SiG People

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

SiG is a national collaboration addressing Canada's social and ecological challenges by creating a culture of continuous social innovation

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