Global Agents for Change

08/02/2012

** Volunteer Opportunity! ** Education Generation is looking for volunteers for the CN Women's Golf open August 20- to August 26th.

Golf & volunteering enthusiasts; the EdGen team is looking for you to help them with the following shifts:

Wednesday (August 22)- 9AM-6PM
Thursday (August 23)- 8:30AM-6PM
Friday (August 24)- 8:30-3:30; 10:00am-6PM
Saturday (August 25)- 8:00-2:00PM; 9:00-2:30
Sunday (August 26)- 8:00-2:00PM; 9:00-2:30

04/12/2012

Lesson one: figuring out how to feed a bunch of hungry cyclists on a budget. Capoeira vs. kick boxing. Listening to Los Chupacabras and getting everyone to

04/10/2012

Help us support Karina's dream of becoming a nurse with Education Generation. Last day to fund her scholarship and we only have $60 to go! http://educationgeneration.org/students/student/mosqoy/karina-jimenez-suma/

Karina is a leader of her community, with great charisma and courage. She is 20 years old, from the community of Mandolista, where she lives with her father and siblings. Her older brother, Adrian, is one of the first graduates of the Mosqoy program and is now acting as the Alumni Mentor, working wi...

04/10/2012

In 2010, Global Agents awarded Livelyhoods with $40,000 in seed funding to launch their venture with funds raised by Riding to Break the Cycle's 2011 Pacific Coast team. Check out their latest update by the Forward Foundation! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Oez1THgyMRc

04/03/2012

Highlights of the 2012 Skoll World Forum. You will see a familiar face pop up at the 1min mark ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rfFu2myjQ04&autoplay=1&utm_source=Skoll+World+Forum+Wrapup&utm_campaign=b31798292d-Very+Best+Of+2012+Skoll+World+Forum&utm_medium=email

04/03/2012

Excellent event put on by SFU Global Agents on the weekend. The Social Innovation Case Competition brought 20 teams of students together to analyze and make recommendations on a social entrepreneurship business case. Here are the results:

SICC 2012 Results:
1st Place: Zoha, Hua Ping, Justin
2nd Place: Clinton, Jolie, Sunny
3rd Place: Jay, Yvonne, Moses

03/30/2012

2009 Riding to Break the Cycle Pacific Coast rider Bradley Pickard shares some snippets from his tour blog during the Pacific Coast tour in 2009. Check it out!

Snippets from Brad's Tour Blog (pics taken by Brad) The forests literally took my breath away. Again and again. Anna decided to stop once in the middle

03/23/2012

Global Agents for Change and Riding to Break the Cycle are hosting another Europe tour this summer and we are looking for some cool people ride with us. 5 weeks, 6 countries, 20 other awesome bikers, 40,000 raised for an amazing social venture... Don't Miss Out! The deadline to sign up is approaching!

Are your glutes itchin for a challenge? Join Riding to Break the Cycle Europe 2012

03/22/2012

2009 Europe Rider Chris Walts shares his favourite memories of ocycling with Riding to Break the Cycle and Shawn Smith Jake Moir Sabrina Dominguez Eileen Knowles Shani Danzig Jenika Wong Nigel Wilson Erin Lee

My favourite city by far was Budapest. I’m sure a lot of it had to do with the crazy artist compound we were staying in and a couple of days off, but Budapest on a whole just seemed fulled of life. From its cute sidewalk cafes to strange and crazy clubs it pulsed with life. Budapest also had some we...

03/19/2012

2008 Riding to Break the Cycle Pacific Coast rider Suzannah Millette shares her memories of Bellingham during her route with the org.

03/17/2012

Co-hosted by Young Women in Business and Global Agents, brought to you by the BC Advisory Council for Social Entrepreneurship.
Thanks to co-emcee's Sean Peters and David Cameron for organizing this event showcasing over 23 social organizations in BC!

03/10/2012

Join us and Young Women in Business for part two of the series Young Social Innovators at the Vancouver Museum Saturday, March 10 at 9:30 am. Have your ideas heard by the BC Advisory Council for Social Entrepreneurship! http://ow.ly/9wdE3

The Young Social Innovators event series is brought to you by the BC Advisory Council on Social Entrepreneurship and co-hosted by Young Women in Business and Global Agents for Change. Young Social Innovators - Speak Up The BC Advisory Council on Social Entrepreneurship wants to hear your opinion...