Chemistry lessons for creating a social finance reaction
Perhaps chemistry has some lessons to teach us about how to catalyze the connections between the demand for, and supply of, social finance. A chemical reaction occurs where specific amount(s) of reactant(s) combine to create (expected or unexpected) products. This...
New partnership to build Canada’s impact-investing marketplace
Canada, like many other jurisdictions, is at an innovation crossroads. The global economy is finding a new normal. Increasingly complex societal challenges are crippling communities, education, and health care systems and the environment. These challenges require a...
The simple logistics of international aid
Scott Gilmore offers a bet. With one phone call, the Ottawa native said he could get a trailer filled with bottled water shipped to the most remote corners of the world within a few days. We took his word for it. Few people know more about moving the nuts...
Legal structures for social enterprise: What’s law got to do with it?
There’s a movement underfoot. A call to action to establish a separate legal structure for social enterprise in Canada. And, like many issues in this cozy world we inhabit, the quest is challenging, dare I even say divisive. “What’s that?” you ask incredulously....
CAPE Fund: Paul Martin’s quest continues
The CAPE (Capital for Aboriginal Prosperity and Entrepreneurship) Fund may have launched in 2009 but its seeds were planted years ago. A $50 million private-sector investment fund initiated by the right Honourable Paul Martin and his son David, one could say its...
In the Business of Change written by SEE Change publisher & editor Elisa Birnbaum highlights social entrepreneurs around the world. Get your print or audiobook where you normally buy or download books Learn More
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