A caravan of combine harvesters chew up the grassland under the open prairie sky. They hum along in staggered rows, on the way to fill up grain elevators in the distance. The air smells like a combination of a bakery, brewery, and grassland. All told, upwards of 40...
Subscribe: Spotify Some people see a problem and immediately rise to the occasion. Jim Estill is one of those people. When in 2015 Jim learned about the struggles facing those in war-ravaged Syria, he refused to wait for government to step in, putting his...
Subscribe: SpotifyBetween 1948 and 1949 approximately 2500 tailors and their families immigrated from Europe to Canada through the Garment Workers Scheme, a plan that found jobs for those with skills in tailoring. It was the first time in history that the country...
Subscribe: SpotifyFor over 20 years, the Hadhad family ran a successful chocolate business in Damascus, Syria. But when their factory was destroyed in a bombing, the family fled to Lebanon where they lived in a refugee camp for three years. In 2016 they were welcomed...
On August 21, 2017, Ashoka Canada convened a room full of changemakers driven by their collective determination to equip young people with the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century. The event, hosted by Ryerson University, Canada’s first Changemaker Campus,...
