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Social Finance Award Nominee-Community Forward Fund
By Read Guernsey En français Although it is only a few years old, the Community Forward Fund (CFF) has made tremendous strides for Canadian social finance development. These strides culminated in a...
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Social Finance Award Nominee-Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins
By Erica Barbosa En français The Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins has been nominated for its recent program preserving religious patrimony, which is intended to support projects of...
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Lessons from the PRI-CBERN Academic Conference 2012
By Tristina Sinopoli Academic conferences are not only a platform to discuss past and present research findings but can also be a means to spark ideas for future research undertakings. As I sat...
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Cooperation and Debate at the Toronto International Microfinance Summit 2012
By Lindsay Roxon On Tuesday, October 16, the Toronto International Microfinance Summit brought together a diverse group of professionals from the worlds of finance, academia, nonprofits, international...
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Funding a Social Innovation Startup, Part 1 - Painting the Landscape in Canada
By Kanika Gupta This is Part 1 of a multi-part series of SoJo's journey of seeking the funding needed to scale its operations and bring it to a point of financial self-sustainability. SoJo...
View ArticleRBC ignites Canadian impact investing market with $1 million gift
By Gord Nixon The famous Stanford marshmallow experiment tested the ability of children to defer the immediate enjoyment of a treat for two treats 15 minutes later. Some children would immediately eat...
View Article2012 Social Finance Forum - Day 1 Liveblog
By Nabeel Ahmed Just like last year, we've been liveblogging the 2012 Social Finance Forum: Measuring up. If you missed what happened yesterday, or want to review some of the highlights, take a look!...
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Social Impact Bonds as a Catalyst for Change (And Not a Step Towards...
By Mark Hlady Non-profit organizations, governments, and investors are excited about the potential for social impact bonds (SIBs) to help address some of our most complex and pressing social...
View ArticleJob Posting: MaRS Associates, Outcomes Financing
By Adam Jagelewski The MaRS Senior Associate, Outcomes Finance will build on the momentum surrounding impact investing in Canada and the leadership of the Centre in order to drive the effective...
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Voting with Dollars - The Social Impact Purchasing Summit
By Simon Anderson On November 7th and 8th, I had the pleasure of attending the first Social Impact Purchasing Summit (SIPS). The event was held in Vancouver and co-hosted by Enterprising Non-profits,...
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Social Impact Bonds: Approach With Caution (Part One)
By Steffen Kramer Recently a flurry of media (see the New York Times, National Post and Huffington Post, for example) has touted Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) as an innovative way of unlocking new,...
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Social Impact Bonds - Approach With Caution (Part Two)
By Steffen Kramer In my previous post, we looked at the financing cost of social impact bonds (SIBs), their potential for fostering innovation and the transaction costs. In this second section we will...
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Where We’re Headed - Bart Houlahan at the 2012 Social Finance Forum
By Sara Bartolomeo On November 8th and 9th 2012, hundreds of entrepreneurs, along with members of the corporate, non-profit and academic communities gathered at the fifth annual Social Finance Forum...
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New Impact Academy Announced at HUB Ottawa’s Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
By Becky Slater Rossi Last Wednesday, November 21st, several months after it officially launched, HUB Ottawa – a professional member community that gives individuals the space, resources and peer...
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A First-Hand Glimpse into Ontario’s new School for Social Entrepreneurs
By Verity Dimock It’s been just over a year now since I joined forces with a friend of my husband’s to help start a social venture in the local, sustainable food space. After hearing the story and...
View ArticleSocial Finance Connects: Redéfinir les rendements
By Tristina Sinopoli Joignez-vous à nous pour un webinaire sur la sensibilisation et les occasions de financement social dans le secteur financier canadien. Le webinaire sera présenté par Rosalie...
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Introducing SocialFinance.ca’s New Assistant Editors, Winter 2012
By Nabeel Ahmed This winter, we are pleased to have four outstanding Assistant Editors for SocialFinance.ca. Each brings relevant experience, passion for the field, and a unique perspective. We look...
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The Social Innovation Research Group
By Remi Kanji The Social Innovation Research Group (SIRG) is a Taiwan based think tank studying how and why social innovation entities succeed or fail. To understand the trajectory of social...
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Scaling Social Enterprise - Balancing “Doing Well” with “Doing Good”
By Melinda Jacobs At the recent Global Social Innovator’s Forum in Singapore, I attended a workshop by Bain and Co. about the assessment of social enterprises from the perspectives of “doing well”,...
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School for Social Entrepreneurs - Meet the Fellows
By Verity Dimock I’m a social entrepreneur and I have an inside track to the new School for Social Entrepreneurs here in Toronto, the SSE-O, as I am a part of the first cohort of twenty social...
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