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Me To We
Me to We (stylized as ME to WE) is a for-profit company selling lifestyle products, leadership training and travel experience. Me to We was founded in 2008 by brothers Craig Kielburger, Craig and Marc Kielburger. ME to WE’s engagements with the Trudeau family came under scrutiny after Justin Trudeau’s government awarded WE Charity a contract to administer the proposed Canada Student Service Grant program. History Following the founding of We Charity (formerly known as Free the Children) in 1995, Craig and Marc Kielburger launched a program called "Leaders Today", to offer leadership training to young people and volunteer trips to developing communities served by their charity. In 2008, the Kielburgers launched the for-profit company Me to We, which continued the trips program, and added the sale of socially conscious retail items. In 2009, half of Me to We's profits were donated to We Charity to support its operating costs, while the remainder was reinvested back into the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B Corporation (certification)
In business, a company that uses the “Certified B Corporation” trademark (also B Corporation or B Corp) is a for-profit corporation certified for its Social impact assessment, social impact by B Lab, a global 501(c) organization, non-profit organization. To be granted and to maintain certification, a company must receive a minimum score of 80 from an assessment of its social and environmental performance, integrate B Corp commitments to Stakeholder theory, stakeholders into By-law, company governing documents, and pay an annual fee based on annual sales. Companies must re-certify every three years to retain B Corporation status. , there are 9,576 certified B Corporations across 160 industries in 102 countries. Purpose B Lab certification is a third-party standard requiring companies to meet social sustainability and environmental performance standards, meet accountability standards, and be Sustainability reporting, transparent to the public according to the score they rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unilever
Unilever PLC () is a British multinational consumer packaged goods company headquartered in London, England. It was founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie with British soap maker Lever Brothers. The company's products include baby food, beauty products, bottled water, breakfast cereals, cleaning agents, condiments, dairy products, energy drinks, healthcare and hygiene products, ice cream, instant coffee, instant noodles, pet food, pharmaceuticals, soft drinks, tea, and toothpaste. It is the largest producer of soap in the world, and its products are available in over 190 countries. The company is organised into five business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. It has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the 1930s, Unilever acquired the United Africa Company. In the second half of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charity Intelligence Canada
Charity Intelligence Canada is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization which posts assessments of the finances and impacts of Canadian charities on its website. Founded in 2007 by former equity analyst Kate Bahen, using unconventional methodologies drawn from Bahen's stock market background. Bahen has actively and successfully promoted Charity Intelligence's profile in the news, prominently alleging wrongdoing by several mainstream charities and facing questioning before the Canadian Parliament. Staff and organization Charity Intelligence was launched in 2008 to research charities and advise donors on where to spend their money. In addition to providing advice, Charity Intelligence distributes clients' money to selected charities, handling $442,000 in donor cash transactions in 2010. As of November 2011, Charity Intelligence had two staff members working from a condominium in Downtown Toronto, having declared $207,000 in operating costs for the previous year. By 2020, Charity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941 by the public broadcaster, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WE Charity Controversy
A political scandal took place in Canada in 2020 regarding the awarding of a federal contract to WE Charity to administer the $912 million Canada Student Service Grant program (CSSG). The controversy arose when it was revealed that the WE charity had previously paid close family of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appear at its events, despite making claims to the contrary. In total, Craig Kielburger confirmed at a parliamentary committee, WE Charity paid approximately $425,000 to Trudeau's family including expenses. WE Charity also used pictures of Trudeau's family members as celebrity endorsements in their application. Trudeau stated that WE Charity had been uniquely capable of administering the program as "the only possible option", and that it was the civil service, not him, who decided that WE Charity was the best option. It was noted that not only had the charity employed a daughter of former Finance Minister Bill Morneau but a close relationship existed between the minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilly Singh
Lilly Singh (born September 26, 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian and author. She began making YouTube videos in 2010. She originally appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman (stylized IISuperwomanII), her YouTube username until 2019. Singh released her documentary ''A Trip to Unicorn Island'' (2016) and her first book ''How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life'' (2017), which was a New York Times Best Seller, ''New York Times'' Best Seller. From September 2019 to June 2021, Singh acted as executive producer and host of the NBC late-night talk show ''A Little Late with Lilly Singh''. She is the first person of Indian descent to host an American late-night talk show. Early life and education Singh was born and raised in the Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents, Malvindar Kaur and Sukvindar Singh, are Indian Canadians, Indian Punjabi Canadians, Punjabi immigrants from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India and raised he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Fisher
Jordan William Fisher (born April 24, 1994) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He began his career with recurring roles on several television series, including '' The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' in 2012 and '' Liv and Maddie'' from 2015 to 2017. He also had supporting roles in the television films '' Teen Beach Movie'' (2013), '' Teen Beach 2'' (2015) as well as '' Grease Live'' (2016) and the CW series ''The Flash'' (2021–2022). He starred in '' Rent: Live'' (2019). On Broadway, Fisher portrayed John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in ''Hamilton'' from 2016 to 2017. He had the leading role of Evan Hansen in ''Dear Evan Hansen'' from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, he starred as Anthony Hope in a Broadway revival of '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' and later that year performed in the starring role of Orpheus in '' Hadestown'' until January 2025. He began to star as Christian in '' Moulin Rouge!'' in April 2025. Fisher and his dancing partner Lind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kardinal Offishall
Jason Drew Harrow (born May 11, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall ( ), is a Canadian rapper and record producer. Often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", he has been regarded as one of the country's most prominent hip-hop producers during the 2000s and is distinctive for his reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop. Biography">Kardinal Offishall > BiographyAllMusic. Accessed on October 24, 2012. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Harrow began his career in the city's mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene, when he formed the hip-hop group the Circle.Kardinal Offishall making waves Jam! Music. Accessed on October 22, 2012. He released his debut studio album, '' Eye & I'' (1997) and extended play (EP), '' Husslin''' (2000) independently before signing with MCA Records in 2000. His second album and major label debut, '' Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1'' (2001), moderately entered the Canadian Albums Chart and was supported by his first Canadian S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Scott
Andrew Alfred Scott (born April 28, 1978) is a Canadian reality television personality, best known as the co-host (along with his identical twin brother Jonathan Scott (television personality), Jonathan) of the TV series ''Property Brothers''. The home-renovation program, which is produced by Cineflix Media, features Drew as the realtor and Jonathan as the contractor. The success of the show has led to Property Brothers (franchise), several spinoffs, including ''Buying and Selling'', ''Brother vs. Brother'', ''Property Brothers: at Home'', and ''Property Brothers: Forever Homes''. Scott (along with his two brothers) is also a co-founder of Scott Brothers Entertainment, which creates and produces TV shows, films, and digital content. Additionally, the twins have launched the home furnishings brand Scott Living and its subsidiary, Dream Homes.Tablang, Kristin (January 26, 2017)"Online Exclusive: 'Property Brothers' Jonathan and Drew Scott Launch Dream Homes by Scott Living." . ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Holt
Olivia Hastings Holt (born August 5, 1997) is an American actress and singer. She starred in the Disney XD series ''Kickin' It'', List of Disney Channel original films, Disney Channel Original Movie ''Girl vs. Monster'', and the List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel, Disney Channel Original Series ''I Didn't Do It (TV series), I Didn't Do It''. From 2018 to 2020, she portrayed Dagger (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Tandy Bowen / Dagger in the Freeform (TV channel), Freeform series ''Cloak & Dagger (TV series), Cloak & Dagger'', the Disney XD series ''Spider-Man (2017 TV series), Spider-Man'', and the Hulu series ''Runaways (TV series), Runaways''. In 2021, she portrayed Kate Wallis in ''Cruel Summer (TV series), Cruel Summer''. Holt had voice roles in the films ''Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast'' (2014) and ''Gnome Alone'' (2017), and starred in the feature films ''Class Rank (film), Class Rank'' (2017), ''Same Kind of Different as Me (film), Same Kind of Differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
