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The purpose of this report is to support the discussions of the Canadian Women’s Foundation Economic Development Planning Committee in their review of the Foundation’s economic development work. The report…
This SROI analysis of Pack-IT, commissioned by Social Firms UK, focuses on the incremental social value created by the company by employing disabled people, over and above what would be…
The Business of Inclusion is a series of reports documenting the findings from research on the developmental stage of the Toronto Enterprise Fund and the enterprises it supports. The twenty…
This paper presents the text of remarks delivered at the 2012 Social Finance Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District on November 8-9, 2012. Social Return on Investment is an…
Investors in either for-profit (FP) social purpose businesses or funders in not-for-profit (NFP) revenue-generating social enterprises are investing in exciting social ventures in order to generate social and/or environmental impact….
Operation Come Home’s Reunite Program is the only national program in Canada dedicated to reuniting homeless youth with their families. Each year, the organisation reunites an average of 75 families…
The Vibrant Communities (2002 – 2010) Evaluation Report contains the findings of a nine-year experiment that demonstrates the positive impacts of an innovative and collaborative approach to fighting poverty that…
Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) were created by the Federal Government in consultation with Aboriginal leaders in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. The intended purpose of AFIs was to have…
The Neighbourhoods Alive! (NA!) Community Outcomes Evaluation focused on the NA! strategy and model as well as the progress achieved by key program components, namely: the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF);…
This report presents the results of the Canadian Women’s Foundation Economic Development Collaborative Fund. The Collaborative Fund was a five-year $4.8 million program that provided financial and technical support to…
Skilled immigrants have been identified as a key source of labour supply for addressing the expected labour market shortages in Canada arising from an aging population and strong economic growth…
For more than ten years, RDÉE Canada (Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité) has collaborated with provincial and territorial organizations (12 RDÉE) to enhance the vitality and support the development…
