Inclusion and Connection at Community Living Oakville with Alexandra Hoeck Murray
July 22, 2021
In this episode, Sally speaks with Alexandra Hoeck Murray, the new Executive Director of Community Living Oakville (CLO). Alexandra talks about the impact the organization and larger community is making in the lives of people with developmental disabilities. In our conversation, Alexandra talks about when the COVID crisis first started…
Guest Podcast: A Young Newcomer’s Perspective on Settling in Canada: from Together Project – Makeway
July 8, 2021
We are happy to be sharing a podcast from an initiative whose work we admire. Together Project, on the MakeWay shared platform, connects refugee and immigrant newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Their podcast is gathering and sharing the stories of newcomers they serve. In this…
Building Welcoming Community: An update from our friends at Together Project
July 8, 2021
Our guests in this episode are Anna Hill and Andrew Lusztyk, co-directors and founders at Together Project, a charitable initiative on the Makeway Shared Platform. Together Project connects refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Together Project is founded on the simple idea that social networks…
Foundation for Black Communities and Generation Chosen: Breaking Through Together with Dr. Joseph Smith
June 25, 2021
In this engaging conversation, Dr. Joseph Smith shares his expertise and passion for equity and inclusion and the emotional intelligence needed for productive conversations between people of diverse backgrounds. He talks about the work underway to close the gap in philanthropy in Canada, in which the needs and assets of…
Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with SI Canada & Andrea Nemtin
June 11, 2021
Our guest today is Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of SI Canada. Sally and Andrea talk about what Social Innovation is, the history of the field in Canada, and how Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada) came to be. Andrea talks about the priorities of the organization as our country emerges from…
Educational Success for Racialized & Newcomer Youth, with Leo Johnson, Founder, Empowerment Squared
May 27, 2021
Having been a refugee himself as a youth, Leo shares how he has taken his own experience and created an organization to support youth to ensure they can navigate the Canadian system for educational success, to lay the foundation for life’s success. We hear about Empowerment Squared’s work with Hamilton…
Making an Impact in the Restaurant Industry
May 14, 2021
Court Desautels, CEO of the Neighbourhood Group of Companies, shares how his restaurants operate differently. They have health and wellness programs, including paid health benefits and education supports. They interview and listen to their employees to see what they need and how they can help. They empower the employees to…
Uncovering & Addressing Mental Health Needs for Rural Youth
May 6, 2021
This podcast shares the findings and experience of following a Collective Impact process for the Rural Ottawa Youth Mental Health Collective, led by Nicole McKerracher, Executive Director of O-YA, a youth association in a rural Ottawa village. We’re joined by Emily Dozois, a youth with personal experience trying to access…
Building a Business and Portfolio with Purpose, with Tim Nash, Good Investing Founder
April 20, 2021
Tim shares insights into Socially Responsible Investing – about people looking to do less evil and perhaps more good with their investments. Even more importantly, we look beyond that, to his business model aimed at helping one million Canadians invest intentionally, because of the difference he sees that will make…
A Founder and Funder Creating Beautiful Music Together, with Astrid Hepner, CEO/Founder, Hamilton Music Collective and Board member and Funder, Carl Joosse
April 20, 2021
This podcast is two-fold. We have the pleasure of hearing from Astrid Hepner about the great work of the Hamilton Music Collective, where, modeled after a proven program in Germany, 6000 under-served Hamilton school children are exposed to playing musical instruments, and all the related skills, pride and self-esteem that…