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The Ontario Government is considering hybrid legislation for social enterprises (allowing private profit and ensuring social good) and the Federal Government is asking for comments about amending their Business corporation to allow the same. ONN is currently involved in a panel discussion with the Ontario government and is preparing a brief for the Federal consultation.

This webinar will provide a briefing of the hybrid models under discussion and seek participants' feedback and comments. We would also like to hear from participants about the regulatory and legislative changes they need for their social enterprise work within charities and nonprofits.

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Key values: government, non-profit, private sector, academic sector, impact investment, best practices

How much can Canada learn about social finance from the UK? In its 2010 report, the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance described Canada as standing to gain from the expansion of an impact investing market that can “more efficiently connect the best people and the most innovative ideas to the private capital they need to tackle complex societal problems, create jobs and strengthen communities.” In this regard, Canada can extract several important lessons from the UK experience, and from the international Social Impact Investment Taskforce launched by the G8.

Sir Ronald Cohen, who has championed impact investment, venture capital and private equity in the UK, will speak about the imperative to harness entrepreneurship, innovation and capital to address social challenges. Join us at this MaRS Global Leadership event, where Sir Ronald will speak about:

• Key factors that have accelerated the growth of the impact investment market in the UK;
• lessons drawn from venture capital markets;
• the potential for additional actions by governments, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and other actors to contribute to the growth of a global impact investment market;
• early findings from the Social Impact Investment Taskforce launched by the G8, which Sir Ronald chairs and which Ted Anderson, director of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, serves on as Canada’s non-government representative; and
• possible lessons for Canada in building its impact investment market.

The UK has pioneered a number of developments in impact investing. The launch of Big Society Capital in 2012, under Sir Ronald’s chairmanship, is perhaps the most notable—this impact investment bank manages £400 million in unclaimed assets from British bank accounts combined with £200 million from commercial banks, and directs significant amounts of capital to social sector programs and enterprises in the UK.

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Speaker

Sir Ronald Cohen, Sector Representative and Chairman, Social Impact Investment Taskforce; Chairman, The Portland Trust

Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder and director of Big Society Capital and Social Finance USA and was a co-founder of Bridges Ventures. Sir Ronald is also Chairman of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce launched by the G8, and chaired the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). He was a co-founder and director of Social Finance UK (2007-11). In 2012, Sir Ronald received the Rockefeller Innovation Award for innovation in social finance.

He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association. He was also a founder and former Vice-Chairman of EASDAQ and a director of NASDAQ Europe.

He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship. He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School, and a director of the Harvard Management Company. He is a Vice-Chairman of Ben Gurion University and a member of the University of Oxford Investment Committee. He is a former Trustee of the British Museum (2005-2012) and a former trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (2005-2011). In 2007, Sir Ronald published: “The Second Bounce of the Ball – Turning Risk into Opportunity”.

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The price of this course is reduced thanks to a grant from the CHS Foundation.

Learn the basics of cooperatives, cooperative economics, and the practice of cooperation with everyday practitioners. Cooperatives are democratically owned and operated businesses and organizations that meet the needs of their membership and community. Through activities, guided readings, and facilitated conversations with co-op professionals and other students, participants will become familiar with how co-ops work and the growing cooperative movement.

You will receive a certificate upon completetion of this course.

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Please note that the times are subject to change according to student needs.

Highlights:

• Learn with co-op educators, developers, and co-op professionals
• Develop an understanding of cooperatives and the cooperative economy
• Learn about and participate in the burgeoning cooperative movement

TESA has developed a wide range of educational resources and programs that have been implemented on local, regional, national, and even international levels. Our cooperative work includes creating Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives; fostering nearly 100 workshops around the country in 2012; coordinating Cultivate.Coop; working with four different organizations on cooperative incubation programs; leading cooperative courses at Greenfield Community College; and much more.

This course will be offered again every other month.

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The price of this course is reduced thanks to a grant from the CHS Foundation.

Learn the basics of cooperatives, cooperative economics, and the practice of cooperation with everyday practitioners. Cooperatives are democratically owned and operated businesses and organizations that meet the needs of their membership and community. Through activities, guided readings, and facilitated conversations with co-op professionals and other students, participants will become familiar with how co-ops work and the growing cooperative movement.

You will receive a certificate upon completetion of this course.

This course will be offered again on June 12th. Registration is open for either date.

Register now

Please note that the times are subject to change according to student needs.

Highlights:

• Learn with co-op educators, developers, and co-op professionals
• Develop an understanding of cooperatives and the cooperative economy
• Learn about and participate in the burgeoning cooperative movement

TESA has developed a wide range of educational resources and programs that have been implemented on local, regional, national, and even international levels. Our cooperative work includes creating Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives; fostering nearly 100 workshops around the country in 2012; coordinating Cultivate.Coop; working with four different organizations on cooperative incubation programs; leading cooperative courses at Greenfield Community College; and much more.

This course will be offered again every other month.