NEWS & MEDIA
RISE PRESS RELEASES
- St. Lawrence College / Rise Accounting Hackathon
- Rise Operating in Vancouver December 2019
- A Journey in Community Innovation: Supporting Entrepreneurs with Mental Health or Addiction Challenges
- Rise Operating in Edmonton October 2019
- Rise and Citi Foundation Help Canadian Youth Explore Entrepreneurship
- Rise to support entrepreneurs overcoming mental health and addiction challenges in Nova Scotia
- New leadership to help one-of-a-kind organization continue to grow and help entrepreneurs with a history of mental health and addictions challenges
- Measuring Social Impact: Rise’s 2018 Social Inclusion Survey Results
- BDC finances $325,000 in loans through Rise
- $1 million in small business loans provided by Rise to entrepreneurs overcoming mental health and addiction challenges
- Rise Celebrates the Graduating Classes of its 2017 Peer Supported Startup Program in Mississauga
IN THE NEWS
CTV’s Your Morning: Anne Marie Mediwake interviews Rise CEO, Lori Smith and Rise Client Ashley Gordon
Bell Let’s Talk Blog: Bell Let’s Talk helps Rise give entrepreneurs supportive working lives
Queen’s University, Department of Psychology: Morris (Onagottay) Blanchard selected as one of two winners of the Psychology Indigenous Art Project
Le Devoir, Diane Bérard: Conjuger entreprise et santé mentale (Combining business and mental health – in French)
The Globe and Mail, Klein: To drive social change, we must unshackle philanthropic capital
The Toronto Star, Goar: Microfinance Program Combats Stigma of Mental Illness
MacLeans, Senger: Loans for entrepreneurs – with mental health issues
Huffington Post, Dhami: Microfinance & Mental Health : A Rotman/CAMH Financial Initiative Supporting Entrepreneurs In Canada
The Globe and Mail, Grant: Microloans for Mental Health Patients Rolling out across Ontario
The Economist, J.L.H.D: Micro-lending to the more unlikely
The Toronto Star, Goar: Micro-loans Unlock Trap of Mental Illness