Hey – I wrote a book!
Are you there, Hollyhock community? It’s me, Madeleine. For those of you who I’m having the pleasure of meeting for the first time, I’m the original creator of Lunapads (rebranded as Aisle in [...]
#EveryChildMatters
Content warning: This post mentions Indigenous residential schools, sexual assault, death, and the ongoing violence committed against Indigenous peoples. Over the last few months, news about [...]
Hollyhock is Open!
Wow it has actually happened. We are open for the 2021 season and I couldn’t be more thrilled! This week our staff team gathered safety outdoors under our new outdoor stretch tent and it was [...]
Learning to Love Rainstorms: Lessons from 2020
I’ve been learning to love walking in rainstorms. Recently, the lake near my house flooded over all the nearby paths as the winter rain poured abundantly down day after day. The ducks have been [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: Vancity
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union or Vancity, as it is commonly called, has been a longtime partner of Social Venture Institute and Hollyhock. In the spirit of this partnership, Vancity has [...]
Virtual Connection
One of the most inspiring parts of my job is connecting regularly with our brilliant presenters at Hollyhock. A conversation that stands out to me from recent months was with Sarah Crowell, who [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: Genus Capital Management
Genus Capital Management Inc. has been offering innovative investment solutions for more than a quarter century. Now, Genus is championing Canada’s divest-invest movement with Fossil Free and [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: BDC
Getting funding as an entrepreneur is not always easy, but luckily The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) prides itself as being the only bank exclusively devoted to entrepreneurs. The BDC [...]
The Long Game
It was August 15th. That was the day that the full reality of the pandemic hit me full force. It was then that I realized that we are in this for the long game – virtual connections, [...]