Stories
HUMANS OF IMPACT
Curates stories of social enterprises as told by students from the member organizations of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).
Elephant Thoughts
Imagine you are a young child, and you live in Mirik, a small Nepalese village located on the border of India and Nepal surrounded by the Himalayan mountains, and you want to go to school. The challenge you face is that your parents must walk you to school, there and back and that is normal. Right? However, these families face a two-hour trek up the Himalayan mountain in the mornings and a two-hour trek home
My name is Samantha English and I am studying social services at Georgian College, South Georgian Bay Campus. On March 24, 2021, I had the privilege of speaking with Trace MacKay who
Growing and planting crops have been around since the dawn of time. Superior Seed Producers, a collective of Thunder Bay area growers, has made it their mission. The main purpose of their
The Schoolhouse Café is a little spot in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, in a single classroom inside the Digby Neck Consolidated School (DNCS). Windows stretch to the rafters and there is a
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
Located on the beautiful island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in the middle of Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), sits New Dawn Enterprises. New Dawn was established in 1976, when professors at
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
My name is Olivia Piper and I am in the early childhood education program at Georgian College, Orillia Campus. On March 28th I spoke to Rick Zytaruk, a certified passive house builder
Skilled facilitators, Erin Horvath and Graham Thompson, founded New Vision Unlimited (NewVU) with the goal of responding to community needs from a grassroots perspective. NewVU is a social enterprise focused on community
Carleton Road Industries Association is making a difference by creating opportunities and working towards inclusion. “Everyone has an ability,” says Mackenzie Akin, Executive Director at Carleton Road. “Rather than focusing on one’s