Young Leaders – Show us (y)our stuff!
Collette Allen – Executive Director of the Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children Inc. I am responsible for directing the operations of two programs that positively impact the lives of families and children within Saskatoon. I very thankful to be doing my dream job!
I like to travel, exercise and be involved in my community. I am currently involved in a fundraising campaign for an inner city ministry in Saskatoon (Bridge on 20th) and participate in a leadership role at my church. I have yet to venture into the Twitter world….please do not shun me!
Taylor Barrie – Working in the Communications department at The Calgary Foundation has allowed me to explore the Foundation’s expanding role in the Calgary and area nonprofit community. My role ranges from social media and newsletters, to large-scale publications such as the Calgary’s Vital Signs Report – an annual snapshot which measures the quality of life and vitality of our city. Volunteer work includes editor of the Calgary Rotary Club’s weekly newsletter, and communications advisor for the Calgary chapter of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners.
@CalgFoundation | Facebook | Website
Kelly Bergeron is the Online Initiatives Manager for Ontario 211. Her responsibilities include web maintenance; e-media project management, e-campaign design/coordination andbuilding the social media presence for Ontario 211.
@211ontario | LinkedIn | Facebook
Katy Boychuk - Philanthropist by day…karaoke diva by night! I am enthusiastic and passionate about community engagement, relationship building and connecting people and resources. I work at Family Service Thames Valley as the Seeds of Change Project Coordinator for the London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership. The Seeds of Change Project is a community engagement strategy created to improve our community response to the mental health and addictions concerns of people with immigrant or refugee experience.
I am also am a Board Member at London Cross Cultural Learner Centre, Volunteer Chair on the United Way of London & Middlesex GenNext Cabinet, a member with City of London Community Engagement Task Force, and a member of Emerging Leaders.
@ktboychuk | LinkedIn
Ainsley Chapman – Nonprofit & health charity consultant. Board member for the Nepean Rideau Osgoode Community Resource Centre (& Tweeter for @NROCRC). Community advocate & President of the Ryan Farm Community Association in Nepean.
@ainsleychapman | LinkedIn | Website
Ilona Dougherty – co-founder & Executive Director of Apathy is Boring, former Yukoner, tea drinker, gossip addict, & life long social entrepreneur. Board Member
at Volunteer Canada, Michaelle Jean Foundation, and Studio 303.
@ilona_aisb | Website | Facebook
Genevieve Gazaille – Director of communications and government relations for the Association de la presse francophone, the only minority French newspapers network of Canada, with a strong commitment to social justice, environment and everything in the middle.
@gen_gazaille | LinkedIn | Facebook
Michelle Grouchy – Project Coordinator for the Adopting Research to Improve Care Program (ARTIC) at the Council of Academic Hospitals, Volunteer at Imagine Canada. Passionate about volunteering, politics, travelling and fitness.
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Arjun Gupta has a keen interest in social enterprise generally and education specifically. He is on the leadership team of the Millennium Network, a group of 1,000+ young Canadians looking to catalyse more effective social change in their respective communities. Arjun is a student from London, Ontario, and founded the annual TEDxUWO conference as a way to connect UWO students with the London community.
@arjungupta | Facebook
Romesh Hettiarachchi – Lawyer, Daigle and Hancock P.C.
Corporate and Commercial lawyer with a special interest in providing accessible and relevant services for the social innovation and social finance sector.
@romesh_h | LinkedIn | Website
Trina Isakson – Principal of 27 Shift. Up to my neck in engaged citizenship, inspired workplaces, nonprofit capacity, education, community development and next generation. Chocolate lover and vegan. Board Member at Canadian Women Voters Congress. SFU instructor.
@telleni | Blog | Facebook | LinkedIn
Michelle Jondreau – I have been working in the nonprofit sector for over two years now as a communications professional for the HR Council. This career path requires me to be a jack-of-all trades; I work on everything from research and writing to editing and lay-out and am constantly learning new and interactive ways to communicate information to the sector at large.
@HR_Council | LinkedIn | Facebook
Elisa Levi – Coordinator of The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. The Circle is an open network to promote giving, sharing, and philanthropy in Aboriginal communities across the country. Our Collaborative Circles (Education and People and Land Circle) identify key issues, nurture conversations, strengthen relationships, research innovative solutions to some of the challenges facing Indigenous peoples in Canada today, and work to expand the level and reach of financial and human resources. She is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Ontario.
@TheCircleCanada | LinkedIn
Amy Mapara – Committed to humanitarian work particularly through youth empowerment. A dedicated volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross for the past 20 years, and currently working with the organization as Coordinator for Operations and Youth Engagement in Office of the Secretary General, which involves implementing the overall Canadian Red Cross Strategy as well as the Youth Engagement Strategy. Past-Chair of the Board of Directors of YOUCAN, and current Director of the Board for NACY.
People say that ‘Youth are the Future’ – I say, ‘Youth are the present – they are the here and the Now’.
@amymapara | LinkedIn | Website
Amanda Mayer – Leading Imagine Canada‘s Young Leader Initiative, Co-Founder
of MESH – a network for young nonprofit professionals in the NCR. Young nonprofit professional devoted to nonprofit capacity building, next generation engagement and governance/operations.
@amandamayer | LinkedIn | Facebook | AboutMe
Matthew Morantz – Director of Making Waves Canada, a national not-for-profit organization providing affordable and accessible physical education and water safety instruction to children with special needs. Passionate disability rights advocate. Fellow of the The Student Initiative, a UK-based charity. Policy researcher with the Institute for Health and Social Policy.
@MatthewMorantz | @MakingWavesCan | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website
Jen Peirce – All-around volunteer and board member with One World Arts. Gets motivated about creative social change, conflict resolution, open gov’t and public policy, and service learning. Works in international development, with non-profit and public sector experience.
@jenpeirce | LinkedIn | Facebook
Schuyler Playford – Researcher and developer of Right Bike, a social business in the Causeway Group. Board member of Citizens for Safe Cycling. Lover of political philosophy and urban planning.
LinkedIn | Website
Lee Rose – Nonprofit communications professional, father, cyclist, dreamer, and
all-around-rabble-rouser. President @tenoaksproject, Editor @CharityVillage & Co-founder, MESH.
@thisleerose | LinkedIn | Facebook
Jerie Shaw – Administrative and Communications Coordinator at the Community Forward Fund. Administrator, Communicator, Percolator, Alliterator. Interests include gaming, web-design, politics, current events, and coffee.
@CFFJerie | website
Robin Sokoloski – Executive Director of Playwrights Guild of Canada, Program Manager of Uth Ink and Member of ArtReach Toronto’s Community Advisory Committee.
@PGuildCanada | LinkedIn | Facebook
Toni Stockton - Imagine Canada
Program coordinator, Library
Biblio- and technophile, using my powers for good at Imagine Canada.
@tjstockton | LinkedIn
James Temple - Director, Corporate Responsibility, PwC & Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada Foundation
Considered one of Canada’s leading voices on corporate-community involvement and capacity-building in the nonprofit sector.
@CSRjames | LinkedIn
Shone Abet Thistle is the Community and Donor Relations Specialist at HomeFront. She is a poet, collaborative connectionist, wicked wifey and world leader in training. Shone enjoys high maintenance coffee, dancing to anything with a beat, and random acts of poetry. When asked – why do you work in the social sector? Shone replied “I once read that hope requires care and feeding. If I don’t nurture hope, if I do not plant and water and prune and care for hope, what hope will be left
in the world?”
@HOPE_in_ACTION | LinkedIn
Maria Turnbull – Associate Executive Director at Vantage Point. Skilled facilitator with expertise in people engagement, governance and leadership. Co-Chair of the Potluck Café Society, mother (of 1 and expecting), wife, Bowen Islander, MBA grad, skier, crafter.
@maria_turnbull | LinkedIn
David Venn – Ottawa-based public relations specialist focused on helping nonprofit organizations create positive and sustainable social change.
@davidjvenn | LinkedIn | Website
Lindsey Vodarek - Imagine Canada
Manager, Communications & Public Policy
Harnessing the power of video and social media to demonstrate impact, one charity at a time; the PR Rep for the Voice of the Sector.
@vodarek | LinkedIn
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