Background
Since November 2009, the government of Nova Scotia (NS) has been facilitating a Social Enterprise Working Group comprised of federal and provincial civil servants and other professionals from various organizations across the province. By early 2011, the Working Group produced a discussion paper that explores social enterprise as a concept. The discussion paper refers to social enterprise as “businesses or organizations operated for the purpose of tackling social, economic or environmental challenges”. There is no agreement on what constitutes a social enterprise- different groups have different definitions based on specific objectives. The choice of the working group is influenced…
February 26, 2010 – 2:40 pm
To all those that participated in the climate change talk, either in person or via our social media outlets, we’d like to say thank you, thank you, and thank you! Overall, the night went quite well and it was a great learning experience that will surely help us in planning future HubTalks.
If there’s anything that you feel would be beneficial for us to do in our next HubTalk, feel free to let us know.
Also, stay tuned for the upcoming announcment of the winner of the climate change’s social innovation award.
December 3, 2009 – 12:36 pm
On Tuesday, November 17th, Dale Zak submitted the first iPhone application – Meet Me Here on behalf of a new business called Apps4Good.
The Give: When you purchase the Meet Me Here application, the proceeds will benefit Phoenix Youth, who offer ten programs and services that support at-risk and homeless youth, ages 12-24. Phoenix help youth transition from a place of need, to a place of happy and healthy independence. Their mission is to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.
The Get: A useful, well designed and built iPhone application that allows you…