After a year prototyping and designing a simple and clean commuter bike, Chelsea Koglmeier founded the socially conscious bicycle company, Bikes Of Reckless Optimism (ORO). With each purchase, buyers support the donation of a bike to someone in need around the world....
Debasmita Dasgupta is an artist from India, based in Singapore. She run an arts-based initiative to promote the rights of young girls through a creative dialogue process that engages fathers and daughters. Dasgupta collects stories from fathers and daughters around...
Dexterity Ventures Inc. (DVI) creates technology solutions and tools to help organizations incorporate giving and social good into their products or online presence. It also powers Canada’s first philanthropic brokerage firm, the Place2Give Foundation and...
A few months ago, a delighted audience at the Alliance Francaise Theatre in Toronto was treated to a concert unlike any they had heard before. But it wasn’t just the performance that struck a powerful chord. It was the players and their collaborative mission...
In our ongoing series featuring leaders in the private sector, corporate citizens who go the extra mile to support their communities and its organizations dedicated to effecting change, we speak with Kevin O’Brien, Chief Business Development Officer, Canada for...
Social entrepreneur Madeleine Shaw is known for her longstanding commitment to gender equality and progressive business practices. Co-founder (with her longtime business partner Suzanne Siemens) of Lunapads.com, a vertical, multiple-award-winning web retailer of...