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Why It Matters
It's vital for those in the social services world to continue to learn, grow and implement new ideas.
Employee Ownership Trusts now law, make it easier for Canadian business owners to share wealth with employees
Why It Matters
When outside interests take over a small or medium business, manager positions are usually the first to be cut, removing large salaries from communities. Often, the business is purchased then closed, leaving holes in the community. Employee Ownership Trusts help businesses stay in local communities when a business has no successor, and contribute to employee retention and financial wealth.
WEBINAR REPLAY: Canadian Black entrepreneurs should create the next Google / Les entrepreneurs noirs canadiens devraient créer le prochain Google
Why It Matters
Il n'existe qu'un seul fonds canadien, BKR, pour financer l'entrepreneuriat noir dans le domaine de la technologie. Lorsqu'ils obtiennent un financement, les entrepreneurs noirs reçoivent des prêts, rarement des fonds propres. Le Québécois Wils Theagene estime qu'il est urgent de changer de système et de créer une véritable chaîne de financement pour les entrepreneurs de la communauté noire. There is only one Canadian fund, BKR, to finance Black entrepreneurship in technology. When they get funding, Black entrepreneurs receive loans, rarely equity. Quebec's Wils Theagene sees a pressing need for a system change, creating a real financing chain for entrepreneurs from the Black community.
Could AI increase volunteerism?
Why It Matters
Some researchers predict artificial intelligence could reduce people's workload by as much as 45 per cent in the coming years. Channelling some of that newfound time into volunteerism could reverse current declines in volunteer numbers.
Mindset more valuable than skillset when it comes to a career in social finance
Why It Matters
Canada’s $755 million Social Finance Fund has the potential to accelerate the growth of Canada’s social finance market. Will there be enough skilled people to support it?
Tributes pour in for David LePage, a giant in Canadian social enterprise
Why It Matters
LePage founded and nurtured several social enterprises in his career and had only retired a few months before.