January 2023
During the beginning of this January, we were fortunate enough to travel to the beautiful village of Kotzebue in Alaska. Our time there allowed us to connect with numerous incredible individuals.
We would like to express our gratitude to all those who attended our workshop, whether in-person or online. The workshop, titled "Exploring Ways to Revitalize our Villages," was a great success.
Welcome Denis Wilson to our Advisory Board.
SEF is proud to share a conversation with a dedicated member of the SEF team where passion, perseverance and projects paying off are key. Dennis Wilson is a trusted member of SEF’s Advisory Board, a respected part of their approach in projects. Even after years of collaboration his conversation with SEF highlights the thrill that companies and individuals can find when vision, methodology and tenacity align.
Working across the globe means that SEF has come into contact and formed relationships with an incredibly diverse and inspiring group of people. From South America to Africa, Mexico, Mongolia and on home soil in Canada, SEF has been encouraged by the spirit and tenacity of so many whose paths have overlapped with theirs. One such person is Richard Jackson, also known as “Rocky”, from northern BC in Canada, a town called Telegraph Creek.
Jesus Maria Suarez looks like a typical mineral exploration project employee in his well- worn jeans and blue shirt, emblazoned with the company logo. In the mountainous jungle of northern Colombia, he is as well known to the local communities as the geologists and drillers working to delineate the high-grade copper-gold mineralization at Cordoba Minerals’ San Matias project.
Born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, a strong interest in French led me to living away from home for periods in Quebec and the south of France to learn the language. When it came time to choose a university, Bishop’s, situated in a small community in the eastern townships of Quebec, was a natural fit. After receiving my BA in art and psychology, I spent 10 years in Toronto working and furthering my studies at OCAD University in Photography. Feeling the urge to put down roots closer to family and make space for a quieter lifestyle surrounded by nature, I moved to Marmora full-time in 2020 – just two weeks before the pandemic was declared in Canada. Working closely with several small business
SEF contributed their paper: Considerations for APEC Mining Economies: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Social Entrepreneurship in the Context of Peru by Alvaro Cano, Andre Xavier, and Suzette McFaul, which you can read here.
Our research paper is featured in a virtual roundtable led by APEC - Canada Growing Business Partnership Project and will be discussing Scaling up MSMEs and Social Entrepreneurship in Peru.
SEF Canada is thrilled to have won an international competition worth US$200,000 as part of a team led by Georgia-based Mercer University.
The august team created an affordable and sustainable clean technology to remove the toxicity risk from artisanal gold mining as practiced by indigenous peoples around the world and won Top Prize in the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge Global Competition.
Learn how Clean Gold teams up with UN to improve conditions, outcomes for subsistence miners.
The program works with subsistence miners to provide them with the means, resources and education to run a more efficient operation. “The miners are partners in Clean Gold, giving them greater financial security by aiding the education and technological growth in these communities and providing environmentally friendly systems, especially in gold processing,” McFaul said.
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Another successful Scotch Night! We're proud of our achievements and happy to have everyone share in our success. Thank you all for coming out!
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Carolina Pérez Carrizal es la actual facilitadora del programa de Desarrollo de Emprendimiento, en Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, México. Carolina se graduó como administradora de empresas por parte del Tecnológico de Monterrey en 2009 y terminó su master en Ética para la construcción social en la Universidad de Deusto en 2015.
Carolina realiza múltiples proyectos de desarrollo social, sus favoritos son aquellos que mejoran la educación, la salud y el desarrollo de habilidades empresariales en las comunidades de escasos recursos. Además ella es profesora en diversas instituciones educativas. En su tiempo libre le gusta correr, leer y viajar.
Caro está muy emocionada por conocer a todos los emprendedores en Cerro de San Pedro y poder ser testigo del logro de sus sueños.
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Carolina Pérez Carrizal is the current facilitator of the Entrepreneurial Development program in Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, México. Carolina graduated in Business Administration from Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2009, and she completed her Masters in Ethics for Social Building from Universidad de Deusto in 2015.
Carolina is involved in several social development projects, her favorite ones are those that improve education, health and the development of entrepreneurial skills in low-income communities. She is also a teacher in different educational institutions. During her free time she likes jogging, reading and traveling.
Caro is very excited about meeting all the entrepreneurs in Cerro de San Pedro and to be witness of the accomplishment of their dreams.
Effective Local Procurement Regulation and Best Practices in South Africa and Beyond
Tuesday May 17th, 2016 15h00-17h00, followed by short reception until 19h00
Standard Bank Business Incubator, Corner Cradock Ave & Arnold Rd, Rosebank / Johannesburg
It is National Volunteer week here in Canada and we want to reach out to all of you around the world at the same time. Community building is a group activity. Just as importantly to have community behind an Entrepreneurial Development program sends a powerful message. A handful of excited people can provide the fuel needed to move forward at a greater pace than that of one person. Due to some exciting synergy a group of peers and colleagues can together accomplish far more than the sum of their individual efforts. Successful people tend to influence one another to greater success; what it takes is focus, commitment, creativity, and responsiveness but most of all, people.
Thank you from all us to all you; the volunteers helping entrepreneurs succeed in our communities worldwide.
SEF Canada and our Projects
