December 2020

Find the full newsletter here: Updates for Albertan Changemakers (December 2020)

Innovator's Spotlight: Eily Aurora

I Am Here With You is a song and video about the power of human connection. It shares moments of truly being "here" with each other through grief, challenges and struggles. It also celebrates playfulness, joy and spontaneous creativity as a path forward. The way is through. And, as the Harp Faery shows us, this can be fun!

Eily Aurora is a singer, songwriter, harpist, changemaker, and alumni of the ABSI Community Catalyst Program

Changemaker Stories

  • Indigenous Entrepreneurs Hope to Bridge their Culture and Fort McMurray with a Trading Network (Community Written Story)
    A passion for sharing their culture has inspired two Indigenous entrepreneurs to create a trading network open to everyone in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area. Article written by Sarah Williscraft for Fort McMurray Today

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Opportunities

  1. Local Investing YYC Capital Raise
    Local Investing YYC is currently accepting applications for our 2020/2021 capital raise. The application is open to Calgary-based local businesses and social enterprises that are generating social/environmental impact in our community and seeking $150k-$400k in early-growth capital (post seed funding). Applications must be received by no later than December 31, 2020 in order to be considered for our raise closing early Spring 2021. If interested, check out our investment criteria and complete our online application form.

Resources

  1. Support Local Shops in Calgary
    Online shopping is at an all-time high this holiday season, but that doesn’t mean you need to turn to the retail giants to do your shopping. Calgary based people can take advantage of the Be Local Network gift guide as well as Buy Local Prime Days: send proof to the Be Local network that you've cancelled your Prime account and they will send you a $79 gift card to spend in their store! Unfortunately this offer is only for Calgary residents - but we'd love to see other regions in the province do this, too!

We acknowledge that in Alberta we are on traditional territories of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.