By Ilse Treurnicht Originally published in socialfinance.ca Canada, like many other jurisdictions, is at an innovation crossroads. Governments are faced with tough choices as the global economy finds a new normal, against the backdrop of increasingly complex...

Written by Nogah Kornberg, Executive Director, Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada   In late September, the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada and the Acumen Fund Toronto Chapter joined to host "In the Investor’s Chair." We used the time to go through a...

Provision of basic sanitation goes to the heart of human dignity and improving health and well-being of populations. And yet, it is the single most neglected target of the Millennium Development Goals.   So where does social entrepreneurship fit in all this?   This...

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In the good ol' Greece of yore, the agora was a much-heralded political and commercial space where Athenians would gather to buy and sell goods, discuss politics, and share ideas. Some of the greatest thinkers of the time—Socrates, Plato and Aristotle—were known to...

{jcomments on}Ashokas Changemakers and G-20 team to rebuild local economies worldwide There exists a sector in the global economy representing more than 95% of the world’s business, contributing to over 50% of the world’s GDP, supporting large multi-national...