In 2021, after the Swedish private equity giant Nordic Capital acquired RLDatix, a Toronto-based health care tech firm, Sarah Paul and her husband Cary Lavine, one of the company’s early finance partners, both quit their jobs and set up a family foundation, endowing...
With 4.4 million Canadian households living in core housing need, governments, non-profits and community providers cannot address the housing crisis alone. Now, an innovative new model promises to bring “socially inspired capital” to support greater investment in...
Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore in favour of buying back property if construction conditions not met. Nova Scotia- April 30, 2025 Thousands of condos and apartments have been built, there’s a soccer pitch, community and cultural centres, a grocery store and much...
April 19, 2025- By Paul Klein, Contributor It’s been another harrowing week of political challenges to progressive action — from targeting of Harvard University to corporations pausing or silencing impact initiatives that are intended to make the world a better place....
After 75 years, Regent Park has finally become what it was always meant to be: a neighbourhood for everyone. In his new book, Rhythms of Change, developer and social housing advocate Mitchell Cohen explains how: Toronto, ON- December 6, 2024 Built in the 1940s as...
A deeply personal, firsthand look at how Regent Park became a global model for inclusive urban revitalization TORONTO, ON (November 13, 2024) – Rhythms of Change, the new book by Mitchell Cohen – social activist, musician and president and CEO of The Daniels...
