Looking forward, the future of social capital…is it possible to still be innovative or engage sustainably while building one’s social capital? Let’s catch up with some of the 2024 Transformation Storytelling Fellows and get their insights on what this looks like for them both personally and professionally. Community Foundations of Canada’s Tracey Vavrek also joins in to share  

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Emel Tabaku

Malobi Elueme

Sarah Syed

Inda Intiar

Tracey Vavrek

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.

Two communities often overlooked in this conversation of loneliness, building social capital, and a sense of belonging are young people and those living in remote areas. This episode ventures into what this looks like for these very communities thanks to the work of the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation and the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation.

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Future of Good Mentorship Report

Donna Ziegler

Jonah Toth

Erin Storey

Emily Shach

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.

When it comes to collaborating with technology, some are still skeptics…and that’s ok. Eric Avner, President & CEO of the Waterloo Region Community Foundation shares why he’s a skeptic and how he’s leading the WRCF on this journey, while Njoki Mburu invites us to imagine what else is possible.

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On the Table 

The Decline of Third Spaces

Ruha Benjamin

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.

Technology is a big, scary, all-consuming word…but Community Foundation of Canada’s 2024 Emerging Technology Fellows join us in this episode to break it down and answer once and for all if (and how) technology can bring us closer together.

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Alex Tveit

Norman Valdez

Tobi Kamoru

Njoki Mburu

Edelman Trust Barometer

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.

The Mosquers, an Edmonton-based Film Festival, and Black Women Film! Canada, a Toronto-based nonprofit are two organizations that embody narrative change. Supported by the Inspirit Foundation, these organizations work to build inclusion from coast to coast to coast.

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Sikander Atiq

Ella Cooper

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.

Sadia Zaman and Chris Lee of the Inspirit Foundation join Josie Fomé to talk about the tenets of their organization, why shifting narrative power is the key to narrative change, and the role of philanthropy in addressing challenges to democracy.

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Edelman Trust Barometer

Local News Research Project

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.

The Case for Social Capital is a 7-episode mini-series that explores how community foundations across Canada are working to close the ever increasing gap of social isolation and tackling the loneliness epidemic in the process.

In this intro episode, get to know the host, Josie Fomé – a 2024 Community Foundations of Canada Transformation Storytelling Fellow and Montreal-based journalist – why this is important to her, and what you can expect in the coming episodes.

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Kim Samuel YouTube Conversation

CFC Vital Signs

The Transformation Storytelling Fellowship is supported by Canada Life.