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...
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...
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 and...
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. “An...
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...
