The following letter is written by Dr. Iman Bibars, who is an Ashoka Vice President and the Egypt based, Regional Director of Ashoka Arab World. Ashoka is a global fellowship of over 2600 of the world's leading social entrepreneurs, many … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2011
Sean Moore – Becoming Visible 2011 – Improving the Lives of Canada’s First Nations people
Sean Moore is Canada's most experienced practionner, advisor, writer and teacher about public policy advocacy. For the past several years he has devoted his time to assisting civil society organizations upgrade their lobby and advocacy skills. To that end he … Read More
Paul Pholeros – Becoming Visible 2011 – Making Simple
Paul Pholeros is a multi talented architect/artist/community organizer who lives in Australia. I met him at a North-South conference on housing and homelessness and have followed his effective and surprisingly simple approach to this complex challenge. He founded and directs … Read More
Linda Couture – Becoming Visible 2011 – A Natural End to Life
Linda Couture is the Director of Living with Dignity a Quebec based organization promoting palliative care, home care and a natural end to life as opposed to assisted suicide or euthanasia. The Quebec government's Special Parliamentary Committee on Dying with … Read More
Allyson Hewitt – Becoming Visible 2011 – Blending Social and Economic Outcomes
Allyson Hewitt is a force for change. She has led impressive advocacy campaigns herself including the development of 211 – providing three-digit and online access to social service, community and government information. Now she heads the Social Enterprise Unit at … Read More
Cheryl Rose – Becoming Visible 2011 – Passion
Cheryl Rose is an accomplished educator, well loved by her students. She pioneered the development of Community Service Learning in universities throughout Canada. Community Service Learning convenes students, educators and community in partnerships to learn from each other. She … Read More
Cormac Russell – Becoming Visible 2011 – Relying on Each Other
Cormac Russell is a colleague of mine at the Asset Based Community Development Institute. He is Managing Director of Nurture Development, an Irish training and development agency. He also works internationally advising governments, organizations and communities on how to re-negotiate … Read More
Gordon Hogg – Becoming Visible 2011 – Our Common Fund of Stories
Gordon Hogg has been a Mayor and then member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia for more than three decades. During that period he has held a number of Cabinet posts leading reforms in the area of disability and … Read More
Nancy Hall – Becoming Visible 2011 – Changing the Mental Health and Addiction Agenda
Nancy Hall is a long time mental health advocate, scholar, strategist and public policy expert. She specializes in individual and family focused solutions. Last fall she was awarded Canada's most celebrated Clarence Hincks mental health Award. Here is her answer … Read More
Gregor Wolbring – Becoming Visible 2011 – People with Disabilities as Problem Solvers
Gregor Wolbring is a professor at the University of Calgary. He pursues ethical questions that affect those of us who are or will become disabled, infirmed, reliant on medical technology or are concerned about the implications of nano – tehnology, … Read More