Grassroots organizations are an integral part of the non-profit sector, responding to community needs when governments and established organizations fail to do so. This profile, the second in a series, looks at a microlending program launched from one woman’s desire to live “in a town that still functions.”
Les organismes à but non lucratif s’attaquent aux grands problèmes : la pauvreté, les inégalités en matière de santé, d’éducation et d’accès au travail, la discrimination
Maison-Mère describes itself as a playground and an accelerator for citizen-led initiatives in Quebec’s Charlevoix region. Projects range from agri-food to alternative accommodation, art/culture/heritage, education and knowledge, co-working, and renewable energy.
Grassroots organizations are an integral part of the non-profit sector, responding to needs and shaping how communities care for each other. This profile, the first in a series, looks at how a group of Haligonians, recognizing that vulnerable people had nowhere to go during the pandemic and that government and non-profit organizations weren’t acting quickly enough, came together to fill a pressing need.
Dans le premier volet de notre série Mission Transition, la collaboratrice Diane Bérard dresse le profil de l’organisme sans but lucratif montréalais Insertech, qui forme des adultes sans emploi à réparer des appareils électroniques considérés comme des déchets et les offrir au public à des prix abordables, tout en ayant pour mandat de démocratiser la technologie.
Montreal non-profit Insertech trains unemployed adults to repair electronic appliances considered waste and offers them to the public at affordable prices – with a mandate to broaden access to technology while they’re at it.
What would it mean to ambitiously mobilize artists to do their most essential work well and fully, with the aim of creating a more sustainable, just, and caring society? Contributor Shannon Litzenberger calls for direct support for individual artists, as world-makers with the potential to catalyze transformative change.
While many traditional healing camps are established in remote wilderness areas, AIP laureate Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation’s camp is easily accessible for Yellowknife’s Indigenous population.
