Happy New Year! The start of 2017 gives us the opportunity to reflect and learn from 2016. The past twelve months brought the Trico Charitable Foundation amazing partnerships, new programs, and important insights.
There are a growing number of events connected to social entrepreneurship. Many of them happen in our home city, demonstrating what an incredible hub of activity Calgary is. The Trico Foundation team is pleased to attend many of them and wish we could attend more.
There are a growing number of events connected to social entrepreneurship. Many of them happen in our home city, demonstrating what an incredible hub of activity Calgary is. The Trico Foundation team is pleased to attend many of them and wish we could attend more.
NOTE: This article was originally published on Carleton Stories and has been cross-posted with permission.
Written by: Dan Rubinstein
Photos by: Chris Roussakis
Babur Jahid, a third-year Biology and Health Sciences student at Carleton, has a clear vision for the road ahead. After graduating, he plans to follow his passion for medicine to Harvard and complete the MD/MBA program. Then he’ll return to his native Afghanistan and work with the government to make health care more accessible.
Since 2013, Montreal native Benjamin Prunty started working on the development of a student-run, healthy, and accessible café at Concordia University called the Hive Cafe Solidarity Cooperative.
Justin Philmore Brown and Richard West are great examples of how Canadian students are creating social impact through community engagement, innovation, and a deep-seated ambition to make a difference.
A report by the British Council found that across 12 countries, 75% of the higher education institutions surveyed were involved in social enterprise. The strong placing of the UK (third at 89%) and Canada (5th at 85%), to say nothing of their rich historical links, suggested the two countries were ripe for collaboration and cross-pollination in this emerging field. The British Council seized that opportunity with its Students for Social Impact (SSIM) program.
There are a growing number of events connected to social entrepreneurship. Many of them happen in our home city, demonstrating what an incredible hub of activity Calgary is. The Trico Foundation team is pleased to attend many of them and wish we could attend more.
NOTE: This article was originally published on the RECODE website and has been cross-posted with permission.
Written by: Susan Grossman
Director | Centre for Community Engaged Learning, The University of British Columbia
The Trico Charitable Foundation is committed to this program as we believe that by bringing some of the best and brightest examples of social entrepreneurship from around the world to Calgary will help galvanize the local the conversation, bring business opportunities to YYC and, perhaps most importantly, showcase amazing local social ventures and help them gain the insights they need to take their efforts to the next level.
Here are some key insights from the 2016 edition of The World of Social Entrepreneurship.