One of our Founders, Eleanor Chiu, had the wonderful opportunity to be the guest speaker at The Women’s Canadian Club of Calgary this past Valentine’s Day.
This is a blog series dedicated to the frequently asked questions we get during the Ask Me Anything About Social Enterprise (AMAASE) sessions. One frequently asked question is “what legal structure should my social enterprise be?”
Trico Charitable Foundation is honoured and pleased to add another prestigious member to our Board of Directors, Karen Ramchuk!
Dan Overall of the Trico Charitable Foundation finds important messages for the impact community in Charles Dickens’ famous seasonal ghost story.
Rajan Rathnavalu, co-founder and CEO at Newo Global Energy, discusses IRP funding, branding, boosting internal capacity, and exploring opportunities for investment and social procurement.
Happy New Year! The start of 2024 gives us the opportunity to reflect and learn from 2023. The past twelve months were busy, historic, and made great progress in advancing both social entrepreneurship and Calgary’s role as a hub for social entrepreneurship.
This is a blog series dedicated to the frequently asked questions we get during the Ask Me Anything About Social Enterprise (AMAASE) sessions.
One frequently asked question we get asked is “what is the definition of social enterprise?”
The Aquatic Biosphere Society of Canada’s mission is to educate, inspire, and empower people to play an active role in the conservation of our aquatic ecosystems. Lee J. Burton, Secretary to the Board, discusses IRP funding, reinforcement of community value, and next steps.
Closer to Home Community Services is a Calgary, Alberta charitable organization that facilitates growth, belonging, and building meaningful relationships in communities. CEO Karen Olivier discusses IRP funding, social enterprise cafe industry learnings, and looking to the future.
In November 2013 Trico Charitable Foundation was honoured to host the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF), bringing it to Canada for the 1st time ever.
As fate would have it, one session was titled “Three Things Public Policy Needs to do for Social Enterprise to Thrive in 2023.” The session was an all-star affair, moderated by Peter Holbrook, CEO of Social Enterprise UK, and featuring eight social enterprise policy leaders from Canada and across the world. We thought the ten year anniversary of the panel would be an interesting time to revisit it.