Category: Finance
TELUS has announced the launch of its new TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, a $100 million social impact investment fund created to power responsible and sustainable startup businesses. The fund will…
The federal government’s role as backstop during the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t end with the first wave of reopening—Canada needs to step up with more investments to ensure a just, equitable…
CCEDNet Manitoba is pleased to help shape Manitoba’s 2020-21 provincial budget through our submission. Our briefing was sent last week to Minister of Finance Scott Fielding. The submission involves eight recommendations…
Black People and Social Finance: Money Pools Counteract Racial Capitalism of Minorities in the West builds on the seminal edited work by Ardener and Burman Money Go Rounds (1996) in…
As a researcher and advocate of social finance, I welcomed the news that the Canadian federal government invested $800 million last year towards social innovation and social finance (known as #sisf on…
The Government of Canada has announced a call for applications for a Social Innovation Advisory Council. The Advisory Council will provide strategic advice and subject matter expertise to the Government…
Jean-Yves Duclos makes the announcement on Wednesday as representatives of National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, the Chantier de l’économie sociale, Community Foundations Canada, and the Canadian Women’s Foundation look on….
In May 2018, the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology issued a report entitled The Federal Role in a Social Finance Fund. The Committee’s recommendations included the federal…
The Green Pastures Society Network equips organizations with the knowledge and Financial Advocacy tools to help their clients get the financial and other economic resources that they are entitled to from…
The Government of Canada will soon be launching a program to help social purpose organizations improve their ability to participate in the social finance market. The Investment and Readiness Stream…
This Spring, CCEDNet Manitoba and Social Innovation Canada (an emerging national network of social innovators, hosted locally by the Social Enterprise Centre in Winnipeg) are working together to explore how…
Calling Canada’s Amazing Social Entrepreneurs: Applications Open for the $100,000 Social EnterPrize The Social EnterPrize seeks to celebrate and advance leadership and excellence in social entrepreneurship across Canada. Process: If…