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Impact Investing: A Tool for New Partnerships for Sustainable Development

genevieveharrison — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:52:34 +0000

Please check out the , by Ted Jackson and commissioned by the Canadian NGO WUSC, on how international volunteer cooperation organizations (IVCOs) can engage in impact investing.�� An IVCO can serve as an investor or co-investor, financial product developer, business advisor, evaluator or field builder, or pursue a combination of these roles.

A Need for Affordable Student Housing? The Results of the 3ci Student Housing Survey are in

genevieveharrison — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 20:21:35 +0000

Between September 2016 and January 2017, CUSA partnered with the Dr. Tessa Hebb and Research Assistant Brittany Stares of the �Ӱ�ԭ�� Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) to conduct a survey of �Ӱ�ԭ�� University students about the nature, availability and affordability of student housing in Ottawa. Nearly 600 students responded.

The results of this survey are being used to find solutions that work for the students and larger community in Ottawa.�� Please for the Charlatan story on the actions being taken.�� Please�� for the survey results.

New report on Social Value Purchasing just released!

genevieveharrison — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:04:25 +0000

Most public contracting authorities agree with the benefits of integrating social value considerations into their procurement processes to generate positive social, economic and environmental impacts for communities. However, few contracting authorities engage in measuring and evaluating the outcomes and impacts of their SVP policies and programs.

This research by Dr. Tessa Hebb and Dr. Heather Hachigian finds that barriers to measuring and evaluating SVP relate to two themes: resource challenges and interpretation challenges. For more, please :

CIIX to pilot in three communities in Canada

genevieveharrison — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:48:04 +0000

The Canadian Impact Infrastructure Exchange (CIIX) launched its pilot program with��City of Vancouver, City of Toronto and City of Charlottetown����that will analyze three real world infrastructure projects. ��Beginning in late 2016, ��we will perform a comprehensive sustainability analysis of the three proposed infrastructure plans (or design, depending on project stage) ensuring high ESG standards integrated in the infrastructure offering.�� We will bundle the three small projects into an investment ready opportunity and engage responsible and impact investors in this opportunity. The pilots will test this approach to creating high ESG standards in an infrastructure portfolio for responsible investors.

To see more on the CIIX pilots, please .

CISED – Unleashed

genevieveharrison — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:15:43 +0000

Join 3ci’s Tessa Hebb at Unleashed, a one day conference designed to bring thinkers, disrupters, and doers together to learn and to share their knowledge and insights around the growing social enterprise landscape.�� The conference is powered by the Centre for Innovative Social Enterprise Development (CISED). This year, CISED is excited to showcase the incredible work of the sector while helping to define the different roles that can be played in growing social enterprise in Ottawa.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.

Co-develop a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy with the Government of Canada

genevieveharrison — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:09:19 +0000

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Call for Nominations

Co-develop a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy with the Government of Canada

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The Government of Canada wants to outline a new vision for social innovation and social finance. Be part of the Steering Group that will co-create the Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy.

The Government is looking for 15 leaders, practitioners and experts with:

·�� knowledge and expertise in the areas of social innovation and/or social finance, including social enterprise and social economy;

·�� ability to participate constructively in policy discussions; and

·�� ability to mobilize networks and build consensus.

and share this call for nominations with your network and social media followers using Twitter at #socinn #socfin

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Deadline is Monday, November 21, 2016��

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The Steering Group will participate in consultation activities to gather the perspectives of all stakeholders on social innovation and social finance, including social enterprise and social economy. They will decide on which issues should be addressed through the Strategy and oversee the initial design work on policy measures being proposed in a draft Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy that will be submitted for Government consideration in the course of 2017.

The views gathered through this engagement process will play an important role in informing and bringing stakeholders’ voice and priorities to the Government.

For more information please visit:

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Yours sincerely,

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The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos �� The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk

Minister of Families, Children and Social Development�� Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

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Moving to Impact : Responsible Investing in Canada

karenreiner — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:00:15 +0000

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Moving to Impact – Responsible Investing in Canada
October 19 – 20, 2016
�Ӱ�ԭ�� University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Full Rate after September 1st, 2016: ��$280.00
Students (no meals): Free
Students with meal voucher: $100.00

Spaces are limited, so register as soon as possible!

Special rates for the Ottawa Westin Hotel Available,

Gordon L. Clark

Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford

Full Profile

Cary Krosinsky

Independent author, educator and advisor

Full Profile

Shannon Phillips

Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister Responsible for the Climate Change Office, Government of Alberta

Full Profile

Paul Shrivastava

Executive Director of Future Earth

Full Profile

A detailed conference agenda can be

A full listing of speaker biographies can be

Exploring Social Finance Models for the Settlement Sector

genevieveharrison — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:57:12 +0000

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April 7, 2016

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Social finance is attracting increasing attention across Canada, and there is potential for its use in the settlement sector. Benefits of social finance extend well beyond leveraging new sources of funding. Social finance encourages innovation and new forms of collaboration and can help support the sustainability of service delivery organizations, including those in the settlement sector

This webinar will explore how social finance models can lead to improved outcomes for individual newcomers and settlement service provider organizations. The webinar will introduce participants to research currently underway on how social finance could be used to assist Canadian newcomers and service provider organizations. The presentation will feature prominent social finance models already being used, and those with strong potential to address challenges in the settlement sector.

Presentation topics include:

· A review of potential benefits and implications of a social finance approach

· An overview of social finance models that are relevant to the sector

· Examples of the opportunities and challenges when these models are applied in practice

· An interactive question and answer session
Webinar participants will have the opportunity to sign-up to receive updates and referrals to additional resources for exploring the potential benefits of social finance for their own purposes.

Who should participate?

The presentation is relevant to service provider organizations, settlement networks and a wide range of partners working in both social finance and settlement sector areas.

��Webinar Details & Registration

· Webinar: Exploring Social Finance Models for the Settlement Sector

· Date:��Thursday, April 7, 2016

· Time:��11:00 am – 12:30 pm (PST) / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EST)

· Location:��Online

· Registration Cost:��Free for all

CCOC is looking for a Project Manager to assist in creating new affordable housing

genevieveharrison — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:21:48 +0000

CCOC is an innovative and award-winning non-profit landlord and a recognized affordable housing leader with over 50 properties located in downtown Ottawa providing nearly 1,600 affordable homes. For over 40 years, CCOC has created, maintained and promoted housing for low and moderate income people.

CCOC is currently seeking a Development Project Manager to oversee the planning and implementation of affordable housing and mixed use social-purpose real estate projects.

For more, please .

Investing in Impact Opportunity with Purpose Capital

genevieveharrison — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:23:28 +0000

Purpose Capital is seeking an experienced, entrepreneurial and energetic leader to join their team as a , responsible for leading the next phase of growth in a practice that works with asset owners and asset managers across North America to design, implement, and evaluate strategies for investing in impact.

This practice currently works with a range of leading impact investors, including those with some of the most significant impact investment and field-building commitments to the sector, such as the mobilization of , and .

This year, in addition to advising several other foundations on designing and implementing their impact investment strategies, Purpose Capital are working with the , and will be .

The Director of Impact Advisory Services role will leverage our existing experience, skills and knowledge, to take grow the practice’s client base, thought leadership, and international presence. Purpose Capital sees many opportunities to expand the breadth and depth of their work with impact investors, and are seeking a passionate and pragmatic leader to help them get there.