As executive director at Apathy is Boring, Caro Loutfi works on a national scale and in a non-partisan manner to engage Canadian youth in democracy. In the lead-up to the 2019 Federal Election year, she worked on building and restructuring the organization to grow the not-for-profit’s impact — and the results showed. It was the … Continued
Just when my wife Jill and I were almost halfway towards our goal of a 100% impact portfolio (see previous post), we liquidated a significant chunk of our portfolio to buy a house! The home purchase was fueled by some happy news for us: a baby! We welcomed Hayzen Marty Cohen into our new home … Continued
Posted November 18, 2019 | Inspirit Foundation Job Description: Program Manager Location: Toronto, Ontario Position Details: Full-time permanent Start Date: January 2020 THE ORGANIZATION Inspirit is a public foundation focused on building a pluralist Canada. We do this by funding media and arts for social change, supporting the leadership of youth in the media and arts sectors, … Continued
Posted August 01, 2019 | Inspirit Foundation Location: Toronto, Ontario Reports To: CEO Position Details: Permanent, Part-time (three days/week) THE ORGANIZATION Inspirit is a public foundation focused on building a pluralist Canada. We do this by funding media and arts for social change, supporting the leadership of youth in the media and arts sectors, and … Continued
Published June 24, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation Our CEO Sadia Zaman recently sat down with Karyn Pugliese, Executive Director of News and Current Affairs at Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), to discuss reconciliation, journalism and the power of narrative. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Published June 21, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation Jason Ryle has been part of imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival for over fifteen years. In March, the organization released On Screen Protocols & Pathways —a resource for anyone who wants to create content related to Indigenous communities in Canada. Inspirit was a funder of the document, and also … Continued
Published June 11, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Sudanese-born Canadian citizen, fought for six years to return home to Canada after the US wrongly accused him of having ties to Al Qaeda. In the Long Way Home, filmmakers Ariel Nasr and Aisha Jamal chronicle Abdelrazik’s visit to Sudan in 2006, the subsequent … Continued
Published May 27, 2019 | By Jory Cohen, Director of Social Finance and Investment | This post focuses on the next step in the series describing the steps my wife, Jill, and I are taking to reach a 100% impact portfolio: our investment in RE Royalties, a publicly-traded company in its early stages of operations. … Continued
Published April 25, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation | “I made a film I didn’t want to make,” Tasha Hubbard says of her latest work, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up. Premiering as the opening film at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival, the documentary follows Colten Boushie’s family’s quest for justice following his murder in … Continued
Published April 23, 2019 | By Inspirit Foundation | For decades, McGill University’s sports team name has been an antiquated and derogatory term referring to Indigenous peoples. On April 12, 2019, the university announced that it would no longer be using that name; a new one is expected to be announced by the beginning of the 2020 … Continued
