Constant Strategic Innovation at the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI at CSI.
September 29, 2022
In this conversation with Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI, we hear about the effect of COVID on their core social purpose coworking space and significant strategic changes happening at CSI. We see the value of CSi (and other nonprofits) owning real estate, unpack SI…
Paulina Cameron: A changemaker supporting women entrepreneurs, individually and systemically
August 4, 2022
In this episode, we talk to Paulina Cameron, a Globe and Mail ’22 Changemaker and CEO of The Forum, a Vancouver-based charity teaching, mentoring and supporting women entrepreneurs across Canada to take their businesses to the next level. We hear about the challenges and opportunities the organization and women entrepreneurs…
Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with SI Canada’s Andrea Nemtin
July 21, 2022
We’re reposting this great podcast from June/21, in recognition of the important social innovation work to be done and being done in Canada, and the time and effort needed to socialize this systems-change thinking. Enjoy! Our guest today is Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of SI Canada. Sally and Andrea talk…
Catalyzing Local Action on Climate Change through Collective Impact
May 12, 2022
Bianca Caramento is the Manager of the Bay Area Climate Change Council, leading the collective impact initiative to advance and accelerate climate change action in the cities of Burlington and Hamilton. She shares with us the structure behind this collective, with her “backbone” role housed in the Centre for Climate…
Connecting for Impact – April 7, 2022
March 21, 2022
https://youtu.be/kEcSPW-Tzgw Connecting for Impact is a new monthly panel discussion series offered by Social Impact Advisors the goal of which is to make space for connection, sharing ideas and professional development for people in the social benefit sector. April 7, 2022 SIA’s Lynn Fergusson was joined by Joyce Sou, Director, Business…
Growing Business for Good…brought to you by the United Way
October 14, 2021
In this episode, Mary Ellen Schaafsma, Director and Co-Founder of the Social Purpose Institute (SPI) at United Way BC, shares the concept of businesses having a social purpose as their reason for being, beyond profit. Over the last 5 years, SPI has been piloting programming to help businesses determine and…
Social Robots are reducing seniors’ social isolation
September 2, 2021
Lee St. James founded Social Robots to apply her tech background to a social issue, close to home. Not able to spend as much time with her father while seeing the effects of social isolation, she took action. Through this social enterprise, and with help from an Investment Readiness Program…
How B Lab is leveraging business for climate justice, racial equity, and a stakeholder-driven economic system
August 5, 2021
Kara Peck, Senior Director, Strategy + Partnerships, B Lab US & Canada shares their journey to strategic clarity for their organization and for making a real difference in the world. Leveraging a time of organizational and societal change, they have developed a Theory of Change, creating alignment around a new…
Building Welcoming Community: An update from our friends at Together Project
July 8, 2021
Our guests in this episode are Anna Hill and Andrew Lusztyk, co-directors and founders at Together Project, a charitable initiative on the Makeway Shared Platform. Together Project connects refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Together Project is founded on the simple idea that social networks…
Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with SI Canada & Andrea Nemtin
June 11, 2021
Our guest today is Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of SI Canada. Sally and Andrea talk about what Social Innovation is, the history of the field in Canada, and how Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada) came to be. Andrea talks about the priorities of the organization as our country emerges from…