The streets of many U.S. cities reveal an urgent reality: The current systems for addressing homelessness aren’t working. Lack of affordable housing and behavioral health resources, as well as poor coordination among programs and providers, are the most well-known...
[For this article, SEE Change was delighted to collaborate with the students of the Social Innovation class, taught by Catherine Pearl, at Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business.] In this year’s Social Innovation class we had the opportunity...
Women entrepreneurs should be able to thrive. Yet they are bound by outdated expectations. The views that a woman should be the primary childcare giver and the man should be the breadwinner are so ingrained they remain consistently unchallenged. New research from...
Subscribe: SpotifyWhen David Upton co-founded Common Good Solutions (CGS) in 2012, he didn’t come armed with an in-depth, detailed strategic plan. But there was a mission. And it was a powerful one. “See the need, try to fill the need,” is how David describes it. Over...
Bringing together chefs, restaurants, food and beverage companies and grocery retailers, the first-ever Upcycled Food Festival in Canada launched on October 27, auspiciously during Canada’s Waste Reduction Week. Supported by the Grain Farmers of Ontario and the...
There are generally two kinds of changemakers – the visionaries and executors. The visionaries are great at thinking big. They love to create ideas for changing the world. However, visionaries tend to have difficulty putting their ideas into action because they don’t...
