Almost immediately after COVID-19 hit Canada in March 2020, Amy MacFarlane, Founder and CEO of Recreational Respite, realized she had a major problem. “All of our services shut down,” she says, remembering the chaos of those initial weeks. “Before the pandemic, we...
Lisa Falzone and Chris Ciabarra came out of their respective retirements from the tech world to mitigate mass shootings. To that end, they invented an A.I. security camera that can accurately spot a gun, including a concealed weapon, in order to support police and...
Subscribe: SpotifySocial entrepreneur Ryan Turnbull decided to focus his attention on policy change when he ran for and won a seat in the Canadian Parliament in 2019. Today his passion for social innovation and for advancing a more equitable economy is on full display...
Homelessness is one of the many simmering systemic issues that the pandemic has brought to a boil. Interrelated challenges of inequality, joblessness and evictions have put 30 million people at risk of losing their homes. Yet there is a silver lining: More...
After welcoming the new year and settling back in my office in a fairly pleasant Argentine summer, I was starting to believe that the iconic salmon-pink-colored pages of the Financial Times could, at some point, turn green. The year 2020 was off to a great beginning...
