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Fellows In The News

The Great Recession and financial literacy

March 10, 2009, Financial Post
Laying blame for the financial crisis that has helped push the global economy into recession is an exercise being played out daily in newspapers and broadcasts around the world.

The global downturn is our chance to reshape economies so they work for our values and visions

February 19, 2009, The Vancouver Sun
The economy was bad in 2008 and we are not at the bottom yet; TD bank chief economist Don Drummond called it early and called it right. Recent economic shocks hit hard and caught most of us off guard. We have raised a generation that has never even seen a recession, let alone a collapse of this scale. The global economy is in full-blown crisis and the good news is that people are questioning everything. It's time for that overused story about the single Chinese character for crisis and opportunity. What if we act on it, harnessing the economic shocks to make the world and our home communities better?

Canadian magazine makes history using special paper

May 21, 2008, CBC

A Canadian magazine will be making history Thursday — Canadian Geographic is publishing its annual environment issue on paper made from wheat, a first for a North American magazine [...] The idea was the brainchild of Nicole Rycroft, a committed environmentalist who works for Markets Initiative.

Entrepreneurs With Ethical Fibre

April 26, 2008, The Gazette

For their work in trying to change the world, Ribaux and Venne have been handpicked as fellows in Ashoka, an international organization promoting social entrepreneurship.

Lessons from the museum

March 25, 2008, Business Standard
India Fellow Pradeep Ghosh featured in the Business Standard