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Angie Peters is the president and CEO of Yonge Street Mission and author of the new book Just Act: We Are the Solution to Poverty. The book is an inspirational guide for people, businesses and community organizations concerned about poverty but feeling hopeless about their ability to make any meaningful difference. Peters shows us all where to begin. Her own personal story reflects her main proposition: “Poverty ended for my family in one generation because of the intervention of ordinary people who cared.” The book answers major questions about poverty, defines the problem, presents inspirational true stories, informs about effective initiatives, and addresses barriers to success. It provides insights deeply rooted in the lived experience of poverty and from system-wide collaborative work with leaders across all industries. Finally, it delivers a set of practical steps that individuals, community organizations, and businesses can develop as a measurable one-year personal or corporate action plan to leverage their unique skills and resources to impact poverty, changing lives in ways that will ripple throughout generations. Details and ordering: https://castlequaybooks.com/products/just-act Bio: https://www.ysm.ca/leadership/angie-peters/

Joining us in this episode of Let's Imagine is nonprofit leader and author Angie Peters.  Together we explore Angie's experiences and learnings from working in the poverty reduction space as the CEO of the Toronto-based charity Yonge Street Mission, as a social service provider tackling poverty in the city, and the 3 key elements integral to her organization's approach to systems: lived experience leadership, cross-sector collaboration and creating shared goals. We also discuss managing time expectations and how to frame these insights in ways that can be applied across missions and causes.   Listen to past episodes of the Let's Imagine podcast here   Read the full transcript here

Listen to Angie Peters, President and CEO of Toronto's Yonge Street Mission being interviewed by seasoned journalist Lorna Dueck. Angie is an inspiring and collaborative leader in Toronto's social sector serving the communities where she grew up. She shares about her early life and how simple acts of kindness helped break generational poverty in her own family. In 2024, Angie launched her new book, Just Act: We are the Solution to Poverty.---Learn more about the Canadian Bible Society: biblesociety.caHelp people hear God speak: biblesociety.ca/donateConnect with us on Instagram: @canadianbiblesocietyWhether you're well-versed in Scripture or just starting out on your journey, The Bible Course offers a superb overview of the world's best-selling book.  This eight-session course will help you grow in your understanding of the Bible. Watch the first session of The Bible Course and learn more at biblecourse.ca. ---Angie Peters is an inspiring and collaborative leader in Toronto's social sector serving the communities where she grew up. In 2003, Angie left her executive role in telecommunications to work towards ending poverty. She founded ZOË Alliance, an international social enterprise, before joining Toronto's Yonge Street Mission in 2013 as President and CEO. In 2022, she hosted a Poverty Hack-a-Thon that has since birthed a city-wide multi-sector collaboration that is creating trust, action and momentum to build communities where everyone can thrive.In 2024, Angie became a published author with the launch of her new book, Just Act: We are the Solution to Poverty, an inspirational guide for people, businesses and community organizations concerned about poverty to develop a measurable action plan to help address poverty. Visit justact.ca to learn more and download supporting materials.

From prison bars to popcorn stars, this week's guest on The UpLevel Podcast, Emily O'Brien, defies the odds as she turns her addictive past into a recipe for success, fighting to eliminate stigma and create second chances through her social enterprise, Comeback Snacks.Emily is an embodiment of transformative potential and entrepreneurship. Her trajectory is a heartfelt tale of courage and diligence. While in prison, she discovered an innovative take on popcorn seasoning, sowing the seeds of Comeback Snacks. Nurturing her project through handwritten letters and personal connections, Emily's enterprise grew and blossomed. Today, her popcorn business is revolutionizing attitudes towards people with prior convictions, demonstrating how adversity can be molded into significant opportunities. Emily's dedication to fostering change through her actions, mentorship, and advocacy for prison reform sets her apart.In this episode, you'll be able to:Discover the powerful journey of overcoming addiction while establishing a successful social enterprise.Dive into the inspiring stories of providing second chances and job opportunities for ex-convicts.Understand the sensitive language used around incarceration and rehabilitation for a more empathetic approach.Uncover the secrets of creating more inclusive and compassionate work environments.Learn about empowering entrepreneurship and spurring economic growth for those with criminal records.About Emily:Battling back from addiction and a Federal sentence for drug smuggling to building a booming social enterprise, Comeback Snacks, Emily O'Brien's evolution from convict to entrepreneur is a story about lessons learned, resilience, determination, forgiveness, and how to take a bad situation and turn it into endless positive opportunities.Emily, while in prison, with no budget and no access to the internet, began developing Comeback Snacks (Cons & Kernels) after being inspired by the unique seasonings her fellow inmates used on their popcorn. Her entrepreneurial spirit has always been strong, having founded a social media business after University. Using hand-written letters sent via mail, Emily communicated with people who would assist her with market research, branding, and guidance.  After her release, she hit the ground running, building her enterprise by offering her popcorn at festivals, shows, and events and networking with local business owners.Comeback Snacks is now available at major grocers, independent stores, and online retailers across North America and a new retail location at 302 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada which also serves as a story-telling micro museum of her journey.Emily uses her business and her voice to advocate for prison reforms and to eliminate the stigma attached to people with prior convictions. She provides ex-convicts and those needing a second chance, employment, mentorship, and a pathway to greater confidence and new opportunities. Emily works with a number of organizations, including the Elizabeth Fry Society, a not-for-profit social service agency that provides support for women and girls involved in the Canadian justice system. She has also raised funds through her business to support great causes like The Yonge Street Mission to help at-risk youths.www.uplevelproductions.comhttps://www.instagram.com/uplevelproductions/https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplevelproductionscompanyhttps://www.facebook.com/uplevelproductionscompany

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Continuing the holiday streak!Marc breaks a Christmas ornament Jenn is upsetWe open our Harry Potter and Pokemon Advent calendars top 6-10 Christmas moviesSome WonderWoman newsHere are the charities you can donate to!Yonge Street Mission:https://www.ysm.ca/donate/?_ga=2.120046414.790637854.1614659227-1187279214.1614659227&gclid=CjwKCAiA-dCcBhBQEiwAeWidtcULnv5jI2f2UDVv3iDlWRO6OlohqvhvTNPG35m1TayUb3V5kqD_PhoCrIoQAvD_BwEDaily Food Bank:https://secure3.convio.net/dbfb/site/Donation2?df_id=5877&mfc_pref=T&5877.donation=form1&gclid=CjwKCAiA-dCcBhBQEiwAeWidtdX6JiOKUJR3waCw98e60TbOwFhb86a6jqc9kDVF8Cl2xZSRAYrtnxoCEAQQAvD_BwESanta Claus Fund:https://charities.thestar.com/santaclausfund/Listen To Our Christmas Song Here:https://youtu.be/tq_hDSr8ydw

Bill Ryan started his ministry in Toronto after graduating from Ontario Bible College in 1982. This led to his work at Yonge Street Mission where he served for over 25 years in numerous roles first serving as Program Co-ordinator at Evergreen, Pastor of Church on the Street, Director of the Christian Community Centre, Director of Staff care and Interim Program Officer. He later served as Director of Men's Ministry with Scott Mission until 2021. He is a seasoned Urban Ministry practitioner for the past 30 years and teaches from his vast experience in ministry. He is a spiritual director and passionate Social Justice advocate. Bill's ministry life has been grounded by being a husband to Lillian and father to Jordan and Caitlin.

with special guest Angie Peters from Yonge Street Mission. With each passing day, the income gap grows wider and wider. Business executives get richer, while their entry level employees are forced to use food banks. Timely medical care is accessible to those who can pay while others struggle on waitlists or skip filling a prescription. Fewer and fewer couples can afford their own home. Is this really the world we dreamed of? If so many people are being pushed to the margins, then, as a society, we must not be living in a way that aligns with our values. There must be something more that each of us can do. In this episode, Angie Peters from Yonge Street Mission opens up about the power behind listening and coming alongside people who live in chronic poverty. She shares inspiring stories of what can happen when marginalized individuals are encouraged to rediscover their childhood dreams. Through Yonge Street Mission's poverty hack-a-thon, Angie encourages us all to rethink how we see solutions to poverty. We all have skills, talents, and assets that make us the perfect person to come alongside someone in need—yes, even you! And the truth is, if we all help one person out of poverty, then we really can end poverty, together. Recommended Resources: https://www.ysm.ca/ (Yonge Street Mission) - website https://endingpovertytogether.org/never-too-late-to-start-learning/ (Never Too Late To Start Learning) - blog article Episode hosted by Shelaine.

We have some incredible partnering ministries here in Fellowship Pacific and one of those is New Hope Community Services. New Hope provides housing, support, community, and so much more to refugee families as they transition to healthy living. In this episode, Krista Penner from our Leadership Development team sat down to talk with Ann Barnard Ball, Executive Director of New Hope, about what's bringing hope to New Hope as they navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and look to a post-Covid future along with the rest of us. You'll get to hear incredible stories of some of the residents of New Hope and you'll learn about how God has been working through this ministry as they love and support the families He has brought them. CLICK HERE to visit the episode page on our website where you can find out more about how to pray for New Hope and other ways you can get involved. ANN BARNARD BALL Ann Barnard Ball is the Executive Director of New Hope Community Services, which provides the first home and a community of care for refugees during their first eighteen months in Canada. Ann has spent the last 25 years as an advocate of social justice in the areas of child welfare, poverty, and newcomers through organizations like the Children's Aid Foundation, Yonge Street Mission and New Hope Community Services. Ann also spent several years as the Executive Director of Advancement at Power to Change Ministries. She has a heart to see people of faith engage with and extend friendship to people who have struggled to be fully included in society. Ann is also working on a Master of Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University. Ann, her husband Steven and feline fur baby, Morse, live in Maple Ridge.

With hosts Wolfgang Klein and Jack Hardill.  This week, Wolfgang and Jack welcome two guests: Drew Donaldson, Founder and CEO of Donaldson Capital. He has over 15 years of lending and financing experience; both within the residential and construction sectors.  Donaldson Capital was born out of his desire to address a market need for a full-service firm to assist clients from start to finish. The firm also specializes in helping Canadians purchase and finance properties across the border, resulting in happy clients all across North America.   ANGIE PETERS, President & CEO, Yonge Street Mission. After 16 years as a senior executive in Telecommunications, Angie moved into the social profit sector to support initiatives investing in people and working towards the end of poverty. Prior to joining YSM, Angie founded and led ZOE Alliance Inc., a for-profit social enterprise that quipped and empowered village-based businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kassandra Marling serves as Youth Job Connection Program Coordinator at The Yonge Street Mission, a 125 year-old non-profit development agency in Toronto that focuses on responding to immediate needs and helping people move from surviving to thriving through wraparound support and services. She is passionate about working with job seekers as they grow both professionally and personally while caring for their holistic wellbeing. Kassandra is a coach at heart and loves to see people succeed and reach their goals. Connect with Kassandra on LinkedIn. Resources mentioned: (i) Yonge Street Mission: YSM.ca; (ii) Matthew House Toronto: MatthewHouse.ca; and (iii) Impact Romania: ImpactRomania.com. This episode of the The Career Planning Show is sponsored by Staples Studio. If you have a career planning question you'd like us to answer on The Career Planning Show, let us know via Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow or at @AlexRascanu. Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.

As the co-owner and Community Manager for the Ian Martin Group, Kate Masson works to establish a community of belonging and shared accountability for staff through a self-managed operating system and a genuine spirit of care for those in the organization. You're going to get a sense of that in this conversation. We're focused here not on the staffing organization, the work of Ian Martin Group as a B Corp, but on their foundation. They have been intentional in creating a foundation. The structure reflects the impact they intend, which includes looking at the effect they don’t want to have. They are addressing a very relevant need that they understand because of their work in hiring people. They understand the barriers to work, the challenges that exist. So, the Meaningful Work Foundation is meant to address those barriers. They are avoiding the power imbalance that can often exist between a funder and those that it's looking to fund. They're aware that they are granting small amounts and that the organizations they tend to support are small organizations, so they avoid making onerous demands in terms of application and reporting. They are engaging employees in meaningful ways, leveraging their expertise. In granting, and within the individual team members, they are addressing personal biases that might exist, getting that upfront so that they can have conversations that are really meaningful in deciding where the grants should be given. They are a small foundation, a young foundation. But I think there are some big lessons that all funders can learn, whether your lens is that of a foundation or a corporate team making donations, perhaps even from a personal giving standpoint. Have a listen.    Resources  Meaningful Work Foundation : https://ianmartin.com/meaningful-work-fund/   Ian Martin Group: https://ianmartin.com   Kate Masson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katemasson   Ian Martin Meaningful Work Foundation Grant Recipients 2020: https://ianmartin.com/ian-martin-meaningful-work-foundation-announces-2020-grant-recipients/   Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business:  https://www.ccab.com   Home Suite Hope: https://homesuitehope.org   Plan Canada:  https://plancanada.ca   Windmill Microlending:  https://windmillmicrolending.org   Yonge Street Mission: https://www.ysm.ca  Benevity:  https://www.benevity.com   Mark Peterson’s book, Love Giving Well:  https://www.strongerphilanthropy.ca/book/   . Thank you for listening to Impact Conversations with Lynn Fergusson & Sally Fazal . Find out more about our work at Social Impact Advisors: https://socialimpactadvisors.ca .

To start off this podcast, I thought of no one better than Dr. Rick Tobias, former CEO and Community Advocate of The Yonge Street Mission, to discuss the evolving landscape of poverty and the church in Toronto.

Angie Peters has worked in corporate, social enterprise, and today leads the Toronto-based Yonge Street Mission as their President and CEO. Throughout her career, Angie has made a habit of creating greater value than should rightfully exist. She does this by seeking out intentional partnerships and creating collaborations where others wouldn't expect to look. While she's naturally gifted at doing this, it is a skill that can be taught and on today's episode, she shares her steps to creating successful collaborations. 

Dr. Michael Krause has a broad range of ministerial experience in an urban context in churches, social service agencies and educational institutions. He was the director of Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s outreach to street-involved youth, supervising 20 staff overseeing a thriving menu of programs including health care, housing support, employment training, drop-in and meal programs, and a broad range of advocacy support.He was the youth pastor at Flemingdon Park Church, the assistant pastor at the Stone Church in downtown Toronto and the senior pastor at Church on the Street, an experimental church reaching out to street youth in the urban core. He has been active as a church planter in other contexts, pioneering Hills Church, an innovative, house church network based in Thornhill. Before joining the faculty of Tyndale in 2014, he functioned as the Staff Care director at Yonge Street Mission where he provided leadership development, ministry coaching and counselling to staff members working with the urban poor. He has been teaching courses with the TIM Centre Diploma program since its inception in 2010. He also has a private practice as a leadership coach and church consultant. Michael is ordained with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. (description from Tyndale faculty page)In this session from the Our City Conference (2019) in Toronto, he shares principles of longevity. How do you prepare and maintain a ministry life for the long haul?

Alex is joined by Aarron Grieves, a man who turned his life around and now works for the HOPE program at the Yonge Street Mission about the new program Toronto Police are launching to go directly to gang members in an attempt to reduce gang crime. Then she speaks with Marcus Kolga, a Senior Fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad about the Russian disinformation plan already targeting Canada. She’ll also speak with MPP Toby Barret about the blockades in Caledonia, and the National Post’s chief film critic about the new Borat movie where Justin Trudeau’s blackface photo makes a cameo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Check out the latest single by Electric Ego! 'Doing Fine' is a great track that harkens back to the trippy meandering of the 60s while pounding out progressive and hard-hitting 80s-inspired choruses. Think David Bowie, Depeche Mode and Radiohead got together for a music-fueled threeway. All this week, proceeds from the track will go to help support the Yonge Street Mission! Electric Ego: https://electricego.bandcamp.com/Yonge St. Mission: https://www.facebook.com/YongeStreetM...Leclair Studios: LeclairStudios.com  Hosted by Anthony 'Long Hair' Leclair & Marla 'The Mouse' McHardy  Produced by: Leclair Studios  Gear Zoom Q2n 4K Roland Quad Capture Audio Technica AT2020 AKG C451 EB  Recorded on Cakewalk

In today's Snippets, Leon Goren speaks with President and CEO of Yonge Street Mission, Angie Peters, about her path from telecommunications to the nonprofit world, the huge increase in demand for services from Yonge Street Mission amid COVID-19, and the inspiring story of how corporate executives rallied together to "relay" the weekly shortfall of funds at YSM. To learn more about YSM and how you can support their work, including their 735 challenge, visit https://www.ysm.ca/get-involved/If you're interested in one of our The Way Forward live webcasts, please visit https://peo-leadership.com/. If you'd like to listen to some of our past webcasts, we have recordings on our COVID-19 resource page (https://peo-leadership.com/covid-19-resource-centre/). Guests have included University of Toronto's Janice Stein, Harvard's Rosabeth Kantor. We've talked about such topics as mental health, rent negotiations, the stimulus package and a host of others. If you'd like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today's podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

What are ways Christians can work together to help eliminate poverty in their local communities? Yonge Street Mission's Director of Reconciliation, Bill Ryan, offers some great advice! You can find more about Yonge Street Mission by visiting https://www.ysm.ca/. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-monday-christian/support

Radio Totally Normal Toronto, or RTNT for short, is a voice for community mental health; produced by the members and staff of Progress Place, a mental wellness clubhouse in downtown Toronto. This month we’re talking about Mental Health during Winter. A season when everyone tends to spend more time indoors. For those easily withdrawn and isolated; it’s especially important to keep active in winter. Even though the weather may not be perfect for outdoor and community activities there are ways to beat the cold, stay active, and even celebrate the colder months. In our first segment, two Progress Place members, Mark and Johnny, are going to go over some research they did about winter jackets and help you decide which coat to choose. You can find inexpensive winter coats at thrift stores such as Value Village, Double Take, Johns Thrift Store, or Vintage Depot Our second segment will be from a show we had done before on Youth and Homelessness. We interviewed Jesse Sudirgo who worked at Yonge Street Mission. The Yonge Street Mission is an organization in the downtown sector that aims to help support Toronto's most susceptible population. They aid families, children, youth, and even communities existing in daily poverty. Thank you to all the members and staff of Progress Place who work hard each month to create a recurring episode of Radio Totally Normal Toronto. Special thank you to the members and staff for their participation on this episode of RTNT. Thank you to our listeners, and please share this episode with your friends and family. Together we can transition from mental health stigmas to a continued focus on mental health and wellness. If you are in need of a shelter you can call 211 Central Access. 211 service provides Information and Referral for callers to community and social services 24/7 for Central Region (Toronto, Peel Region, York Region and Durham Region), and overnight and on weekends for the rest of Ontario: Dial 2-1-1 To learn more about RTNT or listen to previous episodes please check out our website. We are pleased to announce that the show is now streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and Google Podcast if you search up Radio Totally Normal Toronto.

On this episode of No Coaster Needed, we travel to Toronto to talk with Foad Karimian. Foad is a Community Capacity Builder - Youth Leadership at the Yonge Street Mission. Foad has dedicated his life to helping youth. He started this journey through an initiative he started called the Odette High School Leadership Initiative. The program created at the University of Windsor's Odette School of Business helps high school students develop key leadership skills. He now leads a similar program at the Yonge Street Mission called Our Voice Out Loud. Foad is a recipient of the Ontario Volunteer Service Award for continuous years of commitment and dedicated service to an organization and the Mayor's Youth Leadership Award in Windsor. On the show, we walk through Foad's upbringing, his move to the University of Windsor, starting the Odette Leadership Initiative, his job with the Yonge Street Mission and all of the anecdotes in between. To see updates about the Odette High School Leadership Initiative, you can search for OHLI.Windsor on Instagram. To see Foad's work now, find O.V.O.L on Instagram. This account shares updates from Foad's Our Voice Out Loud program. Interview Notes: 1:30 Foad's Upbringing 3:15 The high school teacher that changed it all 6:00 Changing majors a few times in University (also, don't eat Tide Pods) 8:30 Changing your old habits 14:00 How a trip to the hospital changed the course of Foad's life 18:55 Starting the Odette High School Leadership Initiative 22:30 The meetings that shaped OHLI 25:29 What is the Odette High School Leadership Initiative? 31:03 How did OHLI form your career path? 35:03 Our Voice Out Loud, Foad's fake talk show and why he loves his job 43:00 "How would you encourage others to give back?" Season 1 of No Coaster Needed focuses on people with ties to Windsor, Ontario. To see updates about future No Coaster Needed shows, visit NoCoasterNeeded.com or follow me on Twitter @JacobMcCourt.

Since October 2017, Radio Totally Normal has expanded to have a live radio show on Ryerson University's CJRU 1280 AM and cjru.ca. The Yonge Street Mission is an organization in the downtown sector that aims to help support Toronto's most susceptible population. They aid families, children, youth, and even communities existing in daily poverty. Jerry from RTNT sat down with Jesse Sudirgo, Director of Street Involved Services, to discuss mental health, homelessness, and youth. Hosting the show is RTNT member Chris but, as alway, this episode was made possible by a large number of members and staff of Progress Place. We love this episode and we hope you enjoy it too!

Michael Krause and Graham Hill discuss “Launching Pioneering Church Plants & Christian Leaders.” The GlobalChurch Project podcast episode 77.Michael Krause has a broad range of experiences in urban contexts, including urban churches, social service agencies, and educational institutions. He was the senior pastor at Church on the Street, an experimental church reaching out to street youth in the urban core. He was the director of Evergreen, an outreach to street involved youth, supervising 20 staff, overseeing a thriving menu of programs including health care, housing support, employment training, life skills development, street outreach, drop-in and meal programs, and a broad range of advocacy support.Michael Krause has been active as a church planter, pioneering Hills Church, an innovative, neighbourhood-based house church network. He recently served as a director at Yonge Street Mission, where he provided leadership development and ministry coaching to staff members working with the urban poor.

Melinda Estabrooks speaks with the President and CEO of Yonge Street Mission, Angie Draskovic, who shares the spirit of giving in the Christmas season.