Mitchell Kutney

Mitchell Kutney
Born (1985-05-27)May 27, 1985
Burlington, Ontario, CA
Occupation Nonprofit
Blogger
Nationality Canadian
Education Carleton University
Genre Nonprofit
Website
www.mitchellkutney.com

Mitchell Kutney (born May 27, 1985) is an Ottawa-based nonprofit entrepreneur and blogger.[1]

Background

Mitchell Kutney was born in Burlington, Ontario and completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Ottawa and his Masters in Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University.

Career

Mitchell Kutney has been referenced as an "esteemed social sector thinker"[2][3] and thought-leader in the area of philanthropy, Social media,[4] millennial giving and charity.[5][6]

Kutney began his career by spearheading an innovative immigrant youth program in partnership with the University of Ottawa and the City of Ottawa known as Youth Futures. This was a successful program, and was subsequently recognized by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to serve as a potential best-practice for Ontario.[7] After completing his Masters, Kutney began a leadership role for the Citizens Academy[8][9]and co-founded JustChange Inc.,[10][11][12] a national network of donors who support local, community-based projects.[13][14][15]

As of 2016, Kutney currently works for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)[16] and is an elected board member of the Centretown Citizens Community Association.[17]

Blogging

Mitchell Kutney is a well-known blogger and pundit with features in the UK Blue & Green Tomorrow's Guide to Giving and Philanthropy,[18] the Huffington Post, Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC),[19] MaRS Discovery District's SocialFinance.ca and the Toronto Star. In 2014, Kutney criticized provincial attempts by the New Democratic Party to impose artificial limits on executive compensation within the charitable sector,[20] stating, "compensation should be based on what the job entails, the level of difficulty, and what qualifications you need, not some arcane notion about the morality of the sector in which the leaders are situated."[21] No limits have been imposed to date. Kutney has also defended the importance of "the personal touch"[22] in engaging young people in politics.

His work has led to interviews with the Globe and Mail and Ottawa Citizen on the future of sustainable business models, and how social business can contribute to making the city a more fun and exciting place to live.[23][24] He was also the first blogger to reveal Visa's smallenfreuden viral campaign in Toronto.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Huffington Post Biography: Mitchell Kutney". Huffington Post.
  2. ↑ "Canada vs. USA: A Public Goods Theory Comparison". Assets in Common. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Real Life Guides: 21 people who will inspire you for what they do". Guides.co. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  4. ↑ Media, New Canadian. "How to Get Mainstream Media to Cover Immigrant Issues - New Canadian Media". newcanadianmedia.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  5. ↑ "An industry protected from robot-job loss: charity". Techopedia. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  6. ↑ Argast, Andi (2015-09-22). "Building Tech Capacity in the Nonprofit Sector - ONN". ONN. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  7. ↑ http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/2013/PDG_FinalEF.pdf
  8. ↑ "Ottawans need help to navigate scary black hole of city politics group". Metro.
  9. ↑ "Citizens Academy Ottawa | Awesome Ottawa". Awesomeottawa.ca. 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  10. ↑ "New Microgrant Group Invites Ottawa to JustChange". Metro.
  11. ↑ "Small change makes a big difference". Ottawa Star.
  12. ↑ "JustChange: Ottawa's own social enterprise seed funds | CISED". Cised.ca. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  13. ↑ "CFF Social Finance Blog | JustChange's Venture Philanthropy | CFF". Communityforwardfund.ca. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  14. ↑ "When it comes to talking, I'm all thumbs |". Globe and Mail. 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  15. ↑ "CBC News: JustChange funds Heartwood House |". CBC.
  16. ↑ "Hacking health: CHEO links doctors with techies in search of innovation |". Ottawa Citizen. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  17. ↑ "Centretown Citizens Community Association AGM a success |". Centretown Buzz. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  18. ↑ "Philanthropy is what sustains the charitable sector, not money". Blue & Green Tomorrow.
  19. ↑ "Lessons Learned from Microfinance for the Impact Investing Sector". IIPCollaborative. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  20. ↑ "Horwath calls for $418,000 "hard cap" on public-service executive salaries | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  21. ↑ "Charities are powerhouses of Canada's economy". Toronto Star. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  22. ↑ "The Hill Times". Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  23. ↑ "Is doing good a sustainable business model?". The Globe and Mail. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  24. ↑ "Is Ottawa the town that fun forgot?". Ottawa Citizen. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  25. ↑ "Visa reveals it's the brand behind smallenfreuden | Marketing Magazine". Marketingmag.ca. 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
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