The Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network (WOSEN) has released their Interim Report capturing the story of WOSEN, from launch to mid-way through its three-and-a-half-year initiative (2019-2023).
December can be a joyous, festive time of year for many. It’s also a time to reflect on the year behind us and to think about those who continue to have limited access to resources and support.
Pillar is happy to welcome three new colleagues and we are thrilled to add their extensive talents and expertise to the team. Please join us in welcoming Farzana Chohan and Salim Rocha who join us as Impact Consulting Associates, and Tanja Kueneman who joins us as Director of Finance.
“We romanticize the rust of aging systems, paint the exterior of collapsing buildings that house who we thought we were because it’s what we know – because it may serve us even, because demolition is destruction and destruction seems destructive. We forget the first step in constructing anything is to destroy what’s not working.” – Timaj Gerad
Content warning: missing children, colonial violence, residential schools
Social Six presents the Innovation Competition was a special youth program run by Pillar Nonprofit Network throughout the month of August. The program focused on social innovation and empowering young people to be changemakers in their communities.
SDG Cities is collaboratively developed and delivered by 10C Shared Space and Pillar Nonprofit Network. Through events, cohort-based training and applied research, SDG Cities will increase the number and strengthen organizations and purpose-driven businesses actively using and contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A version of this article, written by Mojdeh Cox, Executive Director was published in the London Free Press on September 17, 2021.
Pillar is please to introduce our network to four new additions to our team. Meet Batool Banihani, Project Manager, WOSEN; Dawn Burns, Executive Assistant; Eleanor Gebrou, CityStudio Coordinator; and Roman Mechkov, Innovation Works Coordinator.
In early 2021, 10C Shared Space and Pillar Nonprofit Network received funding from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to collaboratively develop the SDG Cities project.
