On Tuesday, December 16, the field of social innovation in Canada lost a much loved leader with the early and untimely passing of Brenda Zimmerman. Her friends at Social Innovation Generation, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, and the Tamarack Institute, will remember Brenda for her brilliance, her deep humanity, and her infectious sense of humour. […]
Learn moreNote: Originally posted on the Responsible Investment Association (RIA) website. Guest post by Peter Chapman, Executive Director, SHARE Building Sustainable Food Systems in Canada: A Role for Investors, was released by the Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE), a leading Canadian responsible investment organization. The report was funded by Canadian philanthropic foundations including the J.W. […]
Learn moreParachute Canada, a Foundation grantee, recently launched Horizon, an online hub that connects Canadians with leading practice solutions for injury prevention. Visit horizon.parachutecanada.org to learn more.
Learn moreIn early December, the Ontario Tender Fruit Lab held its last workshop. The Lab, convened by the MaRS Solutions Lab and the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) with support from the Foundation, focused on a central question: how can we create a more resilient tender fruit economy in Ontario, in a way that provides social, […]
Learn moreSocial Innovation Generation’s Kelsey Spitz shares her reflections on the November 19th Community Knowledge Exchange Summit. Read the post here. To learn more, visit www.CKX.org.
Learn moreIn the blog post Experiencing the shock of the possible in uncertain times, Social Innovation Generation’s Tim Draimin and Kelsey Spitz share their reflections on the MaRS Global Leadership talk, Philanthropy for Uncertain Times: Social Innovation and Systemic Change featuring Foundation President and CEO Stephen Huddart. A video of the talk is also available here.
Learn moreAdapting to Change, an article from the October issue of Foodservice and Hospitality magazine, discusses how healthfulness, local food, innovation, and value are a few of the factors powerfully influencing the non-traditional foodservice segment today. The article also highlights the work of the Foundation’s Institutional Food Program. Read the article
Learn moreOn Tuesday, December 9, Cities for People and Social Innovation Generation (SiG) co-hosted the second webinar in our joint series, Social Innovation & Resilience in Cities with Graeme Stewart and John Brodhead, who presented their work on the Tower Renewal project in Toronto. Tower Renewal is a program to drive broad environmental, social, economic, and cultural change […]
Learn moreAlissa Firth-Eagland (This is an abstract. The full essay is available by clicking here.) + Cities need to be created and designed by people of good will. Exercising good will is hopeful. It expresses deep belief in reciprocation, co-intentionality, and a shared design of our future. Canada has a 400-year history of assimilation and Indigenous […]
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