NEWS & MEDIA

• Rise and Bell Let’s Talk empowering entrepreneurship for Canadian’s with mental health and addiction challenges
• 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
  

Up to Speed, CBC Radio Manitoba: Faith Fundal interviews Rise CEO, Lori Smith on the launch of Rise Winnipeg

CTV News Winnipeg: Michael Hutchinson interviews Rise CEO, Lori Smith on the launch of Rise Winnipeg

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