2011 Client Handbook

Click here for our 2011 Scoping Document (for Potential Clients)

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Get Involved!

Are you a student at the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto seeking experience as a policy consultant? We want to harness your creativity and ingenuity to help public-benefit organizations in our community. Your fresh perspective and research skills could be a significant asset to a worthwhile organization.

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Interested in becoming a partner?

Are you part of a not-for-profit or voluntary-sector organization seeking pro-bono policy advice? We pair community organizations with student consultants from the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto to provide policy support on a topic of the organization’s choosing. Our partner organizations are involved in dynamic and diverse policy areas, just like our student consultants.

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Blog

The voluntary sector is gaining prominence as a way to build the capacity of public-benefit programs and projects. Here you’ll find commentaries and collections of news stories, research papers and web items highlighting the importance and value of the not-for-profit world.

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Partners