“It was a pleasure working with Monica from Shift & Build creating a Wealth Creation Strategy for YSM.
What truly stood out was her dedication to understanding our needs and to getting us to the finish line. Monica facilitated multiple sessions with grace and expertise, ensuring that our team was engaged and on track throughout the process while also conducting thorough research and tying it with her existing knowledge. Monica’s professionalism, dedication, creativity, adaptability, and ability to uncover and address our needs have been instrumental in shaping our strategic direction.
The final result, a comprehensive wealth creation strategy, exceeded our expectations. Thanks to Monica's research, analysis, and expertise, we have a plan that will significantly impact YSM’s ability
to support budding and existing entrepreneurs from low-income communities.We highly recommend her services to anyone seeking expert guidance and support. Thank you, Monica, for your outstanding work!"
~Paula Garcia,
Director, Community Development
Yonge Street Mission
Yonge Street Mission (YSM) is a development agency and social services leader with a bold vision of collaborating to end chronic poverty in Toronto by 2036. To support this vision, YSM has invested heavily in efforts to better understand poverty, the nature of existing systemic issues, support and employment services as well as possible pathways to strategically address chronic poverty. Recognizing an interest in, and potential role for entrepreneurship in community wealth creation, YSM commissioned Shift & Build. The focus of the initiative was to explore how we might build an ecosystem that supports entrepreneurial wealth creation and contributes to YSM’s efforts to end chronic poverty. The scope of work included analyzing existing efforts and knowledge, conducting research, exploring client journeys towards wealth creation, drafting a strategy and hosting working sessions with the YSM team to refine and secure a consensus on the strategy.
Overall, it was inspiring to work on this project with the YSM team. It is inspiring to see the team's commitment to ending chronic poverty and strategic investment in thinking about pathways for meaningful impact.