Single lanes
2 min read · September 19, 2025
New Power Labs
Climate change worsens heat islands in low-income neighbourhoods, where tree cover is sparse and concrete dominates. This raises health risks for respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, and even heat-related death, disproportionately affecting low-income communities.
Access to affordable childcare impacts productivity. Studies show that access to affordable childcare could boost mothers' labour force participation by 7.54% and contribute $2.25 billion per year to Canada’s GDP.
No issue exists in isolation, but too often, philanthropic strategies do.
When we fund in silos, we miss the intersections where real change happens. And we leave leaders – especially those from historically excluded communities – scrambling to braid together fragmented funding to serve communities with complex living experiences.
Systems don’t fail in single lanes. We shouldn’t try to fix them that way either.
Narinder
New Power Labs
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