Rajan Rathnavalu

Newo

As founder and CEO, Rajan Rathnavalu oversees Newo’s development, education programs and charitable projects. He is also the co-founder of the Sunrise Farm Cooperative and the Spirit of the Land project.

Newo is a non-profit social enterprise exploring ways to share abundance (wêyôtan) through harmonious relationships (wahkohtowin). “Newo” signifies “four” in Plains Cree, and is sacred to nêhiyawak culture, encompassing the four elements, seasons, directions and aspects of being human: mind, body, spirit and emotion.

The company arose from the Spirit of the Land program (at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus), which was guided by the belief that solutions are bountiful when a community works together with mutual respect and compassion.

Newo set out with a vision to align our inner and outer lives in the context of a regular economy seemingly unable to sustain global wellbeing. Bringing our whole, authentic selves to work is a goal we all aspire to, but it requires an ongoing commitment to integrating both the more difficult and more beautiful aspects of our humanity.

Join us in exploring ways to integrate our full (interrelated) human selves into our working lives.

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