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...
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. Two...
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...
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...
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...
