Stories
HUMANS OF IMPACT
Curates stories of social enterprises as told by students from the member organizations of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).
Ready for Better Business
Through movie culture and media, I was ingrained with an image of a successful business: fancy suits, material world, elitism, glory in the competition. One clear winner. “If you’re not first, you’re last.” Then I experienced real life. And I learned that living to be the only winner comes at a price: inequality, a great divide. Since participating in the Humans of ImpAct project, I have learned that I am not alone in feeling there
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
“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
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
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
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
When you ask Vicky Roeder-Martin of the Dragonfly Collective how she plans to bring an entire community together, she tells you that “it all starts with a cup of coffee. I believe
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
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
Roots to Harvest is an inspiring, community driven, social enterprise located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I first heard the name promoted as an extra-curricular activity at my high-school, but I was not