The LOFT Youth Centre for Social Enterprise and Innovation is extremely grateful for the essential and generous support of our partners, funders, and investors. We would like to thank: “Our work is based on a simple but profound belief—what unites us is ultimately far more powerful than what divides us.” United Way ...
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Partners, Funders, and Investors
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New LOFT YCSEI & LOFT Kitchen Flyers
Posted by loft 0 CommentCheck out our new flyers for LOFT YCSEI and LOFT Kitchen. Let us know what you think!
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LOFT Kitchen at BIG On Bloor Festival
Posted by loft 0 CommentNext weekend, LOFT Kitchen is participating in the 5th Annual BIG On Bloor Festival. The festival celebrates arts, culture, community and small business, and takes place on Bloor Street between Lansdowne and Dufferin. Please stop by our tent and try some great food! Bloor Improvement Group is hosting the festival. BIG ...
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LOFT YCSEI at The 2nd Annual West Won Fest
Posted by loft 0 CommentWe will be taking part in The 2nd Annual West Won Fest this Saturday from 1-8 pm. Youth from our Sound Studio will be performing, as well as Rich Kidd, our Studio Engineer and Toronto hip hop figure. LOFT YCSEI is also a community partner for the event. Come and stop ...
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On Sunday, August 19, The Redwood and For Youth Initiative will be hosting "Spotlight on Summer Talent: Hot Talents Exposing Hot Issues," a female-empowerment talent show. The purpose of this talent show is to allow girls to have fun while working together to raise awareness about violence in their community. ...
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During From Austerity to Possibility: The Canada We Want was moderated by Peter Frampton, Executive Director of the Learning Enrichment Foundation. 15 participants determined two values that were of greatest importance to them in five categories and then broke them down into common categories and ranked them in terms of importance. Social: • Personal/physical needs • Community ...
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Connections 2012: Why Co-operative Businesses Survive Better Than “Traditional Business” and How That Can Help Your Community Survive the Economic Crisis
Posted by loft 0 CommentA big theme of the Connections 2012 was co-ops. 2012 is The International Year of Co-operatives. Peter Cameron from The Ontario Co-operative Association moderated Why Co-operative Businesses Survive Better Than “Traditional Business” and How That Can Help Your Community Survive the Economic Crisis. A co-operative is a business enterprise owned by and operated ...
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The first session I attended was The Revenue Challenge: How organizations cope during difficult financial times. The session was moderated by Gerry Purceil of Furniture Bank, a social enterprise that transfers gently used furniture and household goods donated to by individuals or corporations to people who have recently transitioned out ...
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On June 6, eight staff from LOFT YCSEI attended Connections 2012: Community Investment Solutions for a Better Ontario, hosted by The Canadian CED Network at The Learning Enrichment Foundation. We enjoyed great talks, workshops and collaboration with other organizations. The three following posts will focus on the workshops I attended (during ...
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Cloudforce: Social Enterprise Tour
Posted by loft 0 CommentOn June 6, 2500 individuals from businesses across Ontario attended Salesforce’s Cloudforce Social Enterprise Tour at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. Industry thought leaders, social experts, and thousands of our peers learned how to transform their organizations into a social enterprise. It was the largest cloud computing event ever hosted ...
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