Rural communities have unique ways of addressing key challenges such as distance, size of market, lack of infrastructure and services, out-migration of
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?”
Rural communities have unique ways of addressing key challenges such as distance, size of market, lack of infrastructure and services, out-migration of
In many ways Quebec is a leader in developing social enterprises and its social impact sector. Attendees were able to hear lessons
Borders are not just geographic. Attendees learned from unlikely partners who have joined together to create social change and innovation. This session
A great idea takes great implementation and working across borders (any border) is not always easy. Theory only gets you so far