Transforming the Community Impact of Campus Space: Bow Valley College and WINS Open a Social Enterprise Thrift Store

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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What is social entrepreneurship?

We define social entrepreneurship as using business models (selling a good or service) to enhance social impact. This reflects most Canadian definitions.

Beyond balance

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.  

Aspirational

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?”

The first day of September is a great day to announce the  work happening behind the scenes this summer at Enterprising Non-Profits

If you live in Winnipeg, and want to escape to the country this weekend, why not take a trip to FortWhyte Alive? Located

The Enterprising Spirit Conference was recently featured on CTV Calgary’s In Touch segment. Check out the clip below to learn more: Social enterprise

What’s worse than finding graffiti on your property? Having to clean it up yourself, of course! If you live in Vancouver, and

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