SiG Collaborators
- Tim Brodhead, President and CEO of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
- Tim Draimin, Executive Director of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) - Chair, Causeway Social Finance
- Al Etmanski, President and Co-Founder PLAN
- Frances Westley, JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation, University of Waterloo
- Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS
- Stephen Huddart, Chief Operating Officer, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
- Cheryl Rose, Director, Partnerships and Projects for SiG@Waterloo
Associates
- James Tansey, Director, Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation
- Rick Blickstead, Chief Executive Officer, Wellesley Institute
SiG Team
- Lisa Torjman, Associate, Social Entrepreneurship and SiG@MaRS
- Brianna Hunter,
Special Projects & Communications Coordinator, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
- Catherine Mombourquette, Assistant to the Chair, SiG@Waterloo
- Renjie Butalid, Communications Coordinator, SiG@Waterloo
- Sam Laban, Events Coordinator, SiG@Waterloo
- Robin Cory, Program Manager, SiG
- Miri Katz, Associate, SiG
- Adam Jagelewski, Causeway Social Finance
- Geraldine Cahill, Communications Coordinator, SiG and SiG@MaRS
- Norm Tasevski, Social Entrepreneur in Residence, SiG@MaRS
- Carol-Ann Smith, Associate, SiG@MaRS
- Cheryl May, Social Entrepreneur in Residence, SiG@MaRS
- Marisa Fortune, Associate, SiG@MaRS
SiG Fellows
Social innovation by definition is a collaborative process and SiG has established working relationships with a number of thought leaders and practitioners who have agreed to be fellows to the initiative. This group currently includes:
- Michael Manolson, Waterloo (ongoing)
- Sean Moore, SiG National, (ongoing)
- Eric Young, Waterloo (ongoing)
- Brenda Zimmerman, Waterloo (ongoing)
- Janice Stein, Waterloo
- Tad Homer-Dixon, Waterloo
- Buzz Holling, Waterloo
- Henry Mintzberg, Waterloo
- Vickie Cammack, McConnell
- Anil Patel of the Framework Foundation, McConnell
- Cindy Blackstock, McConnell
- Tonya Surman, Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation, SiG@MaRS
McConnell Research Fellowships
- Nino Andtadze
- Michelle Lee Moore
- Kirsten Robinson
- Ola Tjornbo
- Mike Dwyer
- Darcy Riddell
Other Members and Affiliates
- Sean Geobey, SiG@Waterloo Research Graduate Student
- Carin Holdroyd, PhD, SiG@Waterloo and Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo
- Dan McCarthy, PhD, SiG@Waterloo and Department of Environment & Resource Studies, University of Waterloo
