Canadian government launches The Play Exchange, taps the creativity of everyday citizens to solve health crisis A recent 12-year study examined the health habits of 5,404 Canadians who had just received an initial diagnosis of a chronic illness, such as diabetes,...
There are some very positive things to say about the Impact Ontario Conference which took place at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing in Toronto on March 18. It generated a sold-out crowd of more than 300 attendees from Canada and well beyond. There remained a full...
The challenges of our time are increasingly complex and interconnected. The solutions require not just innovation but interaction between many different elements including new business models and financial mechanisms, new relationships that align...
My brother, Troy, has autism. Like many other special needs families, our family portrait consists of a whirlwind of acronyms (EIP, IEP, PECS, ABA, SI, IBI, DSM), with us clinging to each other and our sanity in the centre of it all. Like many others affected...
Scale Deep is framed in many questions but the one that resonates the most is ‘what can we do together that we can’t do alone?’ I’m particularly interested in this question because I’ve had the opportunity to work with many people involved with many...
I have to admit, I’m a bit of an Olympics junkie, so it’s been hard to find any time for writing lately. But, as I sit here thinking about what I want to say about my day attending Social Enterprise Toronto (SET) 2014 last month, I realize that SET 2014 and the Winter...
