MAO Yu Lynn Yuan Supports Canadian Young Entrepreneurs in Advancing the UN SDGs

4 May 2026 (Toronto, Canada) — Since August 2025, FANIQUE has established strategic cooperation with Canadian charitable organization The FORUM and national-level startup incubator Futurpreneur Canada, providing systematic business incubation and targeted sustainable development support for youth entrepreneurial projects. MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, Founder of FANIQUE, participates in youth entrepreneurship incubation as a professional mentor, delivering customized professional guidance for settled startup teams. Two core incubated youth projects focus on sustainable community construction and mental health services for marginalized groups respectively. Both projects operate based on real social demands and aim to solve practical social challenges.

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The global population ageing process continues to accelerate, and people aged 60 and above will account for one-sixth of the global population by 2030, leading to a steadily growing shortage of age-friendly and inclusive community services. Supported by The FORUM, Vancouver-based young entrepreneur Jalyn Euteneier founded Parlour Interactive, an enterprise focusing on immersive game experience services. Its business development complies with UN SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production. The enterprise opens services to people of all ages and diverse physical abilities, designs customized experience content for the elderly, people with disabilities, pregnant women and other special groups, and strengthens neighborhood connection and community bonding through interactive activities. In terms of ecological sustainable practice, the enterprise replaces disposable paper documents with durable, storable and recyclable rigid cards, reduces paper consumption and adheres to low-carbon standardized operation all year round.

Meanwhile, according to 2025 data from the World Health Organization, more than one billion people worldwide are affected by mental health issues, with marginalized groups facing severe shortages of accessible services. With the support of Futurpreneur Canada, Toronto-based young entrepreneur Dani Gagnon established All Kinds Club Counselling (AKC). The institution provides standardized professional psychological counseling services for marginalized groups including BIPOC and LGBTQI+ communities, which is in line with UN SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being, SDG 5 Gender Equality and SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities. Officially launched in January 2026, AKC has served 225 clients and created 11 full-time and freelance jobs by April 2026. It builds standardized online psychological counseling procedures, sets tiered charging standards and forms professional service teams including licensed trainee psychotherapists, effectively lowering the access threshold for marginalized groups to obtain professional mental health services.

Guided by the 3P corporate value model covering Profit, People and Planet, MAO Yu Lynn Yuan delivers systematic incubation guidance from project positioning and planning, sustainable business model design, product and service pricing to practical operation strategies. She helps incubating enterprises build Sustainable Business Model (SBM) integrating social value, ecological value and commercial value. During the whole incubation period, she guides startups to establish standardized value evaluation system and implements sustainable development strategies into operations. For instance, commercial value can be measured by operating revenue and newly increased jobs; humanistic value can be assessed by service coverage and social assistance outcomes; ecological value can be calculated by resource conservation volume and low-carbon practical achievements. The two FANIQUE incubated youth startups have formed replicable and practical sustainable business model case studies for SMEs, integrating UN Sustainable Development Goals into youth entrepreneurship.

Mentee Q&A

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The FORUM Supported Enterprise | Parlour Interactive

Jalyn Euteneier

Jalyn Euteneier is the founder of Parlour Interactive in Vancouver, BC. After building a career in the video game world as a community developer, they decided to follow their passion for bringing people together and having fun by creating a lively event and experience company.

What was your original motivation for launching Parlour Interactive?

Jalyn Euteneier: I started Parlour Interactive because I wanted to bring people together and help build a sense of community. The name comes from "parlour games," which are fun social games people played at gatherings. These games didn't need any special tools—just clever thinking, acting, and guessing skills.

How does your project embody the core values of inclusivity and sustainable community building in its product and activity design?

Jalyn Euteneier: Parlour Interactive is all about creating fun experiences where people can share stories and build connections that last even after the activity is over. It’s designed to be easy for everyone to enjoy, no matter how old they are or what abilities they have. I grew up watching my mother visit older folks in care homes, bringing along small animals like rabbits, puppies, and kittens to spend time with them and keep them engaged. Her example inspired me to think about how people can keep having fun with games, stories, and play, and how we can stay connected with everyone in our community—especially those who might be left out or feel on the margins.

What measures has Parlour Interactive implemented to integrate environmental sustainability with community services?

Jalyn Euteneier: Parlour Interactive is working on finding better ways to reuse materials and cut down on waste. During many murder mystery events, players are given sheets of paper with their character details. These sheets are bulky, hard to carry, and usually used once and then thrown away. We are looking for ways to use supplies more efficiently and use less paper overall. Currently, we're testing a new option: character details printed on sturdy, pamphlet-style cards that can be easily stored when not in use. This approach is not only better for the environment but also makes the experience more engaging and fun for everyone.

Futurpreneur Canada Supported Enterprise | All Kinds Club Counselling

Dani Gagnon

Dani Gagnon is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and founder of All Kinds Club Counselling, a queer-affirming therapy practice focused on accessible, identity-affirming care, centering on building sustainable models of care that better support queer and trans communities, while also prioritizing clinician well-being. Dani Gagnon holds a Master’s degree in counselling and psychotherapy and brings over a decade of experience in marketing, communications, and public speaking. As a keynote speaker with the National Speakers Bureau in Canada, Dani Gagnon is known for exploring the intersection of mental health, identity, and modern culture.

How have you integrated sustainability into the design and delivery of mental health services for marginalized communities?

Dani Gagnon: At All Kinds Club, sustainability means creating mental health care that queer and trans people can actually stay in, not just access once. A lot of queer and trans clients have had experiences where they’re educating their therapist, navigating microaggressions, or losing access to care due to cost. That creates a cycle of starting over, which is emotionally exhausting and not sustainable.

We’ve designed our model to reduce that churn. That includes identity-affirming care as a baseline, not a specialty, sliding scale options, and integrating supervised clinical interns to expand access without lowering quality. We also think a lot about continuity, so clients aren’t forced to leave when their financial situation changes. Equally important is therapist sustainability. Many queer therapists are carrying both clinical and community emotional labour. We aim to create a structure where they’re supported, fairly compensated, and able to do this work long-term without burning out.

What models has All Kinds Club adopted to ensure long-term operational stability and balance social impact with sustainable growth?

Dani Gagnon: We use a hybrid care model that allows us to prioritize queer and trans access while still maintaining financial stability. Full-fee services help subsidize sliding scale spots, and supervised interns allow us to offer lower-cost therapy without compromising clinical integrity. But beyond pricing, we’ve built the clinic around a specific gap in the market: queer and trans people want therapy where they don’t have to explain or defend their identity. That clarity in positioning helps us grow intentionally rather than trying to serve everyone.

We’re also building systems that support scale, bringing on aligned therapists, creating repeatable processes, and integrating technology that reduces admin load. The goal is to grow in a way that maintains the integrity of care while increasing access, especially for communities that are often underserved.

How do you envision the future of mental health in public welfare?

Dani Gagnon: I think the future of mental health has to include queer and trans people not as an afterthought, but as a core part of how systems are designed.

Right now, a lot of public mental health care still operates from a baseline that doesn't reflect diverse identities or lived experiences. That creates barriers to trust, which is foundational for therapy.

I see a shift toward more community-informed, identity-affirming models of care, alongside a hybrid system where public services, private practices, and community organizations work together to fill gaps.

There’s also a growing recognition that mental health isn’t separate from things like housing, safety, or social belonging, especially for queer and trans communities. The future of care needs to reflect that complexity rather than treating mental health in isolation.

Source

World Health Organization (WHO), Ageing and Health Fact Sheet, October 2025, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-health

World Health Organization (WHO), Mental Disorders Fact Sheet, September 2025, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-disorders

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/1, adopted 25 September 2015, https://sdgs.un.org/goals