Shawn Smith is a young social entrepreneur innovating on a global canvas. Which is ironic since he is also my neighbour. One of last year's delights was to appear on a panel hosted by him in Oxford last spring, during … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2011
Vickie Cammack – Becoming Visible 2011 – Faithful Friends
Vickie Cammack is founder and CEO of Tyze – a social purpose business which creates personalized networks and bridges the divide between natural loving care and formal systems of care-giving. She is also a serial social innovator. She co-founded Planned … Read More
Jessica Fraser – Becoming Visible 2011 – The Harmony of Contradiction
Jessica Fraser is a film producer and co-creator of Mobile Movement which provides microfinace (either loans or grants) to 15 youth led initiatives in Nairobi, Kenya. As a donor or lender you get to choose the projects and communicate directly … Read More
Stefan Lorimer – Becoming Visible 2011 – Entitlement
Stefan Lorimer is a multi-talented digital technology strategist, community advocate and blogger . Stefan has single handedly built the infrastructure for PLAN's web strategy. He is also the person who convinced me to become intentional and conscious about digital strategies … Read More
Gord Tulloch – Becoming Visible 2011 – Natural Connections
Gord Tulloch is the innovative Program Director of the largest community living organization in British Columbia – possAbilities. His command of history, theoretical constructs and ethics qualifies him for the indispensable role as the community living movement's philosopher in British … Read More
John Restakis – Becoming Visible 2011 – A Social Market
John Restakis is Executive Director of the BC Co-operative Association in Vancouver. By vocation he is a community organizer and popular educator. Aside from being a sessional instructor in the University of Victoria's new Masters in Community Development he is … Read More
Raffi on Cairo the City of his Birth
I've had many happy hours listening to global troubadour Raffi and his music with my daughters. I've also come to know him as a man of intense passion and profound integrity. His refusal to "sell out" his stories and music … Read More
Peter Nares – Becoming Visible 2011 – Social Innovation
Peter Nares is the founding Executive Director of SEDI (Social and Enterprise Development Innovations) whose mission is to reduce poverty by expanding social and economic opportunities for low income Canadians. He is the personification of a social innovator. Peter has … Read More
Tim Brodhead – Stepping Away as McConnell Foundation CEO
Even though we knew it was coming, the February 10th announcement by the JW McConnell Family Foundation that Tim Brodhead is stepping away as President and CEO startles. The short announcement in the Foundation's monthly e-news was likely influenced by … Read More
Peter Deitz – Becoming Visible 2011 – Data
Peter Deitz is a social entrepreneur, micro-finance advocate and the Managing editor of SocialFinance.ca. He has taken on the pioneering task of reporting and distributing information and news on the emerging social finance/social enterprise field in Canada. Have a look … Read More