March 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm PST

Social enterprise organizations are supporting youth in achieving sustainable livelihoods through innovative programs and initiatives, world-wide. Learn from the organizations through their long experience in the areas of food security, youth engagement, homelessness and employment creation and how they are using social enterprise and community economic development models in providing valuable opportunities for young people. 

Presenters: 

• Santropol Roulant, a Montreal community centre that has been using food as a vehicle to break social and economic isolation between generations and cultures and creating innovative ways of youth engagement. 
• Eva’s Initiative, a Toronto based organization offering innovative programs and services for homeless and at-risk youth to assist them reach their potential to lead productive, self-sufficient and healthy lives.
• LOFT Youth Centre for Social Enterprise and Innovation, is a multi-use space that nurtures creativity, community engagement, social enterprise and entrepreneurship amongst youth in Toronto through three in-house social enterprises based on art, music, and food and innovation. 

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Youth Social Entrepreneurship Webinar Series

This webinar is being hosted as part of the Youth Social Entrepreneur Webinar Series:

Who should attend: 

• Young people interested in social entrepreneurship
• Non-profit or other youth serving organizations interested in using a social enterprise model with their clients
• Funders, community partners, local government stakeholders interested in learning how to scale up the sector.

• Kanika Gupta, founder of Social Journal (SoJo), a web based learning tool geared towards youth passionate about social change and building social ventures. The development of SoJo was influenced by Gupta’s master’s thesis experience in Canada-wide study on the factors influencing the start-up of youth-initiated social ventures.
• Julia Norman, founder of social enterprise, the Didi Society, which is working towards empowering women through fair, direct trade and educating local youth on social justice issues and using marketing, sales strategies and traditional cooperative values.
• Adam Olsen, is one of the Olsen family members who started local small business Salish Fusion Knitwear, producing modern knitted products with inspiration from Coast Salish art. The small business is providing employment opportunities for the local knitters and supporting the local art.