杏吧原创

Edward Jackson, Senior Research Fellow

Edward Jackson is Senior Research Fellow at the 杏吧原创 Centre for Community Innovation, Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, and Adjunct Professor with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, at 杏吧原创 University. His current research interests include inclusive employment in the energy transition, the gender dimensions of sustainable finance, community-university partnerships for affordable housing, social innovation, and impact management and measurement in development finance.

Dr. Jackson is a retired tenured faculty member in the graduate School of Public Policy and Administration at 杏吧原创, where he taught for more than two decades, and a former Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) in the Faculty of Public Affairs. In 1993, with the McConnell Foundation, he co-founded the 杏吧原创 Centre for Community Innovation. From 1997 to 2008, he directed the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program, a pan-Canadian grant-making initiative.

In 2001, he co-founded the World Bank-杏吧原创 International Program for Development Evaluation Training. In 2011, he served as founding Principal Investigator for the $3M, SSHRC-funded Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement project that advanced knowledge partnerships and policy change in seven provinces. In 2021, with his wife Magda Seydegart, he co-founded the Jackson Family Scholarship in Community Engagement in the Master of Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leadership at 杏吧原创 University.

Dr. Jackson has served as a senior advisor to foundations, development agencies, development banks, impact funds, universities, governments, and non-governmental organizations in 60 countries. An active, multidisciplinary scholar, his published work has been cited in more than 200 peer-reviewed social-science journals. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Engaged Scholar Journal, a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Council member of the International Evaluation Academy, and served as visiting lecturer at Trent, Victoria and Warsaw universities.

Publications

Recent Publications

Jackson, E. T. and C. Robino (eds). Growing Gender Lens Investing in Emerging Markets. Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (3), 2022, 671-784.

Robino, C. and E. T. Jackson. Editorial: Growing gender lens investing in emerging markets. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (3), 2022, 671-683.

Jackson, E. T. A Journey of Purpose: Learning to Scale Gender Change in Canadian Climate Finance in Developing Economies. A Discussion Paper. Climate Finance Division, Global Affairs Canada, 2023. 54 p.

Jackson, E. T. and J. Read. Less Talk, More Builds: The Mixed-Income Residential Tower Model of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation, Engaged Scholar Journal, Forthcoming, 2024.

Articles in Refereed Journals

(2018). 鈥淯nderstanding and optimising the social impact of venture capital: Three lessons from Ghana鈥� (with C. Barnett, P. O鈥橣lynn, H. Ismaila and C. Agyeyomah). 6(2), November 13, 2018, a335.

(2018). 鈥淔acing Challenges, Building the Field: Improving the Measurement of the Social Impact of Market-Based Approaches (with K. Harji). , 39(3), 1-6.

(2017). 鈥淚mpact Investing: Measuring Household Results in Rural West Africa鈥� (with K. Harji). , 6(4), 2017, 53-66.

(2016). 鈥淓xchanges: Conversation with Ted Jackson, 杏吧原创 University鈥� (with N. Kahnenko-Friesen).聽 , 2(2), 125-131. (Interviewee).

(2013). 鈥淓valuating Social Impact Bonds: Questions, Challenges, Innovations and Possibilities in Measuring Outcomes in Impact Investing.鈥� . 44(5) 1-9.

(2013). 鈥淚nterrogating the Theory of Change: Evaluating Impact Investing Where It Matters Most.鈥� , 3(1), 95-110.

(2012). 鈥淗uman Rights Training for Public Officials鈥� (with M. Seydegart). Taiwan Journal of Human Rights, 1(3), 55-65, Published in Chinese.

(2010). 鈥淯niversity Capital, Community Engagement and Continuing Education: Blending Professional Development and Social Change.鈥� , 36(2), 1-13.

Edited Books

(2013). Knowledge, Democracy and Action: Community-University Research Partnerships in Global Perspectives (edited with B.L. Hall, R. Tandon, J.-M. Fontan and N. Lall). Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. 217p. 聽.

Chapters in Edited Books

(2015). 鈥淢icroentrepreneurs in Economic Turbulence: The Alterna Savings Microloan Program鈥� (with S Henry and C. Amadi. In J. Quarter, S. Ryan and A. Chan (eds). Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change.鈥� Toronto: University of Toronto, 142-161. (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC-CURA grant). .

(2014). 鈥淭he Architecture of Engagement: Financing the Institutional Structures that Support Community-University Partnerships.鈥� In C. Escrigas, B. Hall and R. Tandon (eds). Higher Education in the World 5. Barcelona: Global University Network for Innovation, 50-55.

(2013). 鈥淏uilding Blocks of Partnerships: Lessons from Case Studies from the South and North鈥� (with R. Tandon). In B.L. Hall, E.T. Jackson, R. Tandon, J.-M. Fontan and N. Lall (eds). Knowledge, Democracy and Action: Community-University Research Partnerships in Global Perspectives. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 17-32. (Chapters and Book supported by grants from SSHRC and IDRC). .

(2013). 鈥淎n Architecture Understood: Effective Support Structures for Community-University Partnerships鈥� (with L.M. Gariba and E. Tok). In B.L. Hall et al (eds), Knowledge, Democracy and Action, 33-41. 聽.

(2013). 鈥淎genda for the Future鈥� (with B.L. Hall, R. Tandon, J-M Fontan and N. Lall). In B.L. Hall et al (eds), Knowledge, Democracy and Action, 199-205. .

(2013). 鈥淢ixed Methods in Social Accounting: Evaluating the Micro-Loan Program of Alterna Savings Credit Union鈥� (with M. Tarsilla). In L. Mook (ed). Accounting for Social Value. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 117-138. (Lead Co-Author). (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC/CURA on the Social Economy (Southern Ontario Node), managed by OISE/University of Toronto). .

(2012). 鈥淓ach Verse a Universe.鈥� In J.L. Turk and C. Wahl (eds). Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton by Those Who Knew Him. Toronto: Lorimer, 44-47. 2012. Also published in 杏吧原创 Now, September 2012.

(2011). 鈥淎fterword.鈥� In P.V. Hall and I. MacPherson (eds). Community-University Research Partnerships: Reflections on the Canadian Social Economy Experience. Victoria: University of Victoria, 201-206. (Sole Author). (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC/CURA on the Social Economy, managed nationally by the University of Victoria). .

Entries in Encyclopaedia

(2014). 鈥淐ommunity University Research Partnerships.鈥� In D. Coghlan and M. Brydon-Miller (eds), The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 163-166.

Articles in Non-Refereed Publications

(2018). 鈥淎t the nexus of development and finance.鈥� , Global Affairs Canada, June 2018, 3.

(2016). 鈥淢obilising Private Capital for Sustainable Development鈥� (with A. Koenig). Magazine (ECDPM), October-November 2016, 16-19.

(2013). 鈥淚mpact Investing: A Growing Global Opportunity.鈥� The Networker, January-March, .

(2012). 鈥淚nnovations in Development Finance.鈥� Monthly Developments, July, .

(2010). 鈥淩egrouping, Recalibrating and Reloading: Strategies for Financing Civil Society in Post-Recession Canada.鈥� The Philanthropist, 23(3), 359-367.

(2008). 鈥淭he CUE Factor: Community-University Engagement for Social Innovation.鈥� , September, 38-44.

Technical and Research Reports

(2019). 鈥淪ocial Enterprise and Higher Education Institutions: Optimizing Development Impact. World University Service of Canada, Ottawa. 33p.

(2019). 鈥淐atalytic Capital for Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment:聽 Report of the External Review of the Impact Investment Component of Investing in Women鈥� (with K. Alvarez), Investing in Women Initiative, Manila. 73p. 聽

(2018). 鈥淐atalyst for Sustainability: The Achievements, Challenges, Lessons and Prospects of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation.鈥� Report and Report. UWCRC and the McConnell Foundation, Winnipeg and Montreal. 85p.

(2017). 鈥淚mpact Investing:聽 A Tool for New Partnerships for Sustainable Development.聽 World University Service of Canada, Ottawa. 22p.

(2016). 鈥淒evelopmental Evaluation in Practice: Lessons from Evaluating a Market-Based Employment Initiative (with K. Harji).鈥� Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 12p. (Equal Co-Author).

(2016). 鈥淎ssessing Market-Based Solutions: Lessons from Evaluating a Youth Employment Initiative鈥� (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 8p. .

(2016). 鈥淚nnovative Finance for Health: Expanding Resources for Greater Impact.鈥� (with L. Naji). Aga Khan Foundation of Canada, Ottawa. 7p. .

(2016). 鈥淧rivate Capital for Sustainable Development: Concepts, Issues and Options for Engagement in Impact Investing and Innovative Finance.鈥� (With A. Koenig and B. Carriere). Danida Evaluation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Copenhagen. 81p. .

(2015). 鈥淪treams of Social Impact Work: Building Bridges in a New Evaluation Era with Market-Oriented Players at the Table.鈥� (With Six Others). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 16p. .

(2015). 鈥淵outh at Work: Building Economic Opportunities for Youth in Africa.鈥� (With Six Others). MasterCard Foundation, Toronto. 32p.

(2014). 鈥淓valuation of SDC鈥檚 Governance Programming and Mainstreaming鈥� (with J. Saxby and L. Nicholls), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern. .

(2013). 鈥淎ssessing Impact Investing: Five Doorways for Evaluators鈥� (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p.

(2013). 鈥淔ield-Building for Resilience: Ten Tactics for the Impact Investing Industry鈥� (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. .

(2013). 鈥淧urpose-Built Networks: Ten Crucial Choices in Designing Effective, Resilient Impact Investing Networks鈥� (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 6p. .

(2013). 鈥淢easurement that Matters: Ten Steps for Assessing Social Impact鈥� (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. .

(2013). 鈥淕rowing Supply and Demand Together: Ten Priorities for the Impact Investing Industry鈥� (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 5p. .

(2013). 鈥淟esbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights: A Call for Leadership by Canada鈥� (with I. Smillie and S. Brown). McLeod Group, Ottawa. 11p. .

(2012). 鈥淯nlocking Capital, Activating a Movement: The Final Report of the Strategic Assessment of the Rockefeller Foundation鈥檚 Impact Investing Initiative鈥� (with K. Harji). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 107p. .

(2012). 鈥淎ccelerating Impact: Achievements, Challenges and What鈥檚 Next in Building the Impact Investing Industry鈥� (with K. Harji). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 86p. . .

(2010). 鈥淭he Energy of Partnership: 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Collaborations with Local Institutions.鈥� Report of the Working Group on Local Partnerships, 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa. 20p.

(2009). 鈥淭he Oxygen of Community: Report of the Initiative for Community-University Engagement,鈥� 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa. 80p. Report

Book Reviews

(2011). 鈥淏ob Rae: Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea.鈥� , 13(4), 98-100. Republished in Canadian Not-For-Profit News, 20(3), 2012, 23-24.

Journalistic Writing/Blogging

(2023). 鈥淐OP 28: Where are the Workers?鈥� McLeod Group , 23 November, 2023. (Sole Author).

(2023), 鈥淒isrupting Trust Fund Madness鈥�. , Canadian Association of International Development Professionals, September, 2023. (Sole Author). .

(2021). 鈥淪olutions to the Care Crisis: How Social Enterprises and Impact Investing Can Transform the Care Economy.鈥� The Next Billion, November 29, 2021 (with C, Robino, F, Mbiekop. G. Dowie, K. Carty, and A. Shetty). (Equal Co-Author) republished by the International Development Research Centre, January 21, 2022

(2021). 鈥淚鈥檓 afraid that I will die: Ghana鈥檚 anti-LGBTQ+ hate campaign deserves a serious response. McLeod Group , 16 August, 2021. (Sole Author).

(2021). 鈥淕hanaian diplomat Sulley Gariba, who worked to level inequalities, called Canada his second home.鈥� , May 19, 2021. (Sole Author).

(2021). 鈥淔ire Bad Actors in Police and Military-and Track Them Afterwards.鈥� . March 1, 2021 (Sole Author).

(2020). 鈥淚nfrastructure bank鈥檚 $10-billion growth plan must be green, gender equal.鈥� , October 5, 2020. (Sole Author).

(2020). 鈥淐atalyst for Sustainability: Tribute to Sherman Kreiner.鈥� , July 5, 2020. (Sole Speaker).

(2019). 鈥淢ainstreaming Gender in Development Finance in Belize鈥� (with D. Beaulieu, N. Ewing-Goff and A. Palacio).聽 NESsT , December 10, 2019.

(2019). 鈥淐hecking China’s Economic Excess in Africa: Institutional and Civic Strategies.鈥� Posted on LinkedIn, July 16, 2019.

(2019). 鈥淭ech Tonic: Are Development NGOs AI Ready?鈥� (with B. Rowe). Posted on LinkedIn, May 7, 2019.

(2018). 鈥淎 unique approach on communities.鈥� , October 22, 2018.

(2018). 鈥淭ime to share the costs of participation in impact investing.鈥� , October 9, 2018.

(2018).聽聽“The TV studio as ecosystem launchpad: Innovation in impact investing in Sri Lanka.” The Daily Financial Times, Colombo, August 3, 2018.

(2017). 鈥淐anada鈥檚 DFI should lead on gender equality,鈥� , September 11, 2017, p.12.

(2017). 鈥淭raining and Curriculum for Evaluating Impact Investing鈥� (with K. Harji). (American Evaluating Association), March 17, 2017.

(2016). 鈥淪overeign Wealth: Two ways African governments can hold DFIs accountable.鈥� a, April 26, 2016.

(2016). 鈥淪etting Standards for Evaluating Impact Investing: What Does Africa Want?鈥� , March 29, 2016. (with K. Harji).

(2016). 鈥淢arathon Champions Race Toward Peace in Kenya.鈥� , April 1, 2016.

(2016). 鈥淣FL Honors Nominees Remind Us Why Giving Back Matters.鈥� , February 5, 2016.

(2015). 鈥淔rom Fuzzy to Clear: Tips from Evaluating the Swiss and Dutch Governance Programs (with A. Bichsel, G. Dijkstra and K. ter Horst). (American Evaluation Association), November 30, 2015.

(2015). 鈥淭he Evaluation as Field Builder: Experiences with Impact Investing.鈥� (American Evaluation Association), September 16, 2015.

(2015). 鈥淏etter Pensions for Non-Profit Workers:聽 A Quebec Multi-Employer Plan that Works.鈥� and 鈥淭his Quebec Model Offers Better Pensions for Non-Profit Workers.鈥� , June 15, 2015.

(2015). 鈥淧olicy from the bottom up.鈥� , May 24, 2015. (Sole Author).

(2015). 鈥淲hat is Post-Secondary Education For? To Build a Better World, Says C²UEXpo 2015鈥� (with G. Briggs). 杏吧原创 Now, May 2015.

(2014). 鈥淲hy the CRA is No Longer an Effective Instrument of Public Policy.鈥� , July 25, 2014.

(2013). 鈥淭ranslate Words into Deeds in Fight for Gay Rights鈥� (with I. Smillie and S. Brown). Embassy Magazine Online, 11 March, 2013.

(2012). 鈥淗ow the LGBT Community Gets Down to Business.鈥� . September 12, 2012.

(2012). 鈥淒oes a New President for Ghana Mean a New Direction?鈥� . July 31, 2012. Published first as 鈥淏lack Star Beacon: What Ghana Does Next Matters.鈥� The Mark. July 30, 2012.

(2012). 鈥淐an the World Bank be Transformed?鈥� (with J. Sinclair). The Mark, April 1, 2012.

(2012). 鈥淪hake up World Bank chief selection and support emerging powers鈥� (with J. Sinclair). , March 14, 2012.

(2012). 鈥淪imple Deal: Canada Gets Money, and China Gets Canada.鈥� February 13, 2012.

(2012). 鈥淪kating Towards the Corners.鈥� The What Are You Skating Towards? Series. Al Etmanski鈥檚 Blog, February 8, 2012.

(2011). 鈥淒oes the NHL Have Brain Damage?鈥� , December 11, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淪even Questions You Should Ask 杏吧原创 Federal Budget Cuts.鈥� Huffington Post Canada, December 6, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淪ocial Gold: Strategies for Financing Non-Profits in a Turbulent World.鈥� Al Etmanski鈥檚 Blog, November 6, 2011. (Sole Author). Also published in SocialFinance.org, November 24, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淒on鈥檛 Cut Program for Military Families: Spouses are the Key to Troop Reintegration.鈥�Huffington Post Canada, August 3, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淜鈥檔aan, Iman and the Famine in Somalia: The Long Game Matters, Too.鈥� , July 27, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淟etter to Derek Jeter: How 杏吧原创 Helping 30,000 Young People?鈥� , July 15, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淔eminism 2.0: 鈥楲ift as You Climb鈥�.鈥� , July 10, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淕ive Homophobia The Red Card: Cleaning Up Women鈥檚 Soccer by 2015.鈥� a, June 30, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淪eeding Socialism: The Conservative Attack Against Unions and Young Workers.鈥� a, June 22, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淥ld Guys Rule: Experience Powers Bruins and Mavs to the Top.鈥� , June 16, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淢ultipolarity: It鈥檚 Already Here.鈥� , June 8, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淧ro Athletes for Marriage Equality: Creating New Space.鈥� Huffington Post Canada. June 2, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淢emo to the NDP: It鈥檚 Time to Get Global.鈥� , May 23, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淢en鈥檚 basketball dynasty leaves fan 鈥榓westruck.鈥欌�� 杏吧原创 Now, May 2011.

(2011). 鈥淏ut What Should a Coalition Actually Do?鈥� The Mark, May 1, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淲hat Would a Coalition Look Like, Anyway?鈥� The Mark, April 8, 2011.

(2011). 鈥淧athways Out of the Precariat.鈥� The On Becoming Visible Series, Al Etmanski鈥檚 Blog, January 18, 2011.

(2010). 鈥淲hy Canada Must Commit to Africa.鈥� The Mark, November 22, 2010.

(2010). 鈥淢aking homelessness history: showing what universities can do.鈥� 杏吧原创 Now, May 2010. 2.

(2009). 鈥淢aking a Difference that Matters: Moving the Community Agenda Forward.鈥� 杏吧原创 Now, November, 2009. 2.

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