Josh Budish

Advisor, Accessibility and Inclusive Play at Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities

Josh is an effective and proven Program Manager with a knack for team development and relationship-building. He has practical, professional, and academic experience with creating, implementing, and evaluating programs that positively impact vulnerable populations by means of community development, sport for development, inclusion and disability advocacy, and in support of affordable housing, youth engagement, leadership development, and business development.

Human capital should be elevated and amplified - programs are only as effective as the people who manage them and ensuring that the people within an organization or on a team are supported, engaged, and heard will ensure that they take ownership of that program and are dedicated to accomplishing the desired impact.

Josh is passionate about the cross-section of recreation and culture, effective change management, developing clear, concise, and honest organizational communication strategies, diversity, inclusion and disability advocacy, making social impact programs palatable for everybody, and creating opportunities for businesses to operate responsibly and support causes important to them and their clientele.