Stories
HUMANS OF IMPACT
Curates stories of social enterprises as told by students from the member organizations of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).
EcoSuperior
EcoSuperior, the multi faceted, environmental non profit has had a major impact on the Thunder Bay community and surrounding area since 1995, relying on program funding, grants and fee-for-service projects to accomplish their outreach and sustainability programs. “We are mission-driven on building a healthy future for people and the planet.” A statement taken from the organization’s website sums up their values. My conversation with Sue Hamel, Executive Director of Environmental Programs, was more than a
The Out of This World Cafe employs psychiatric consumers and survivors. Established in 2004, this was the first social enterprise to operate out of a psychiatric facility. As a frequent in-patient at
I had the opportunity to visit the REACH Centre Grey Bruce in Owen Sound, Ontario. I was welcomed by a staff member who gave me a tour of their new home that
Imagine you are forced to flee your home, leaving behind your cherished belongings, arriving in a foreign country with two suitcases and barely enough to feed your family. Traumatized by the horrors
The Community Laundry Co-operative, in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood, has been providing affordable laundry services for people with low incomes since 1999. Each year, it was a struggle to make ends meet and
The importance of solidarity and economic development in the regions becomes clear when times are tough. Granby Industrial, located in the city of the same name, is dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship as
When researching the term ‘social enterprise’, you will find definitions galore, but for Good Nature Groundskeeping (GNG), an Ottawa-based landscaping company, being a social enterprise simply means creating jobs for people who
Wouldn’t it be a perfect world if everyone was treated equally? Even though it’s a state that most people in the community desire to reach, not enough businesses give opportunities to people
“Food is Life! People should be able to afford healthy food,” says Callum Batten, Outreach Manager of Eat Local Grey Bruce (ELGB). It’s an ideal that we can all agree on. But
I had the opportunity to meet Chef Ric, director of the Food Service Training Program (FSTP) at the Ottawa Mission. We talked about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the correlations