Submitted by Durka Kumarathasan on Wed, May 8, 2013
This article was written by Ashoka Canada Intern Rachel Harris
SunDrum is Creating an Everyone a Changemaker World
Recently, Ashoka Canada Fellow Donna Morton launched a crowd campaign for SunDrum, her new social enterprise! Donna...
Submitted by Durka Kumarathasan on Mon, March 25, 2013
Changemaker Showcase participants at Western University.
As part of the process of establishing universities as changemaking hubs where students are encouraged and given the connections to begin finding solutions to the world’s toughest problems, Ashoka Canada has...
Submitted by Durka Kumarathasan on Fri, March 8, 2013
This blog post written by Krystian Fikert, an Ashoka Fellow from Ireland, was originally posted on the Changemakers blog, as part of the Transforming Health Systems: Gamechanging Business Models competition ideas exchange. It has been reprinted here with permission.
Before...
Submitted by Durka Kumarathasan on Thu, February 28, 2013
Submitted on behalf of Charles Tsai, Director of Learning Networks at Ashoka CanadaMore than 20 Canadian educators and students attended this year's Ashoka U Exchange, the world's leading conference on social entrepreneurship education. Hosted by the University of San...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Tue, May 21, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
05/21/13
Editor's Note: This article was written by Karabi Acharya with the AshokaUS team and first appeared on Forbes.
It used to be that if you went to school and studied hard, you would get a job, buy a house and be a generally...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Fri, May 17, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
05/17/13
Ashoka is honored to celebrate the life of Ashoka Fellow Abdul Waheed Khan. Abdul was brutally murdered at the age of 36 in front of his co-educational school in Qasba Colony, Karachi. Abdul was elected as an Ashoka Fellow...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Thu, May 16, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
05/16/13
Ashoka is saddened to report that Fellow Abdul Waheed was killed on May 13, 2013.
Abdul was creating opportunities for a modern education in the poor, urban localities in Pakistan, particularly by working with children studying...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Wed, May 15, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
05/15/13
This year, the AshokaU Exchange focused on "Unleashing the U in University". Bill Daryton, in his keynote speech at the exchange, shares his vision for the future of higher education.
About the exchange he said; "This is not...
February 19, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Ashoka engages Canadian colleges and universities in creating “learning networks” for changeToronto, Ontario - February 19, 2013 - World-class education prepares students to change the world. This bold vision for learning is shared by more and more...
October 31, 2012
The Former Chief Operating Officer (COO) at "Obama for America", Henry De Sio, believes the world needs more changemakers. Today Henry is a VP of Ashoka, a global association of social entrepreneurs who are cultivating a world in which everyone can realize their...
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