Joining a board: It's a job, not a pastime
Don McCreesh has the highest respect for people who join the committees and boards that run community groups. They’re good, solid citizens, he says. “The learning I got as a camp counsellor was that you leave your campsite a better place than it was when you arrived,” McCreesh said after giving a workshop at the […]
CreateAthon in Waterloo Region: Bleary eyes, bright ideas
Deadlines. Team meetings. Ideas that work, others that don’t. Such is life in the marketing world. Third-year students in Conestoga College’s graphic-design program got a taste of it Oct. 23. “This fast-paced experience really ignites the creative process,’’ Matt Piotrowski said four hours into a round-the-clock branding blitz known as CreateAthon “The things we are designing will […]
Capacity introduces MatchBoard to new candidates
MatchBoard, the program that connects Manulife employees with roles on the boards of local charitable non-profits, is recruiting again in Waterloo Region. About 70 matches involving area non-profits have been made since the program began in 2012. Capacity Canada runs MatchBoard in Toronto and Waterloo Region under a partnership with Manulife. It outlined the program […]
CreateAthon design blitz Oct. 23 helps seven Waterloo Region agencies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WATERLOO REGION, Oct. 16, 2014: Put a bunch of talented graphic-design students in a room, throw in some pizza, and 24 hours later, seven charitable agencies walk away with a free package of fresh ideas for branding and marketing improvements. CreateAthons occur around the world Oct. 23, and this is the successful format […]
Visitors from MaRS: Studio Y Fellows check out social innovation in Waterloo Region
If they arrived not knowing what to expect, they left with plenty of food for thought. Twenty-five young men and women, the second cohort of the MaRS Studio Y program in Toronto, visited Waterloo Region Oct. 8 as guests of Capacity Canada. Drawn from backgrounds as wide-ranging as mathematics, film-making, music, commerce and physics, they have at […]
Exchange Magazine – Regional Organization Goes National
Published September 15, 2014 There’s a certain delightful irony in the name change. An organization called “Capacity” has had to expand, because its name was simply not big enough to represent its mandate. “Capacity Waterloo Region” is now officially “Capacity Canada.” The change took place in mid-summer, and CEO Cathy Brothers describes the transition as […]
Our Summer Interns: Short Stay, Long-Term Gain
Never underestimate the power of a summer job to sway one’s career choices. Peter Braid will vouch for that. “Twenty-five years ago I was working for a member of parliament as a summer student,” Braid said in a recent interview. “Now I’m a member of parliament.” In the summers of 1987-89, Braid worked in the […]
Non-Profit Enabler Reaches Out Beyond the Region
WATERLOO – The local non-profit that helps other non-profits, Capacity Waterloo Region, has a new name and a new goal – it is now Capacity Canada and the group’s helping hands have stretched beyond the region’s borders. “The new name reflects that we have learned some things,” said CEO and executive-director-in-residence, Cathy Brothers. “It reflects […]
Name change reflects wider role for Waterloo Region non-profit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WATERLOO REGION, Ont. July, 23, 2014: An organization that borrows tech-sector ideas to improve other charitable non-profits is extending its reach beyond Waterloo Region. Capacity Waterloo Region recently renamed itself Capacity Canada to reflect growing demand for its services from other parts of the country. The five-year-old agency offers guidance on board […]
New name for local non-profit as demand for services grows
WATERLOO REGION, Ont. – July 22, 2014: Capacity Waterloo Region is now Capacity Canada, a name change that reflects the organization’s reach beyond its home borders. “The success we’ve had building stronger non-profit organizations in our region has been noticed and admired elsewhere,” says Cathy Brothers, Capacity Canada’s executive-director-in-residence. “The need we fill isn’t unique […]
