Meet Magnus – and Support People with Special Needs
My brother, Troy, has autism. Like many other special needs families, our family portrait consists of a whirlwind of acronyms (EIP, IEP, PECS, ABA, SI, IBI, DSM), with us clinging to each other and our sanity in the centre of it all. Like many others affected...
Scaling Deep into Grantmaking: Toward greater impact
Scale Deep is framed in many questions but the one that resonates the most is ‘what can we do together that we can’t do alone?’ I’m particularly interested in this question because I’ve had the opportunity to work with many people involved with many...
SET 2014: A Time to celebrate accomplishments but not rest on our laurels
I have to admit, I’m a bit of an Olympics junkie, so it’s been hard to find any time for writing lately. But, as I sit here thinking about what I want to say about my day attending Social Enterprise Toronto (SET) 2014 last month, I realize that SET 2014 and the Winter...
Put Your Money Where Your Promise Is: One social entrepreneur’s journey to make change
Like millions of other people around the world, on New Year’s Eve of 2013, I made some resolutions to change my life. And like millions of people around the world, by June 2013, I had followed through on exactly…none of them. We all know sticking to...
Enterprising Nonprofits: fostering social enterprise one workshop at a time
A cross section of consultants, not-for-profit executive directors and program champions attended Enterprising non-profits (enp) sold out workshop in Kelowna, British Columbia this past October. A co-operative pan-Canadian network, enp has contributed to the growth of...
Decoding Corporate Social Responsibility in India: PwC releases handbook
What does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mean for companies operating in the 21st century…in the developing world…in an emerging economy? In a world characterised by ever increasing trust deficit in the corporate sector, growing disparities and...
Canada’s First Nations: finding opportunities for dialogue and democracy in the resource boom
If think-tanks and major business organizations are to be believed, Canada is on the verge of a major resource boom driven by the rapid pace of urbanization in developing nations. The proposed Bitumen and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipelines and port facilities in...
New Grant Program for Teens in Waterloo: Developing our future leaders
Later this month, Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region (SVP) will put the call out for applicants for a new grant program that will take a few people by surprise. Proposals will be reviewed, short-listed and discussed. And when the finalist charities host SVP for...