Beautifying a bedbug business

Beautifying a bedbug business

  Spark match! The Daniel McIntyre St. Matthews Maryland Community Association is in the process of ramping up their BiteBack social enterprise. A previous match set the stage for this one – which is developing a visual identity for the business. How do you...
Building a risk assessment framework

Building a risk assessment framework

The Knowles Centre is a nonprofit treatment centre for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. It helps around 250 youth annually through five core programs, including group care treatment, treatment foster care, independent living, day...
How much space does one Women’s Centre use?

How much space does one Women’s Centre use?

The Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre, south Winnipeg’s only women’s centre, has been creating a safe and helpful space for women since 1983. Run as a collective and with feminist philosophies, FGWRC is a place visited by women-identified people...
Executive Director mentorship

Executive Director mentorship

Candace House is a relatively new nonprofit with a solid idea and a firm foundation. It was started by Wilma Derksen in honour of her daughter, Candace, who was murdered in the 1980s. As Wilma spoke to others who had been affected by serious crime, she realized that...
Getting the bugs out

Getting the bugs out

The Daniel McIntyre St. Matthews Maryland Community Association is an important space and a hub for community building in Winnipeg’s West End. One of their latest ventures is transitioning a successful community bed bug remediation program into a successful...
A Healing Garden for North End Women’s Centre

A Healing Garden for North End Women’s Centre

The North End Women’s Centre has been improving the lives of women in Winnipeg’s North End for over 30 years. There have been many changes in that time, including to a once-loved community garden area that now only exists as a few small raised garden...