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 ingrained...
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 to...
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 a...
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...
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 lost...
