1 May 2013
I am pleased to share with you the news that I have accepted a new role as the Executive Director of the Imagination Catalyst at the Ontario College of Art & Design University starting May 2013. The Imagination Catalyst is a student and alumni-centred entrepreneurship and innovation incubator/accelerator. It provides workspace, mentorship, workshops, and networking [...] More →
25 Mar 2013
Until this year, there has been no social purpose business or limited liability legal organizational structure option available in Canada. You may recall from reading this blog that back in May, 2012, the British Columbia Business Incorporations Act was amended to create Canada’s first such option. The new structure is called a Community Contribution [...] More →
30 Jan 2013
Wow. The term social enterprise continues to create confusion. No wonder. Different communities use this term to describe their unique perspectives on a typology of enterprise types. For example, the tech community tends to use the term “social enterprise” to refer to organizations which effectively leverage social media technologies to further their objectives. In [...] More →
25 Jan 2013
And this is exactly what I intend to do while I am there! Me, and about 1500 other attendees. This year’s conference (Feb 8/9) features over 100 speakers, 25 sessions, and 6 tracks including impact investing, a spotlight on water, and host of skill building sessions. There are also 4 keynote speakers including Tracy Pilandjian [...] More →
15 Jan 2013
This is an amazing organization based out of the U.K. Their purpose: ”We harness women’s skills to create robust social businesses, projects, and networks, that create a positive social and environmental impact. Together with the network members, we are building trading and learning platforms to break through mainstream supply-chains.” Worth the time to check into [...] More →
22 Aug 2012
The Zugunruhe Project and the Queen’s Centre for Responsible Leadership is collaborating again to bring you another informative workshop on the emerging social enterprise space in Toronto on Friday, September 21st from 9-4pm! The goal of the workshop is to emerging social enterprise sector’s “for profit” segment, including an introduction to the players, metrics, and emerging [...] More →
30 May 2012
Well here is a brief summary of the day! See the official write up below! Insights from first Discovery Learning Workshop on Social Enterprise On May 23rd, the Centre hosted the first in a series of Discovery Learning Workshops on Social Enterprise. This workshop series is designed to help participants learn about how we [...] More →
29 May 2012
OK. I am a social enterprise nerd, among other things. And so it would not be surprising that I would leave a whole day spent learning and talking about the fast evolving social enterprise landscape with great enthusiasm. On May 23rd, I along with the wonderful people from the Centre for Responsible Leadership at the [...] More →
22 May 2012
For those of you who continually search for less confusing or constraining definitions of social enterprise, I wanted to direct you to www.socialtraders.com. This organization launched a seminal research project called FASES. The FASES research is a unique collaboration between Social Traders and the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) at Queensland [...] More →
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