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Faculty profile
 Peter Elson Senior Research Associate Department Institute for Non Profit
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Peter ElsonAfter a thorough introduction to the modern voluntary sector in his personal and professional life, Peter Elson looked to the past for his doctoral thesis--investigating the major historical developments within the voluntary sector in Canada. Starting with the first definition of charities in Canadian Statute in 1930, Elson analyzed three instances of substantive policy shifts in the institutional relationship between the voluntary sector and government, including the emergence of the "contract culture" in reaction to spending cuts in the 1990s. This analysis was followed by a contemporary comparison of voluntary sector policy developments in the United Kingdom.
As Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Elson will oversee the development of three research streams: policy, governance and sustainability. Within the policy stream, Peter plans to build on his PhD research by comparing Canada's institutional voluntary sector relationship with government both internationally with other countries and domestically across provinces and territories. Other activities will include creating a funded research program, engaging in collaborative research activities with other research centres and an ambitious outreach program to ensure that research supported by the Institute is relevant and useful to Canada's nonprofit sector. |
Education
PhD , University of Toronto, Adult Education and Community Development (2008) A Historical Institutional Analysis of Voluntary Sector/Government Relations in Canada
MSc (with Merit), London School of Economics and Political Science, Voluntary Sector Organisation
(2002) Ties That Bind? An Empirical Exploration of Values in the Voluntary Sector: Value Importance, Hierarchy and Consensus in Independent Hospices in the UK
Recent Publications
Elson, P. (submitted) The Origin of the Species: Why charity regulation in Canada and England continue to reflect their origins (International Journal of Not-for Profit Law)
Elson, P. (2009) Where is the Voice of Canada's Voluntary Sector? (Canadian Review of Social Policy)
Elson, P. (2008) London Calling: A Comparison of Voluntary Sector Relations in Canada and England A refereed book chapter in Making Sense of Canada’s Social Economy, edited by Jack Quarter and Laurie Mook, to be published by the University of Toronto Press
Elson, P. (2008) London Calling: A Comparison of Critical Junctures in Voluntary Sector/Government Relations in Canada and the UK. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Philadelphia, PA.
Elson, P. (2008) Why History Counts: Critical Junctures in Voluntary Sector/ Government relations in Canada. Paper presented at the Third International Research Conference, Voluntary Action History Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Elson, P. (2008) Institutional Asymmetry and Critical Junctures in Voluntary Sector/ Government relations in Canada, Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Elson, P. (2008) Loading the dice? A Critical Juncture in Voluntary Sector/ Government funding relations in Canada. Paper presented at the Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Elson, P. (2007) A Short History of Voluntary Sector-Government Relations in Canada The Philanthropist 21 (1) 36-74
Elson, P., Struthers, M. and Carlson, J. (2007) Horizontal Tools and Relationships: An International Survey of Government Practices Related to Communities Ottawa: Task Force on Community Investments, Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Elson, P. (2007) Critical Junctures in Voluntary Sector-Government Relations in Canada. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Atlanta, GA.
(2007) Two Solitudes: The Voluntary Sector and Social Justice in Canada. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Atlanta, GA.
Elson, P. (2006) Ties That Bind? An Empirical Exploration of Values in the Voluntary Sector: Value Importance, Hierarchy and Consensus in Independent hospices in the UK, Voluntary Sector Working Paper No 2 (Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Elson, P. (2006) Tracking the Implementation of Voluntary Sector-Government Policy Agreements: Is the Voluntary and Community Sector in the Frame? International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law 8 (4) 34-49
(2006) Naming, Framing and Claiming: Three Stages in the Evolution of Voluntary Sector-Government Relations Research. Paper presented at the 35th Annual ARNOVA Conference, Chicago, Il.
Peter R. Elson (forthcoming) High Ideals and Noble Intentions: A New Understanding of Voluntary Sector/ Government Relations in Canada (University of Toronto Press)
Employment
PhD Student, University of Toronto (2005 - 2008)
Project Coordinator, Habitat for Humanity Canada (2003 - 2005)
Executive Director, Ontario Public Health Association (1987 - 2001)
Research Grants
(2008 - 2009) A Comparison of Policy Frameworks for Social Enterprises and Non-Profits in Ontario and Quebec Source: Community-University Research Alliance for Southern Ontario’s Social Economy (Funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council). . Role: Principal Investigator
Memberships
(2007 - 2009), Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
(2007 - 2009), International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
(2006 - 2009), Canadian Political Science Association
(2005 - 2009), Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
(2004 - 2009), Voluntary Sector Studies Network (UK)
Committee Memberships - Dept or Program
(2008 - 2009) member : Rsearch and Scholarship Committee
Professional Presentations
(Jul '08) Why History Counts: Critical Junctures in Voluntary Sector/ Government relations in Canada. Third International Research Conference, Voluntary Action History Society. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
(2008) Institutional Asymmetry and Critical Junctures in Voluntary Sector/ Government relations in Canada. Canadian Political Science Association Meeting. University of British Columbia, Vancouver
(2008) Loading the dice? A Critical Juncture in Voluntary Sector/ Government funding relations in Canada. Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research Conference. University of British Columbia, Vancouver
(2008) The Great White North and Voluntary Action: Collaboration by Necessity but Not Necessarily Collaboration. An invited paper for presentation at William Beveridge’s Voluntary Action 60 years on: A Symposium. King’s College, London, UK