New Society Publishers’ Big Leap: Employee ownership model promotes triple bottom line
On Canada’s west coast, in an orchard on British Columbia’s Gabriola Island, a small publishing house is working to give individuals the tools to change their societies. New Society Publishers was around long before the idea of social entrepreneurship became...
E-Learning Opportunities for Children are Transforming Rural India
Wednesday, February 17 is Digital Learning Day. A day to celebrate advancing education through tech, and according to the official ‘Digital Learning Day’ website, a day started “as a way to actively spread innovative practices and ensure that all youth have access...
Using the Power of Literacy To Effect Change in Guatemala
I have been a student of poverty for over three decades. Through traveling to Mexico on youth service trips, working with children and homeless populations in the inner cities of the US, studying formally at the graduate level, running a fair trade venture and now...
Tackling the Food Security Crisis in Northern Canada: One expert weighs in
We continue our series examining food security in Canada's north. Nunavut is Canada’s newest territory, officially joining the federation in 1993. Being home to some of Canada’s Northern most communities, it holds a certain amount of mystery for those of us down...
Impact to Last: Lessons from the front lines of social enterprise
Bri was on the wrong path, in and out of jail for arson and three felony charges prior to learning she was pregnant at 22, at which point she resolved to make a better life for herself and her daughter. She began taking advantage of social services but still felt...
3 Ways A Changemaker Can Transition From “I am a Martyr” to “I am Enough”
I knew something was terribly wrong when I could barely summon the strength to get out of bed to use the bathroom. For the next two days I remained in bed hoping that I had a bad case of the flu and that my illness would pass. Unfortunately, it didn’t. Shortly...
Lancaster Bike Shop Gets Community Engaged, Educated and Active
The community bike shop concept was what spurred Chris Caldwell to action about two years ago. He had no bike mechanic experience, so opening a conventional bike shop was never on his mind. “Basically I had read about community bike shops as a model, and was...
Celebrating Indigenous History at Saskatchewan’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park
We arrived in the pouring rain on a cool and breezy July afternoon. But it didn’t take long for Wanuskewin Heritage Park to envelop us in its warm embrace. A 20 minute-drive from the downtown core of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wanuskewin —situated above Opimihaw...
The Cost of Social Change: Solar plant project in India questions price of progress
“Do you mind if I roll up the window?” New Delhi was one of the most polluted cities on earth and I was happy to limit my first hand experience to the fifteen minutes I spent waiting outside the airport. I was to begin my new position with an NGO in the southern...
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