by Ida Desmond (Viani) | Dec 17, 2015 | Canadian Social Enterprises, ENP Canada, Front Page, Social Enterprise, Social EnterPrize, Trico Charitable Foundation, Uncategorized
This article was originally published on November 24th, 2015 on the ENP Canada website. It has been cross-posted with permission from the author Michelle Strutzenberger, Newsroom Chair, Axiom News.
As The Cleaning Solution adds yet another significant achievement to its name – winning the national Social EnterPrize – the Enterprising Non-profits Canada newsroom caught up with Executive Director Shaugn Schwartz to reflect on key learnings of the social enterprise to date.
by Ida Desmond (Viani) | Dec 7, 2015 | ENP Canada, Front Page, Social Enterprise, Social EnterPrize, Social Finance, Trico Charitable Foundation, Uncategorized
This article was originally published on November 20th, 2015 on the enp Canada website. It has been cross-posted with permission from the author Michelle Strutzenberger, Newsroom Chair, Axiom News.
The selection of the Calgary-based Women In Need Society (WINS) for the prestigious Social EnterPrize hosted by the Trico Charitable Foundation couldn’t be more timely, says WINS executive director Laura Dickson.
by Trico | Sep 29, 2015 | Canadian Social Enterprises, ENP Canada, Enterprising Non-Profits Alberta, Social Enterprise, Trico Charitable Foundation, Uncategorized
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.
by Trico | Sep 24, 2015 | Canadian Social Enterprises, ENP Canada, Enterprising Non-Profits Alberta, Front Page, Social Enterprise, Trico Charitable Foundation, Uncategorized
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.
by Trico | Sep 22, 2015 | Canadian Social Enterprises, ENP Canada, Enterprising Non-Profits Alberta, Uncategorized
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.
by Trico | Sep 10, 2015 | Canadian Social Enterprises, ENP Canada, Front Page, Trico Charitable Foundation, Uncategorized
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.
