After eight years of planning, development, hoping and dreaming, this month the W2 Community Media Arts Centre finally opened its doors. This ambitious project aims to serve the working class community of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—Canada’s poorest postal code, and...
It doesn’t seem that long ago that everything you bought was “Made in Taiwan” or “Made in Japan”. It was the era of All in the Family, Big Yellow Taxi andThe Female Eunuch. Social taboos went mainstream, environmental consciousness came out of the shadows, and...
This month, on the 8th of March, Canada joins many other countries around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. Originally called International Working Women’s Day, it was first celebrated on the 19th of March, 1911 in Germany after a declaration...
Perhaps chemistry has some lessons to teach us about how to catalyze the connections between the demand for, and supply of, social finance. A chemical reaction occurs where specific amount(s) of reactant(s) combine to create (expected or unexpected) products. This...
Canada, like many other jurisdictions, is at an innovation crossroads. The global economy is finding a new normal. Increasingly complex societal challenges are crippling communities, education, and health care systems and the environment. These challenges require a...
