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How can we measure the social impact of our projects?

Making a social impact in business is on everyone’s mind nowadays, but how can we be sure the practices we adopt actually achieve our target objectives? To determine the success...

Hyperloop: “The frequency of subways combined with the speed of airplanes”

Ryan Janzen is the co-founder of TransPod, an Ontario-based company looking to revolutionize the transportation industry with its version of hyperloop. As a lead-up to his talk at the Novae...

Radius: Accelerating innovations in healthcare and First Peoples entrepreneurship

We met Donovan Woollard, co-director of Radius, Simon Fraser University’s social entrepreneurship hub, which has a specific interest in healthcare and First Peoples entrepreneurship. How did Radius get started? In...

Trico Foundation: stimulating social entrepreneurship in Calgary

We met with Dan Overall, the executive director of the Trico Foundation, a group that’s driving social innovation in Alberta. Trico Foundation was established in Calgary in 2008 by Eleanor...

HiVE: Amplifying the social impact movement in Vancouver

We met with Melissa Hope, the director of operations at HiVE, a non-profit co-working and event space in Gastown, Vancouver. HiVE is a co-working space, focused on social impact. Can...

Getting people back into the workforce through eco-renovations

Building Up, a Toronto-based social enterprise modelled on an idea developed by Winnipeg’s Build Inc, provides training in the building trades for people with barriers to employment. We met with...

Next Gen Men : the social enterprise that’s shaping the men of the 21st century

Jake Stika is the executive director and co-founder of Next Gen Men, a social enterprise in Calgary and Toronto that teaches boys to be better men. How? By showing them...

First Nations communities are using energy and agriculture to drive social innovation

Shaun Loney is a co-founder of Aki Energy, a partnership between the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Green Communities Canada and BUILD, whose mission is to grow green economies on First...

“Innovation means finding real solutions to social problems”

According to serial entrepreneur David Côté, companies today need to focus their business instincts on challenges facing society. In anticipation of the upcoming Novae conference in Quebec City, David Côté,...

“Let’s rethink the non-profit business model”

A few years ago, Toronto’s historic Don Valley Brick Works factory was transformed from an underused, deteriorating collection of buildings into a thriving community environmental centre, Evergreen Brick Works. We...

Bullfrog : A different kind of power company

The idea was simple: Get environmentally-conscious people to pay a premium for their power, and use that extra money to support green power generation across the nation. At first, Bullfrog...

CSI: Changing the world through social innovation

On the occasion of their new affiliation with a newly-created shared space in London, Ontario, we met with Adil Dhalla, executive director of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI). As...

Vancity : “We want to see more of the economy become co-operative”

Vancity, a member-owned financial co-operative operating in Victoria and the Lower Mainland, has been a pioneer in the realm of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and progressive lending since 1946. They are...

EnviroZone: “Recreating a sustainable tropical forest”

Éric Bond is the founder of EnviroZone, a design firm specializing in free-standing green systems. In anticipation of the upcoming 12th Novae Field Trip, taking place on December 9th in Envirozone’s...

New Deal Brewing: Introducing the business model for responsible beer

Daleyne Guay is the co-founder of the New Deal Brewing, a new player in the craft beer market aiming to stand out not only by the quality of its product,...

Adam Spence: “Social innovation in Canada has never been so strong”

Toronto’s MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is a powerful hub where entrepreneurship and funding come together. As a research centre, incubator and accelerator for impact startups, MaRS is stimulating the...