Stories
HUMANS OF IMPACT
Curates stories of social enterprises as told by students from the member organizations of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).
Harmony Centre
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 over 100 years, consisting of the church proper and a Sunday school. Doyle notes that contractors renovating the attic found hay originally used for insulation. A group of ten community volunteers maintains the structure. The goal of the Centre is to preserve the
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
My name is Brienna Huffman and I am a social service worker student at Georgian College in Orillia. On March 24, 2021, I spoke with Juli-Anne James co-founder of Streams Community Hub
“We are getting people working again so there is economic growth, social assistance, and more housing.” When I asked Brandon Day, co-founder, about the impact of Community Builders, this was his answer.
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
Tom Thwaits has been canoeing his whole life but when he moved to Meaford Ontario twelve years ago, he took his love to a new level by using every opportunity to get
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
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 Sandbox Centre is not a social enterprise itself, but it plays a large role in supporting social enterprise. The organization creates a domino effect; they start by benefiting one business and
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