Tourism Toronto the Good - Social Sourcing in Action

 Ever since Toronto’s 25th mayor, William Holmes Howland, coined the term “Toronto the Good” for his campaign the term has often been used as an earnest effort to call our city to greatness.

This blog post is a genuine shining example of efforts by the meetings industry to leverage it’s *significant economic muscle to [...]

Social Impact Ideas for your Next Event

As a nice alternative to reading, this month’s blog share a quick 5 minute video report that explores the many ways that the Meetings Industry can incorporate social impact into their events and who benefits as a result. Lots of ideas inside, from flowers from local shops that employ adults with disabilities, to print services, [...]

An Update on Our Canadian Project - Ottawa Grow

Christian Horizons is the largest government funded provider of support services to adults with disabilities in Ontario.  The organization serves over 1,500 families and continually evolves their services to meet the changing needs of the people whom they serve.

Micah Elson is the Program Manager at Ottawa Grow, one of their largest employment solutions programs.  One [...]

CSR Strategic Trends Emerging from National Studies - Eli Fathi

Eli Fathi – Founder & CEO, Chide.it Inc.

Eli Fathi, Co-Founder & CEO of Chide.it Inc and the driving force behind the Corporate and Community Social Responsibility Conference in Ottawa this fall, shares some key insights regarding emerging trends in CSR and consumer attitudes in this month’s blog.  We hope you enjoy [...]

Announcing New Partnership in Ottawa!

INTRODUCING…EQUITAS!

Every day at ZOË seems to bring exciting new developments!  Today we have the privilege of introducing you to Grow.  Grow is a social enterprise in Ottawa, Canada that provides training and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities.

Two of their projects include wood and pottery shops, and we are delighted that the teams working in [...]

How We Define Ourselves and Others

Recently, I’ve come to a greater appreciation for the importance of how we define ourselves and others.  It was all triggered by the new partnership we just launched in Ottawa with Grow, a social enterprise that employs adults with disabilities in various services and product based initiatives.

Launching the product was easy and went live on [...]