Social entrepreneur, business owner, and certified fitness trainer, Robyn Henry, instructs several weight-training classes a week and coaches up to four private clients daily. Well, she used to. Before COVID-19. Before many industries, including her own, experienced a...
Imagine if a public toilet was your only sanitation option. In the best of times it’s a scary and unpleasant choice. Now imagine being asked to stay home when you don’t have a toilet in-house. Most of us take private bathrooms for granted. But public washrooms are...
We’ve seen this narrative repeated so often lately: COVID-19 is the ultimate equalizer. At the heart of the statement is the fact that no one is immune to the virus, regardless of socioeconomic status, geographical location, or color of their skin. But the assertion...
The COVID-19 virus has impacted every business, industry and sector, each in turn inspiring a domino effect onto the next, and the next. Take the food service industry. Its collapse has forced farmers across North America to throw out millions of pounds of unsold...
Luke Anderson, social entrepreneur and executive director of StopGap Foundation requires assistance with everyday tasks. As a wheelchair user, Anderson depends on others to help with brushing his teeth, toileting, and getting in and out of bed. All of these...
What happens when a bride is minutes from walking down the aisle, and she remembers a parent who has been gone for years? That’s exactly what I experienced on my wedding day. A song that came on the radio as the limo was about to pull up to the church. My...
