Amazing member success
stories happen all the time at the Centre for Social Innovation. Yet we never
tire of them. Au contraire! They thrill us every time!
This story
is especially thrilling to me because, well, it’s about me.
At CSI,
we talk a lot about the impact our members have on each other. After all, they
come to CSI to find collaborators, to accelerate their missions, or to simply absorb
the kind of energy they can’t get at home in their pyjamas.
Submitted by Barnabe Geis on May 13, 2013 - 5:31pm
By Lisa Ferguson, CSI Reporter
Actor Daniel Stolfi was
undergoing chemotherapy treatment when he started writing a one-man comedy show
about cancer. His friends and family thought he was crazy. No one was going to
laugh at cancer, they told him.
This article by CSI's own Eli Malinsky appeared online for FastCompany - check it out here!
You no longer have to take a vow of poverty to work in the social sector, but it still requires a lot of hard work. These models can help you chart your path to success.
For the third consecutive year, CYBF and Spin Master Ltd., Canada’s most innovative toy company, are teaming up to offer financing, mentoring, an innovation workshop and more to innovative entrepreneurs through the Spin Master Innovation Fund.
The official launch was April 8, with applications being accepted until May 21. The fund will support up to ten innovative start-ups with each recipient receiving:
The opportunity
to open a space in NYC came out of nowhere. There we were in Toronto,
minding our own damn business, when the chance to expand suddenly presented
itself to us. Fate can take many shapes; in this case, it took the shape of
David Gise, a serial entrepreneur and our new Director of Operations in New
York City.
There is no
doubt Regent Park is in a period of massive transformation. The revitalization
of Regent Park is converting what was once Canada’s oldest and largest social
housing complex into a mixed-income, mixed-use community.
But change is
happening beyond the cranes and bulldozers, and has been happening long before construction
started.
“I think if you
search you could see many, many examples of the change that residents themselves
are making,” says Adonis Huggins.
The second issue of CSI's burgeoning community
newspaper, The Collider, is out and available to download and share!
Featuring articles, photos, stories, events and more from the world's
most dynamic community of social innovators.Download here.
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For some time now, Ontario Nonprofit Network has been highly critical
of the as‑yet unproclaimed Ontario Not‑for‑profit Corporations Act. The
Ontario Government hadn’t listened much.
Until now.
This morning, the Ministry of Consumer Services announced:
Actor Daniel Stolfi was
undergoing chemotherapy treatment when he started writing a one-man comedy show
about cancer. His friends and family thought he was crazy. No one was going to
laugh at cancer, they told him.