Thorkil Sonne: Autism’s Game Changer
Like many social entrepreneurs, Thorkil Sonne’s venture was borne of personal adversity. It began when he and his wife noticed their two and a half-year-old son, Lars, was different from other children, from whom he remained disconnected. An autism diagnosis would...
Social entrepreneurship tackles mental health equity head on
This article was originally published in a blog @MaRS As a clinical psychologist trying to support sex trade-involved homeless youth, Dr. Sean Kidd found that encouraging them to participate in artistic initiatives brought far more success than the ‘best practices’...
Aeroplan and Dans la Rue: setting the bar for community engagement
In our ongoing series on conscious corporate citizens worth watching, SEE Change talks with Aeroplan and their recent efforts at giving back. It was a cool October afternoon when I landed in Montreal in time to witness approximately 300 Aeroplan employees, from...
Forum for Thought and Impact
I recently attended the Social Finance Forum, organized by the newly minted MaRS Centre for Impact Investing. A worthy event, to be sure, it provided me with much to ponder while offering a fascinating snapshot of this at-times-dynamic-at-other-times-stagnant...
FIESS: Social economy synonym of innovation throughout the world
This past October in Montreal, I had the chance to attend the International Forum on Social Economy and Solidarity as a media delegate for SEE Change Magazine. This major event would not have been possible without the cooperation and participation of many local,...
Bridging the Gap Through Social Enterprise: Panel Discussion
{jcomments on} SEE Change Magazine recently partnered with Emerging Leaders Network(ELN) to organize the panel discussion: Bridging the Gap Through Social Enterprise. The event took place at CSI Spadina in downtown Toronto on October 19th and was a great success! ...
In Conversation with Joel Solomon
In our second report from the Social Venture Institute (SVI) at Hollyhock, Elisa Birnbaum from SEE Change Magazine sat down with Joel Solomon to chat about his work, what motivates him to get up each morning and his ever-optimistic vision of the social venture...
Social Innovation in Education
Last year in a Boston Globe article, Bill Gates claimed that providing vaccines to developing countries was easy compared to changing the education system. Those who have taken on the Sisyphean task of education reform know that that’s true. The education system is...
Student Social Entrepreneurs for Change
It’s now 48 hours before the final exam of the Business Statistics course at Wilfrid Laurier University. In front of me are 400 sets of eyes staring at me, waiting to hear what I have to tell them. It has taken me just under three hours to take them through the...
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