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Social Enterprise Is the Next Generation of Changemaking

1.7 million non profits. How are we going to fund them all?
YSEC has some thoughts (re-posted from TakePart.com):
There are roughly 1.7 million nonprofits operating across the U.S. and Canada, and estimates suggest 45,000 to 60,000 are added to that list each year in the U.S. alone. In my home province of Ontario, one in [...]

Help Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada win 100K!

Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada has a one-of-a-kind opportunity to win $100K in the Refresh Everything competition by Pepsi to support good ideas for the world. The way we win is through votes. Your votes.

What will we do if we win?
We’ll launch InVenture – Canada’s first program to help young people launch businesses that can [...]

G20 Mindness

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 [...]

YSEC and George Brown present

Presented by YSEC & George Brown College’s Institute for Entrepreneurship & Community Innovation (IECI).
This 4-part series will take you through the steps of creating a business plan for your enterprise, social enterprise or nonprofit.
Outcomes:
- Draft a business plan
– Get an expert opinion on your idea’s strengths & weaknesses
– Utilize market research to create financial [...]

SE Spotlight - Renjie Butalid

Renjie Butalid is the Communications Coordinator at Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo.

1) What are you working on and why does it matter?
I am currently working on a speaker series beginning May 5 in Waterloo, hosted by Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo.
This speaker series will apply the ideas of social [...]

Q & A with David Bornstein

 For many of us at YSEC, David Bornstein’s book, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, was one of our first introductions to social entrepreneurship.
As a result, we were thrilled to have David as the keynote speaker at our recent conference, re:Vision 2010.  (For some great reflections on Bornstein’s [...]

The Best of Social Entrepreneurship in Canada

A resource to keep up with the most current news and happenings in the world of social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and social finance in [...]

Change.org – Is Toronto The Next Social Innovation Hub?

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 [...]

Globe and Mail: What it means to be a mentor

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 [...]

YSEC partner with SIG@MaRS for Revision 2010!

YSEC is excited to announce that we are partnered with SiG@MaRS for re:Vision 2010!

SiG@MaRS delivers social entrepreneurship programming and advisory support as a partner program of MaRS. Social Innovation Generation (SiG) is a collaborative partnership among The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation of Montreal; the University of Waterloo; the MaRS Discovery District of Toronto, and [...]