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Moisson Montreal: food safety is a core value when tackling food security

Over 135,000 individuals across Montreal turning to community organizations for support in meeting their food needs each month. It would be natural to think that the concept of “send anything...

Using urban beekeeping to foster social inclusion

Accueil Bonneau and Alvéole join forces on an urban beekeeping project to help people get back on their feet. Accueil Bonneau works with homeless people in Montreal. Summertime brings hope and the chance...

AquaHacking in aid of the Great Lakes

After the Ottawa River in 2015 and the St. Lawrence River in 2016, this year, the focus of this event created by the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation is Lake Erie. For...

Google: 10 Canadian organizations that may change the world

Google recently announced the 10 finalists for its first Impact Challenge contest in Canada. These 10 organizations have one thing in common: they all use technology in an innovative way...

A food bank that grows its own lettuce and fish

The Mississauga Food Bank, in Ontario, recently launched an aquaponics farm so it could offer fresh food to those living in poverty. Aquaponics is a technique that combines aquaculture (raising...

Montreal will be home to the first Yunus Social Business Centre in Canada

The Yunus Social Business Centre will make its Canadian debut at HEC Montréal’s social business management hub, IDEOS. Yunus Social Business is an organization dedicated to helping companies resolve socio-environmental problems, particularly...

Investing your money in local organizations

After Montreal’s Cinéma du Parc launched its first community bond campaign a few days ago, here’s a closer a look at this form of social financing that is sure to...

David Suzuki fellowships: $50,000 to help train the next generation of leaders

The David Suzuki Foundation is launching a fellowship program to help three young scientists work on solving complex environmental challenges. The organization is offering three annual fellowships of $50,000 plus $5,000 to cover...

The Binners’ Project: highlighting the work of urban waste-pickers

Last week, a blitz was held in Vancouver to collect disposable cups for and with the city’s binners. The Binners’ Project, an organization dedicated to improving the economic conditions of urban...

La Tablée des Chefs is now in Vancouver

After Ontario and Alberta, the Montreal-based organization is setting up in British Columbia to address hunger problems. The aim of La Tablée des Chefs, an organization founded by Jean-François Archambault...

Destination Emploi: the first online employment agency for homeless people

Yesterday in Montreal, the Société de développement social (SDS) launched the first platform in Canada dedicated to the employability of people isolated from the labour market. Destination Emploi connects employers...