Stories
HUMANS OF IMPACT
Curates stories of social enterprises as told by students from the member organizations of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).

Planting Roots
If you were asked, how can global inequalities be addressed? You might instantly think about solutions that focus on income and wealth. But in order to address inequalities, we often need to seek out solutions of more foundational needs: non-monetary dimensions of education, health, social connections and civic engagement. At Enactus NSCC Ivany Campus, we looked around at our neighbourhoods, to where our fellow students lived and thought how can we work together to build

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

Chris Doyle has been a volunteer and board member with Harmony Centre in Owen Sound for three years. The Centre is housed in a church that has been a community hub for

Located in Montréal, Marché Ahuntsic-Cartierville (MAC) is a non-profit organization that has been working since 2011 to improve residents’ access to fresh, healthy, and local food. It has a permanent market located

Don’t you think that establishing a school to teach creativity is rather gutsy? And yet, creativity should be taught in every school! Factry is a school that challenges traditional education while transforming

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

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

Launch Pad is an amazing not-for-profit youth centre located in Hanover, Ontario. In 2005, this Grey-Bruce community witnessed a methamphetamine crisis. The community noticed that there was no other outlet other than

Lake City Works launched in 1972 with the mission of serving clients of mental health support services, offering therapeutic woodworking workshops and community support. Almost 50 years later, Lake City Works carries

My name is Laura Bruce and I am in my fourth and final semester of the Early Childhood Education program at Georgian College in Orillia, Ontario. On April 5, I interviewed Ross