Trico, Author at Trico Foundation

Full Circle: Student Develops Social Venture at UBC, Then Venture Gives Fellow UBC Students 1st Hand Experience

July 26, 2016 No Comments

Open Market is the impressive brainchild of Saadan Sulehri, a business and engineering student who is expected to graduate from The University of British Columbia (UBC) in December 2016. Sulehri was first inspired during his time in Pakistan to make a difference, and it was at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he received the help he needed to figure out how to make his aspirations a reality.

Student Strives to Bring Soul to the Brownfields of Toronto

July 19, 2016 No Comments

Jennifer Fischer is an example of a student who won’t let barriers stop her from pursuing a project that will improve Toronto’s green space. She is the sole proprietor of Soul Roots, an endeavour that began as part of the SocialVentures Zone community at Ryerson University.

Debt Financing for Non-Profit Social Enterprises: Workbook for Boards and Senior Staff

July 4, 2016 No Comments

Trico Foundation and Futurpreneur have collaborated in the creation of Debt Financing for Non-Profit Social Enterprises: Workbook for Boards and Senior Staff. This workbook is intended to be a resource to help non-profit directors and managers become more aware of the resources they may need to be ready for debt financing and how to use them.

Student Thinks Sky Is the Limit with Solar Cooker Venture

June 29, 2016 No Comments

While attending to his full-time graduate studies in policy studies focusing on immigration, settlement, and the diaspora at Ryerson University, Peter Haastrup dedicates much of his time working with the Kenya Village Project. With this project, Peter has worked for the last three years to bring a better and more sustainable means of cooking to the villagers.

Student Learns It Takes a Community to Serve a Community

June 21, 2016 No Comments

Zoya Jiwa is hoping to make a statement in the fashion and social impact worlds by creating an online platform where people with health conditions can creatively come together. At the young age of 14, Zoya was diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease that can create inflammation in an individual’s organs. She also lives with fibromyalgia, a condition characterized by intense pain in muscles and soft tissues.

Employee of Calgary social enterprise lists joys of experience, heaps praise on manager

September 29, 2015 No Comments

There may be no more valued praise than that which comes from an employee. When interviewed about his work experience with an award-winning Calgary social enterprise, Michael Jamieson highlights his manager as a key player in making the experience a positive one.

What’s energizing this long-time Vecova Bottle Depot social enterprise worker?

September 24, 2015 No Comments

Though his words are few, the message is clear. When asked what energizes him most about his work at a Calgary social enterprise, the Vecova Bottle Depot, Shawn Sproule says it’s the people that he works with.

How this Calgary social enterprise is enabling happy lives

September 22, 2015 No Comments

For the first time in his working life, Caleb Bethune doesn’t dread waking up to another day of work, not since he began his career as a software tester with the Calgary-based social enterprise Meticulon. Meaghan Thompson, a fellow employee, shares a similar story of being inspired and energized by her work with Meticulon.

Staying centred on mission amid social enterprise hype: A young social entrepreneur shares her story

September 10, 2015 No Comments

One of the challenges of working in the dynamic social entrepreneur culture is that of staying mission-centred. Twenty-three-year-old social entrepreneur Eden Full is all too aware of this.

Successful social enterprise, JUMP Math, adds up new goals

July 30, 2015 No Comments

Founded in 2001, JUMP Math is becoming a larger organization that can do more things, and do them better than ever before in the history of the organization. But that doesn’t mean it’s resting on its laurels.

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