A growing network of Canadian organizations and professionals are exploring Social Acquisitions for Business Recovery (SABR), a strategy that sees conventional enterprises transition into social purpose enterprising forms (like a co-op, a social enterprise, a charity, a non-profit, or any combination of the same).

Join to hear about hard work being done and opportunities being created to Activate and Design SABR solutions, participate in some engaging social innovation activities that will spark your creativity, and forge powerful new connections with Canadian professionals who are leading the charge in Social Acquisitions for Business Recovery. All are welcome!

This event is designed to engage the entirety of the Leadership Legacy Lab Community from across Canada, including stakeholders in social enterprise and co-operative development, small business succession and recovery, and social finance.

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This webinar is presented by CMC’s Canada’s Emerging Co‑operators. The study Co‑operatives and Mutuals in the Age of Uncertainty done by Co‑operatives and Mutuals Canada in collaboration with Abacus Data, clearly shows that millennials and post-millennials share the values associated with the co‑operative model, but don’t know much about it. In this webinar, engaged young co‑operative professionals, will share their answers to some of the following important questions and many more! 

How can we raise the profile of the co‑operative sector and introduce it to the next generation of members, consumers and      citizens? 

To be attractive to millennials and post‑millennials, are today’s co‑operatives promoting enough the foundational principles and      values at the origin of the co-op movement? 

Could an emphasis on the values and principles attract the next generation of leaders and help them meet the demands of socially conscious consumers?

What challenges and opportunities does the sector face? 

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Learn more about how your co-operative can tap into funding and expertise related to the Investment Readiness Program, an initiative of the federal government aiming to support, launch, design, measure and develop social purpose organizations for their participation in the social finance market. 

Facilitator: Nadia Djinnit, Project Manager—Social Innovation/Finance Partnerships, Co-operative and Mutuals Canada

Panelists:  

Michael Toye, Executive Director, The Canadian CED Network

David Rooney, Policy Officer - Social Innovation and Community Development Directorate, Employment and Social Development Canada

Robin Wisener, Senior Policy Analyst - Social Innovation and Community Development Directorate, Employment and Social Development Canada

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Are you an organization looking for financial stability in a time of chaos?  Are you an organization with broad community support for your mission and services?  Looking for ways to your social capital into financial capital? Do you have a capital project on your organization's plans, such as buying your building, starting a housing project, a renovation and expansion – that has been too long in the waiting? We may have the solution!

Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA), along with Tapestry Community Capital, is hosting a one-hour webinar to introduce organizations to the concept of community bonds and how they can benefit Alberta based co-operatives, not-for-profit organizations, and charities who are looking to raise funds for capital projects, including buildings or major equipment in the next twelve months.

Through this webinar, you will learn about social financing options that can help you raise capital in a way that generates both a social and financial return. In many cases, these bonds are eligible as RRSP/TFSA investments, a great vehicle for people wanting to make a local social and financial investment.

Who should participate: Alberta based co-ops, not-for-profit organizations, and charities who are raising capital in the next 12 months. 

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