Social Finance Round Up: In Support of Professor Muhammad Yunus
SocialFinance.ca produces a weekly round up featuring social finance related news, insights, job openings, and events. We source the content for these round ups from Twitter, an RSS reader, and directly from our community of social finance practitioners. Below is our round up for the week of March 14, 2011.
Last Week on SocialFinance.ca
Peter Deitz posted Innovative Financing for the Social Economy
Megan McFadden posted SOCAP/Europe: A Stand for Meaning
Miri Katz posted Want to Learn More about Social Banking and Social Finance?
Ashley Hamilton posted CEO Pay and Political Lobbying Top the Proxy Agenda
Canadian and International News
In Support of Professor Muhammad Yunus Against the Corruption Investigations by the Government of Bangladesh (via GoPetition International)
Axiom News published:
Getting Entrepreneurs ACCESS to Financing by Jennifer Neutel
We Want People to Change the World through their Investments: OCLF by Camille Jensen
Changing More Lives through Social Enterprise by Michelle Strutzenberger
How Non Profits can take Advantage of Social Enterprise Opportunities by Camille Jensen
Industry Canada posted an explanatory note on its intention to “implement modern corporate governance rules for not-for-profit corporations.”
CivilSociety.co.uk reported that Triodos Bank’s Loans and Commitments Exceed £500m.
The Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) published a report back from their March 2nd event, Leveraging Private Capital for Public Good
Social Finance Learning and Best Practices
RootCause published A Social Issue-Based Approach to Finding and Funding Social Innovation
The Economist published Oh, Mr Porter: The new big idea from business’s greatest living guru seems a bit undercooked
Recent Discoveries
LOFT Youth Centre for Social Enterprise and Innovation
Upcoming Events
Toronto for Acumen: In the Field (Toronto, ON)
Mar. 16, 2011, Czehoski Restaurant, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Re:Vision 2011 (Toronto, ON)
Mar. 26, 2011, Metro Hall
The Big Society: The Current Ethos of Social Engagement in Britain and Its Implications for the Role of Government (Toronto, ON)
Mar. 28, 2011, University of Toronto, 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Skoll World Forum (Oxford, UK)
Mar. 30th - Apr. 1st, Said Business School
Oxford Jam (Oxford, UK)
Mar. 30th - Apr. 1st, The Jam Factory
Tim Draimin on Social Finance: Its Promise and Its Challenges (Toronto, ON)
April 7, 2011 Rotman School of Management, 5pm - 7pm
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