When you hear the word “alchemy” what do you think of? I remember my first “taste” of alchemy. I was on a travel assignment in Ottawa three years ago, searching for the city’s most newsworthy culinary establishments. I found a...

As anyone who has worked to urge behavior change will tell you, people can be stubborn. Resistance to change is something we all have in common, but in the developing world, there are added challenges – like families with limited financial resources and long-held...

Vancouver-based Starworks was established in 2000 with the goal of providing packaging and assembly services to small and medium-sized businesses. A social enterprise, their model offers its 45 on-call employees work opportunities they wouldn’t have otherwise....

What’s the best kept secret in social impact investing? It may well be Oikocredit. Oikocredit is an international financial cooperative which manages a social investment fund. The fund invests almost exclusively in microfinance, including microfinance institutions,...

One in five Canadians will experience mental illness in their lifetime, according to Health Canada. The remaining four will know someone who does. Despite statistical evidence that demonstrates the prevalence of mental illness, individuals with these challenges...

Growing interest in social finance will impact philanthropic giving, according to respondents of a recent social finance survey. Nicole Zummach of SEE Change Magazine and Natasha van Bentum of Give Green Canada recently collaborated on a survey directed to the...

This fall, the School for Social Entrepreneurs – Ontario (SSE-O) will be opening its doors in Toronto. Based on a highly successful model from the United Kingdom, SSE-O is an innovative, educational and entrepreneurial program that provides action-based...

Last week’s Social Enterprise Dragon’s Den showed that using “business for good” is alive and well. Along with showcasing great ideas, it also highlighted the hardworking, enthusiastic people who make social enterprises possible. This was the reasoning...

These are the kinds of evenings that inspire. They inspire you to continue along the path that you are on and reiterate that intelligent, highly motivated people from a variety of sectors share the common goal of social entrepreneurship. On March 8th, the Social...