Women-led businesses have the power to transform
Why supporting SMEs supports women Amidst all the global effort and resources aimed at improving the lives of women, there is one vehicle for change that does not often figure into the discussion: the businesses that employ them. Small and medium sized enterprises...
BC: The Vermont of Canada?
Community Interest Companies Consultation by the BC Ministry of Finance By Stacey Corriveau On October 20, the BC Ministry of Finance announced that it is, "considering amendments to the Business Corporations Act to allow for the incorporation of a new...
Social Finance: A National Imperative and Nascent Opportunity
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...
In the Investor’s Chair: YSEC deliberates
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...
Financing Toilets: Acumen Fund’s workshop on social impact investing
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...
The Wapikoni or the tin can
À première vue, ce n’est qu’une boîte de conserve Camion de touriste, installé dans ma réserve Qui aurait cru que c’était un incubateur à rêves J’ai vu des gens y entrer et en sortir tout émerveillés Simplement pour jaser et être écoutés D’autres qui...
TEDx: Toronto’s new agora
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...
SMEs and global finance: The missing link
{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...
The Maasai: Doing it for themselves
{jcomments on} On a recent media trip to Kenya, my world seemingly turned upside down. Morning wake-up calls consisted of playful hippos twelve feet from my perch. Lions, monkeys and leopards danced in our midst. And I fell asleep to the sounds of aptly titled bush...
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