Bow Valley College and Women In Need Society (WINS) have partnered to launch a new on-campus thrift store that combines affordability, sustainability, and hands-on learning. The initiative gives students access to low-cost essentials while creating real-world learning opportunities in social enterprise and community impact.
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We define social entrepreneurship as using business models (selling a good or service) to enhance social impact. This reflects most Canadian definitions.
Many see the social and the entrepreneurial as being in opposition, like two sides of a scale that needs to be balanced. Instead, we see the social and the entrepreneurial as partners in progress.
We support a social entrepreneurship movement that dares to ask, “How far could we go in solving the world’s problems, and even fulfilling our potential as human beings, if we fully harnessed the power of business models to enhance social impact?”
From its beginnings in 2008, the Trico Charitable Foundation has been driven by the belief that business can be a powerful tool for social change. Founded by Wayne and Eleanor Chiu, TCF has spent nearly two decades advancing social entrepreneurship, building capacity, and strengthening communities across Canada. Discover the milestones, vision, and impact that have shaped our journey.
Bow Valley College and Women In Need Society (WINS) have partnered to launch a new on-campus thrift store that combines affordability, sustainability, and hands-on learning. The initiative gives students access to low-cost essentials while creating real-world learning opportunities in social enterprise and community impact.
Through a partnership with the University of Manitoba, the Trico Charitable Foundation and the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship hosted a webinar that unpacked what social entrepreneurship really means and how traditional models can evolve for greater impact. The session challenged common myths, highlighted foundational concepts, and introduced an upcoming Social Enterprise Accelerator to help students turn ideas into action.
The first step in the collaboration between TCF and the Stu Clark Centre was a webinar where our very own Dan Overall, Executive Director, was interviewed by the Stu Clark Centre’s Executive Director, Debra Jonasson-Young and had a wide-ranging conversation on social entrepreneurship.