Winnipeg Boldness

04/23/2026

📢 3 more days to get your ideas in!

🔗 https://forsocialchange.org/

🇨🇦 Have an idea that addresses social issues in Canada?

The deadline for the Social Impact Challenge by Foundations for Social Change has been extended to April 26!

This initiative invites innovators to submit bold, early-stage ideas that address the urgent challenges facing Canadians, including housing instability, education, mental health, and discrimination.

The Challenge will award a total of $52,000 in prizes:
🥇 $25K + your idea piloted by Foundations for Social Change
🥈 $15K
🥉 $5K
⭐ $1K for the remaining Top 10 finalists

Beyond the prize funding, the winning idea will be piloted by FSC, evaluated for measurable impact, and used to help inform policy improvements that can drive systems-level change.

Learn more and apply: https://forsocialchange.org/

04/13/2026

Join Diane Roussin’s session on April 28, 2026 and learn more, check out the link below to register and for more information! 👇

Traditional impact measurement wasn’t designed for complexity. Often, it forces social innovation into narrow, linear boxes that don’t match the shape of meaningful change.

This webinar is designed for folks interested in and engaged in the design, delivery and support of social innovations of all types. We’re also inviting your input! Help us refine the framework and forthcoming tools that will support social innovation work across Canada.

📅 April 28
🕐 11am–12:15pm PT • 1pm–2:15pm CT • 2pm–3:15pm ET
📍 Zoom

👉 Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/ar1XSu_uSSeDUG5Uwvpy4g #/registration

Traditional impact measurement wasn’t designed for complexity. Often, it forces social innovation into narrow, linear boxes that don’t match the shape of meaningful change.

What if accountability and measurement were not about a checklist, but about the strength of our relationships and the deeper currents of systems change?

On April 28, join SI Canada, Winnipeg Boldness, and MIS Maison de l'innovation sociale for an interactive webinar exploring a new impact and accountability framework for social innovation.

Developed through the Social Innovation Impact Initiative, this approach:
🌱Treats relationships and learning as outcomes in their own right
🌱Orients around how change actually happens across multiple scales and timeframes
🌱Offers a practical architecture for social innovators, labs, and funders navigating complex community and societal challenges

This webinar is designed for folks interested in and engaged in the design, delivery and support of social innovations of all types. We’re also inviting your input! Help us refine the framework and forthcoming tools that will support social innovation work across Canada.

📅 April 28
🕐 11am–12:15pm PT • 1pm–2:15pm CT • 2pm–3:15pm ET
📍 Zoom

👉 Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/ar1XSu_uSSeDUG5Uwvpy4g #/registration

04/08/2026

We’re proud to recognize our Lead Project Coordinator, Kate for her recent contribution to a newly published book. 📖

This achievement highlights her advancement in Indigenous innovation and her work continues to inspire our team. Being part of published work is an amazing achievement and we couldn’t be happier to see her talents acknowledged in such a meaningful way!

Check out the book and learn more here: https://canadianscholars.ca/book/indigenous-insights-for-planetary-health-and-sustainable-food-systems/

A remarkable milestone, and we’re excited to celebrate this accomplishment 👏🏽

03/20/2026

As we welcome the Spring Equinox, we honour Ziigwan - spring in Anishinaabe - a time of renewal, balance, and returning life.

For many cultures around the world, this season invites gathering, sharing, and reconnection with one another and the land. We move forward together, grounded in strength, relationship, and possibility.🌿☀️

03/11/2026

Have an idea that could change systems in Canada?

Foundations for Social Change is looking for the next bold, evidence-driven idea that can create real, measurable change and pilot it in the real world.

This initiative is a chance to turn your idea into action.
If you see a problem and believe there’s a better way, the Foundations for Social Change wants to hear from you!

Apply by April 12.

Follow to learn more.

03/08/2026

Boldness is built upon the wisdom of matriarchs - whose strength, vision, and care shape our communities in countless ways. International Women's Day reminds us to celebrate women's achievements while continuing the collective work toward equity and women's rights 💗

Chi-miigwech to all women. We honour where you've been, where you are, and where you're leading us.

03/05/2026

We are proud to share an article by Diane Roussin, along with Uviosa Chukwuka from Manitoba Public Health Association and Sherry Gott from Manitoba Advocate for Children & Youth, in the Winnipeg Free Press. The piece highlights that safe infant sleep requires more than checklists — it requires stable housing, income security, culturally grounded care, and systems that honour family dignity.

Initiatives that are community-developed and tested, such as our Baby Basket Prototype, are an investment in Indigenous-led, culturally responsive solutions that help families thrive. 🧡

Check out the full article here: https://ee.winnipegfreepress.com/?token=bWlFngyToILylRMKxAHwRJa481jkUAFDL7tuMmOB

03/05/2026

We are proud to share an article by Diane, along with Uviosa Chukwuka from Manitoba Public Health Association and Sherry Gott from Manitoba Advocate for Children & Youth , in the Winnipeg Free Press. The piece highlights that safe infant sleep requires more than checklists — it requires stable housing, income security, culturally grounded care, and systems that honour family dignity.

Initiatives that are community-developed and tested, such as our Baby Basket Prototype, are an investment in Indigenous-led, culturally responsive solutions that help families thrive. 🧡

Check out the full article here: https://ee.winnipegfreepress.com/?token=bWlFngyToILylRMKxAHwRJa481jkUAFDL7tuMmOB

03/05/2026

We are proud to share an article by , along with Uviosa Chukwuka from and Sherry Gott from , in the Winnipeg Free Press. The piece highlights that safe infant sleep requires more than checklists — it requires stable housing, income security, culturally grounded care, and systems that honour family dignity.

Initiatives that are community-developed and tested, such as our Baby Basket Prototype, are an investment in Indigenous-led, culturally responsive solutions that help families thrive. 🧡

Check out the full article here: https://ee.winnipegfreepress.com/?token=bWlFngyToILylRMKxAHwRJa481jkUAFDL7tuMmOB

02/27/2026

joined Dennis Ward at to discuss the impact of changing systems that families use most, striving for better communities and healthier families.

See the full conversation here: https://www.aptnnews.ca/facetoface/diane-roussin-is-striving-for-better-communities-and-healthier-families-in-winnipegs-north-end/

02/25/2026

💗 Happy Pink Shirt Day! 💗

Pink Shirt Day began with a simple act of kindness in Nova Scotia — one that grew into a global movement against bullying. Today, more than 25 countries participate, and the day is even recognized by the United Nations.

What started small has become a reminder that kindness can speak louder than words. 💗

Boldness is proud to celebrate Pink Shirt Day in our .rebel.armour pink shirts with the Blue Thunderbird Family Care crew!