While Canada’s largest city is inching closer to becoming a Fair Trade Town, the biggest and oldest fair trade retailer in the country recently announced a major restructuring and mass layoff. In mid-March, Ten Thousand Villages, with headquarters in New Hamburg,...
In fall of 2012, I had the opportunity to attend two of Muhammad Yunus’ Social Business Challenges. As a filmmaker who spent the past six years following the work of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus for my documentary Bonsai People – The Vision of Muhammad...
Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” But the word “giving” is often misused when we hear about the amount of giving that people do responding to fundraising campaigns. These statistics...
Start it. That’s what women do. They are multi-taskers, collaborators, and community seekers. Add some healthy drive to get things done, and they are changing lives of people in their own backyard, and across the world. Women entrepreneurs and social...
We are pleased to announce the return of our Social EnterPrize awards to recognize and celebrate leadership and excellence in social entrepreneurship across Canada! This year, the awards will highlight both social enterprise and social purpose business by identifying...
Through an investment by the federal government, Trico Charitable Foundation will launch a project to help not-for-profit organizations increase the impact of their social enterprises. The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development,...
