Joanna is a seasoned executive director and social innovation strategist- working with startups, social entrepreneurs and enterprises to embed social and environmental value into their visions, strategies, and activities. She is the Executive Director atLeague of Innovators a national charity that is mobilizing the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs through inclusive experiences from discovery to acceleration leaving no young person behind. She is a facilitator, and lecturer on social entrepreneurship and innovation at Simon Fraser Beedie School of Business and at Emily Carr University; mentor to many youth-led startups including SmartSweets, Blume, WizeMonkey, GrantMe; and continuously driving conversations on social innovation through her work with social enterprise Catalyst and Scale Collaborative.
Why we need to start paying attention to youth and helping them build the future they want to see. Youth are stereotyped as lazy, entitled, selfie-obsessed, attached to their phones, and constantly distracted. Painted as the lost generation married to their devices and caring about not much else but themselves, yet their actions indicate a […]
