With Love from India: One expat’s story of contradictions, challenges and resilience
As things go, I am sipping on my third tea of the day while looking at the flashing icon on my phone indicating the charging has been abruptly interrupted and find myself wondering for how long I’ll be able to continue to type away on my laptop before its battery...
Lessons For Social Enterprises On Achieving Impact: In Convo with Alexandra Snelgrove of LIFT Philanthropy Partners
Alexandra Snelgrove joined venture philanthropy organization LIFT Philanthropy Partners in early 2015 as the Director of Social Impact for its Toronto office. In that capacity, she is part of the team responsible for working directly to support the organizations in...
Putting a Smile on Their Face in Thailand: A volunteer reports
Just a smile changes the world – the motto of For Hopeful Children Project (FHCP) - resonated through all three days during which I was greeted with children and staff smiling ear to ear. FHCP started with just a few volunteers and less than 100 children in 1991....
Finding Empathy Through Play with Twenty-One Toys
At the heart of any great departure from the beaten path is an awareness that the prevailing modes of thought fail to account for your understanding of the world. For Ilana Ben-Ari, the Toronto-based social entrepreneur and founder of Twenty One Toys, the choice to...
The Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Ask Her Talks: Time to change the conversation
In any discussion on philanthropy and development, it pays to look past what is said and realize whose voices are being heard. With the Ask Her Talks, taking place at the end of May in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa, the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) asks us to do...
Last Hope Hotel: Social enterprise gives refugees second chance in Vienna
Refugees are operating a newly opened hotel for tourists in the Austrian capital of Vienna. They’ve already managed the first days with a full house. Writer Iris Mostegel gets a firsthand look at the exceptional project. The spring sun floods the lobby with light....
The University Scholars Leadership Symposium: Why you should attend
The 6th University Scholars Leadership Symposium will commence on August 1, 2015 in Hong Kong. The week-long event aims to bring students and NGO workers around the world together to encounter different cultures, participate in leadership workshops and network with...
The Times They Are A-Changin’: Author of The Mission-Driven Venture shares strategies for social entrepreneurs
In March, a living legend of social enterprise, Jerr Boschee, wrote a piece cataloging the music that defined the social justice movement. I was honored to be asked to contribute and, not surprisingly, I picked Beyoncé’s “Run the World” and Alicia Keys’ “Girl on...
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Welcome to museum 3.0
One of my more cherished memories as a student was taking an exclusive seminar course on international human rights with Canadian human rights activist, John Peters Humphrey. An author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the man was one of my heroes. I...
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