Jessica Lax Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

Acting as the network weaver, story teller, iconvenor, fundraiser, and lead collaborator behind the vision of creating an ecological corridor between Algonquin Park in Ontario, and Adirondack Park in New York State (A2A).A2A is one of the last large-scale, intact forest and wetland linkages left in Eastern North America. It provides the best remaining potential for wildlife movement across the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system. A2A's animal inspiration is a moose named 'Alice' who… Show more Acting as the network weaver, story teller, iconvenor, fundraiser, and lead collaborator behind the vision of creating an ecological corridor between Algonquin Park in Ontario, and Adirondack Park in New York State (A2A).A2A is one of the last large-scale, intact forest and wetland linkages left in Eastern North America. It provides the best remaining potential for wildlife movement across the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system. A2A's animal inspiration is a moose named 'Alice' who was collared and released into Adirondack park. Alice swam across the Saint Lawrence river, walked across the 401 - one of Canada's busiest highways - and traversed more than 570 km to Algonquin Park. Her journey underscores the importance of repairing and protecting wildlife habitat between these two great parks. Show less

The Ember Circle offers transformative experiences for women in social change to build reconnection, realignment, and resilience. Ember Circle experiences focus on two guiding questions: - What does it mean to live a life in true alignment? - And how do we tap into the power within to allow us to create greater change in our lives, our communities, and the world?

Coralus (formerly SheEO) co-creates new economic and social models by distributing crowdsourced support to our members, ventures, and the world. Learn more and become an Activator yourself: www.coralus.sheeo.world.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Working with the Ashoka U team to make changemaker and social innovation education the new normal in colleges and universities. I focus on building a thought leadership platform and developing partnerships to driving strategic growth across Ashoka U programs.

Ottawa, Canada Area

I'm leading Ashoka's university strategy, collaborating with colleges and universities to break down barriers to institutional change and foster a campus-wide culture of social innovation.

Ottawa & San Francisco

Co-Founder and Director of School For Change - the social sectors online school for changemakers.

Leading the CISED (Collaborative for Innovative Social Enterprise Development) with the goal of creating an ecosystem of support for social enterprises in Ottawa. Also conducted feasibility study for a shared space project.

Proposed additional non-financial supports the foundation could offer to its grantees - developing the initial Innoweave prototype.

Warm Data Host Training, Life

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.” — Gregory Bateson.

Mba, Social Entrepreneurship

Skoll Scholar

B.A. Biology, Biology, Geography

On Dean's list both years, spent final year on exchange - one semester at Rhodes University in South Africa, and one semester.