Housing is in crisis everywhere. Unaffordable, deteriorating or just not enough of it in many communities. On June 11th, 2019 the Lakehead Social Planning Council (LSPC) hosted a forum to discuss how the City of Thunder Bay might address housing… Read More
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Colombia-Canada First Nations: problems and solutions… 3 separate stories from CBC Radio
“There are striking parallels between Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Colombia. This is a hemisphere where efforts have been made since contact to eliminate Indigenous Peoples through policies of physical and cultural genocide. While there are clear differences, the shared… Read More
Charities pledge nearly $500M to help Indigenous groups gain forest management rights | CBC News
“Evidence shows Indigenous communities are the most effective stewards of the land they inhabit and in doing so, they are ensuring that the greenhouse gas levels do not do irreversible damage to people and the planet,” said Darren Walker, president… Read More
You can’t afford to live here.
There’s a employment crisis in small towns across Canada and the US. You can’t get people to stay and work or to come and stay. Part of the problem is housing. There’s not enough and what there is costs too… Read More
A Postal Service
A hypothetical social enterprise. Two actually. Home delivery and post office boxes have been the staples of the postal business for a long time. Digital media have disrupted the letter mail industry like all industries, and postal servers have tried to… Read More
Non-profits, charities, scale and profitability
Profit is an interesting word. Technically it means a gain over and above the cost of doing business. Personal gain, of the entrepreneur or investors, is implied. We tend to assume non-profits cannot generate surplus income, or shouldn’t, and are… Read More
Be a Changemaker
In this third review of books about social enterprise, we’re going to look at a book called Be a Changemaker. This is a young adult book (hence the YA in the library call number) meaning it is written for young… Read More
Business Books with a Purpose
If you haven’t tried borrowing a book using your local Public Library’s website, boy, are you in for a treat. Not only can you surf the entire collection online but you can put holds on any books you want to… Read More
What is resilience?
I was recently in Toronto and had a chance to circle round to visit my friends at the School for Social Entrepreneurs. It was so good to say hello, hear familiar voices, share their newest developments and what’s happening on… Read More
SENO – Social Enterprise Northern Ontario’s mandate extended
Social Enterprise Northern Ontario, or SENO, has supported over 40 startups in Northern Ontario since its inception through its CoStarter For Change program. SENO is a collaborative project between NORDIK, the Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Northern Region Partnership in… Read More