Innovating Canada
CAMPAIGN: Addressing Homelessness & Poverty (2022)
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Building Corporate Strategies to Combat Multidimensional Poverty
The United Nations Global Compact is Changing The Way We Think About Addressing Poverty
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Ending Poverty Overseas Begins with Building Local Partnerships
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) addresses not just immediate needs, but systemic ones as well by supporting local partners to respond to community priorities.
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More Than a Shelter: How the YMCA Helps Unhoused Youth Overcome Barriers
The YMCA of Greater Toronto’s Wagner Green YMCA offers shelter and comprehensive, wrap-around supports to help youth experiencing homelessness transition to independent living.
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The Current Crisis of Community Care: A Burdensome Climate for VAW Services
Inflation has increased the threat of homelessness for survivors of gender-based violence while community services remain scarce, and shelters are filling in the gaps and doing more with less.
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A Space That Welcomes Everyone through Its Doors, No Matter What
Community support means everything to this Toronto-based charity as it continues to uplift 2SLGBTQIA+ youth with access to necessary services.
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Joe Roberts Opens Up About His Lived Experience of Homelessness
A Q&A with the Founder of The Push for Change Foundation and Inspirational Keynote Speaker
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Nutrition Advice only Works for Those Who Can Afford Good Food
Between pandemic recovery, inflation, housing costs, extreme weather patterns, declining mental health, and other challenges, we are seeing new vulnerabilities and people at risk of food insecurity who were not previously in need of food or financial aid. Pre-COVID, an estimated one in eight Canadians (12.5%) were food insecure , meaning they did not have...
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Tackling Climate Change Through Equitable and Resilient Food Systems
Globally, climate change is one of the most pressing social issues and it’s deeply tied to poverty, economic prosperity, justice, and politics — though often our conversations about the environment can be one-dimensional. Conventional food systems are a huge driver of greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. In Canada, most of our food is produced...
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Sparrow Is on a Mission to Create Exceptional Shared Living Experiences
Sparrow (sparrowshare.com) is a Canadian homesharing platform and community that matches hosts with spare bedrooms and people seeking budget-friendly places to live. As Canadians age, many dream of remaining in the homes and neighbourhoods they’ve come to know and love. In fact, 86 per cent of urban Canadian older adult homeowners want to live in...
