Before the mix of festivities and chaos hit the streets of Toronto this past weekend, YSEC joined a panel of young entrepreneurs representing the city at the G20 Youth Summit. Known as MY SUMMIT, the event convened youth delegates from all the participating nations.
Moderated by Gavin Sheppherd of The Remix Project – a community organization with several [...]
On Earth Hour eve, keynote re:Vision speaker Nathaniel Whittemore of Assetmap and Change.org, comments:
Today the first ever Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSEC) of Canada conference, re:Vision 2010, kicks off in Toronto, Ontario. With students, innovation centers, coworking spaces and an increasingly vibrant startup scene, Toronto is a place to watch.
So in response to Nathaniel’s question of [...]
The Globe and Mail’s Your Business asked three of re:Vision 2010’s speakers to answer “Why is mentoring important, and how did you first get involved in it?”.
Check out their full essays at Globe and Mail: What it means to be a mentor.
Catch Tonya Surman and Nathaniel Whittmore at re:Vision Earth Hour and Mark Simpson [...]
4 sleeps to go! Press releases are on their way! Get a sneak peek at the re:Vision 2010 program book! It’s HOT!
If you haven’t registered yet NOW is the time to do it as spots are filling up fast! Don’t forget we’re running a video contest so enter it and you could win a [...]
The City of Toronto and the Toronto Community Foundation have just released the 2010 Green Innovation Awards – a grant program to advance the development of new green products or services.
Up to $50,000 is available to be invested as seed money to help make your idea a reality. The deadline for submissions is March 12, [...]
[ March 27, 2010 8:30 am to March 28, 2010 5:00 pm. ]
Announcing re:Vision 2010: The Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada’s Inaugural Conference.
The Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada is looking for young people who are spearheading incredible change in communities across Ontario. YSEC is bringing together 100 young leaders in Ontario: a critical mass of organizers, activists and entrepreneurs who are taking changemaking to the next level.
re:Vision [...]
[ March 25, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 6-9 pm, Centre for Social Innovation (4th floor)
For this month’s YSEC MeetUP, we’re hosting a Dragon’s Den style (but nicer) Pitch Competition.
Three of Toronto’s top youth-driven ideas will be presented to a panel of Toronto’s social entrepreneur and finance experts. The winner will receive:
$1,000 as an interest free loan from [...]
Listed below are some rare and exciting opportunities to join the Head Office team at Journalists for Human Rights, an organization that works to improve human rights in some of the most difficult environments on earth. Check out the descriptions below or visit their website for more details:
1) Position: International Programs Director (1 position, paid with [...]
Change.org recently published their top moments of the decade in social [...]
We here at YSEC knew it to be true when we first dreamed up the mission and vision of our organization, so it excites us to see that more and more people are catching on to the idea that making system and social change can be a profitable and sustainable endeavor.
“People are realizing that small [...]
