Safe Transitions, a not-for-profit organization founded to support overrun shelters housing survivors of domestic abuse, human trafficking and homelessness, launched today in Toronto. Founded in response to the dramatic increase in domestic abuse cases as a result of...
Frequent hand-washing is key to slowing the COVID-19 outbreak—but the more than 500,000 people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. on any given night often have no way to do it. Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization,...
Undertaking the most critical and meaningful work during the COVID-19 crisis, frontline healthcare workers are heroes. They work unfathomably long and intense hours and lack the time or outlets to find the food necessary to sustain themselves in order to keep going....
The largest food rescue organization in Canada, Second Harvest works across the supply chain from farm to retail to capture surplus food before it winds up in landfill. With a fleet of 11 trucks and their online platform FoodRescue.ca, Second Harvest has rescued and...
In the social enterprise sphere, impact is at the core. Social entrepreneurs see a problem in the world and they choose to actively do something about it. But without a clear culture or mindset of adaptation, organizations can run the risk of becoming irrelevant. Or...
It’s no surprise to us that the high rate of plastic waste and pollution is causing serious damage to our planet. What is surprising is that the terms ‘conscious consumerism’, ‘conscious lifestyle’ and ‘conscious living’ are still...
