OUR STORY

What does it take to Create a New World? Find out with 42.

42 Canada started with a simple belief: the work of building a better world is hard, and no one should have to carry it alone.

About 42 Canada

For years, our founder Laurie Cook has worked in community development, the slow, steady, often unseen work of helping people and places thrive. She has seen how much good gets done, and how easily the people doing it run on empty.
She also grew up at camp, where the outdoors, the fire, and good company were a real source of rest and inspiration. That balance, work and wellbeing, effort and joy, is the heart of 42.
So we built 42 to bring it all together in one place. Somewhere the work, and the people behind it, could be supported, connected, and reminded that a better world really is on its way.

Three parts, one purpose

Three parts, one purpose

The Shop

The Shop

Gear that carries a message, and helps fund real community causes.

The Community

The Community

Camp 42 and the Thinkers' Lodge, where changemakers learn from and lean on each other.

The Stories

The Stories

A podcast and YouTube channel sharing the people and ideas behind the work.

THEP EOPLE BEHIND 42

Meet the team

The team at 42 cares about community work, and wants to help everyone doing it to have a one-stop shop for peer to peer learning, inspiration and support.

We know how tough community work can be because we're all right there with you doing the same work.

So, in everything we do, we want you to be able to connect with others doing community work, share your challenges, learn from each other, and have some fun to help you take a break, rest and recharge.

Laurie Cook

CEO & Founder, 42 Canada

Blessing Omughele

Digital Business Manager (DBM)

Brennan Colwell

Editor & Videographer

Sobaz Benjamin

Executive Director, In My Own Voice (iMOVe) Media Production & Learning Co-operativ


Another World is Coming

There's a place for you here

Whether you're deep in this work or just beginning to care about it, come build it with us.