Category Archives: Venture for Canada

In the early days of Venture for Canada, we invested very little in staff learning and development — most of our focus was on simply surviving.  Starting a social impact organization is not for the faint of heart and for much of the organization’s first two years of operations, we struggled to regularly make payroll. Consequently,Continue reading “Venture for Canada didn’t invest in staff professional development in its early days — here’s why you should.”

*Please note this Op-ed appeared in The Globe and Mail. What are you going to do with your humanities degree? This is a question that almost anyone who has studied the humanities faces at some point from a skeptical relative or friend. The belief that humanities graduates, which can include those who studied philosophy, literature, religion,Continue reading “Why liberal arts degrees are more valuable than you might think”