Promoting Family Practice Maternity Care through a Public Directory of Physicians and Pregnancy-Related Resources Junxion Strategy worked with a team of family doctors to design and publish a one-stop-shop website for pregnancy-related resources and information. The Business Challenge Province-wide, the share of births attended by family physicians (FPs) is in decline. If an ‘average member of the public’ were asked …
Social Change Institute Impact Bio: Dr. Courtney Howard
“Here in Yellowknife, we’re over 2º warmer than we were in the 1940s. My patient population is already affected by the changing climate—the ice is more dangerous to travel on, so people fall through; caribou herds are dwindling; permafrost is heaving and making buildings less stable; and we spent the whole summer of 2014 cloaked in wildfire smoke.” Climate change …
Social Venture Institute Impact Bio: Mary Waldner
Mary Waldner had been sick most of her life without knowing why. When she was finally diagnosed with Celiac disease in 1994, it was a life-changing relief—and was soon to be the ‘aha moment’ that sparked an entrepreneurial journey. “I developed a cracker recipe for myself so that I could have something to eat, especially when going out. And then …