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It's Time for a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy for Canada
Posted: July 23, 2018
The government needs to ‘do different,’ by rethinking the way they partner with social purpose organizations and empowering community-level responses to the challenges that matter to them. Let’s unleash the potential of social innovation and social finance to address Canada’s most intractable social and environmental challenges.
What is social innovation and social finance?
New BC Community Benefits Agreement Aims to Create Trades Opportunities for Indigenous Peoples, Women and Youth
Posted: July 19, 2018
A new, landmark agreement for key public-sector infrastructure projects in B.C. will deliver good-paying jobs, better training and apprenticeships, and more trades opportunities for Indigenous peoples, women and youth around the province.
Investing in Canada Plan will Require Major Infrastructure Projects to Include Community Employment Benefits
Posted: June 27, 2018
The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, have announced a new measure aimed at ensuring that when building new infrastructure projects, proponents take into consideration the social and economic impact their project will have on the community and how they can encourag
Connected and Ready: The Impact of the Manitoba Social Enterprise Strategy
Newfoundland and Labrador Releases Social Enterprise Action Plan
Posted: May 31, 2018