Teenagers are avid users of social media, Facebooking, tweeting and texting their way through the day. Three out of four teenagers has a profile on a social networking site and two-thirds text every day. And now, one San Francisco-based nonprofit is leveraging that...
Spearheaded by Professor Karl Moore, the Hot Cities of the World Tour, in its sixth year, has the slogan “Taking the future to the future”. This year, 40 McGill Desautels Faculty of Management undergraduate students and alumni traveled with two...
Canadian government launches The Play Exchange, taps the creativity of everyday citizens to solve health crisis A recent 12-year study examined the health habits of 5,404 Canadians who had just received an initial diagnosis of a chronic illness, such as diabetes,...
There are some very positive things to say about the Impact Ontario Conference which took place at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing in Toronto on March 18. It generated a sold-out crowd of more than 300 attendees from Canada and well beyond. There remained a full...
The challenges of our time are increasingly complex and interconnected. The solutions require not just innovation but interaction between many different elements including new business models and financial mechanisms, new relationships that align...
