Adam Spence

Founder, Social Venture Exchange (SVX)

Website: http://socialventureexchange.org/
Twitter: adamspence
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Adam Spence is the Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) and Founder of the Social Venture Exchange (SVX) project based in Toronto.  He is an active researcher, and a leader behind a number of innovative social enterprise and development projects in Ontario.

Adam has spoken to audiences from students to CEO’s, and politicians to front line community organizers across the country on issues related to education, poverty, and social issues.  Adam has written extensively on these topics, and has been featured in numerous media outlets, including CNN International, TVO, CTV, CBC Television and Radio, GlobalTV, The Toronto Star, The National Post, and The Globe & Mail.

Adam has also worked as a community animator for the skilled trades in Hamilton, and was the Executive Director of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA), where he successfully advanced a number of reforms during Ontario’s Postsecondary Review including low-income grants for Ontario’s students.

In 2002, Adam was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Gold Medal which is given to Canadians who have made a significant contribution to their fellow citizens, their community, or to Canada.

Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland, grew up on the Canadian prairies, and came of age in Hamilton, graduating from McMaster University with a degree in geography.  Adam currently lives in Toronto.