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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We define social entrepreneurship as using business models (selling a good or service) to enhance social impact. This reflects most Canadian definitions.
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.
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?”
On Nov. 4, UM launched the Chiu Centre for Business Serving Community at the I.H. Asper School of Business which will foster cultural change in capitalism through research, training and promoting business models that address social and ecological crises facing humanity.
The University of Manitoba (UM) is proud to announce a transformative $5.4 million gift from Drs. Wayne [BSc(ME)/80, LLD/23] and Eleanor Chiu to establish the Chiu Centre for Business Serving Community, a visionary initiative housed within the I.H. Asper School of Business.
Jane Bisbee is the Executive Director of SEF and, over the last thirteen years, has worked to build SEF’s portfolio. Jane has decided to resign as Executive Director to explore new ways to contribute to building the social finance community. As she transitions out of her role, we had a chance to catch up with her for an ‘exit interview’.
Alexandra Sangster, Sarjesa Founder & CEO, Operations Manager for Trico Communities, and former Trico Foundation Liaison for Local Student Social Entrepreneurs, sat down with 2C Media and shared her journey and learning from a life dedicated to social impact.