Canadian Task Force on Social Finance celebrates a year of momentum
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One short year ago, the Task Force on Social Finance released its report, Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good. It was time to more formally embrace the growing impact investment movement as a viable and necessary economic activity for Canada. |
The Task Force on Social Finance was conceived by SiG, a national partnership of organizations focused on understanding, catalyzing and implementing transformative social innovation.
Over the past three years, the SiG team – having identified social finance as a critical and timely lever to accelerate innovation – has worked with partners nationally and internationally to conduct the background research for the Task Force and monitor developments at home and abroad.
SiG Social Impact Webinar Series
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Canadians are proud of living in a country that has integrated people from all corners of the globe, benefiting from their mix of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives. from: In a world of unpredictable change, what Canada needs most is Resilience, McConnell Foundation (2011) |
Social Innovation Generation is in the midst of its first Inspiring Action for Social Impact Series focused entirely on Canadian ideas in social innovation.
We are past the half-way point in the series now and we have heard terrific presentations from Frances Westley, Stephen Huddart, Allyson Hewitt, Cheryl Rose, Tim Draimin and Al Etmanski. On January 11th, 2012, Tim Brodhead presents on "Key trends in philanthropy for grant seekers from a Social Innovation perspective."
Full event details and all webinar recordings to date
Latest from the blog:
Al Etmanski, President and Co-Founder PLAN, SiG Director
Together: Respecting the Future is now on-line
This draft report represents the current thinking of members of the BC Government’s Advisory Council on Social Entrepreneurship on how best to address our province’s tough social challenges now and in the future. We have chosen Bill Reid’s Spirit Canoe as our enabling metaphor. This mythical canoe which is on the back of every twenty dollar bill holds a variety of diverse occupants, not always in harmony, who have to work together to navigate the challenges of their environment.
SiG Social Impact Webinar Series
Nov 2 - Jan 16, 2012- online
Social Finance Forum: Investing in Good Deals December 13 & 14 - MaRS Discovery District
Thinking Like a Movement A Retreat for Social Change Makers. January 15-19, 2012, BC
