Social Innovation

Following Up on the Recommendations for the Task Force on Social Finance

This blog post is the sixth in a series related to the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance, exploring ideas and research that will help to catalyze a robust social finance marketplace in Canada.

Last fall, The Canadian Task Force on Social Finance released its report called, “Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good”. The report sets forth a national platform for action, inviting the community, government, foundation and finance sectors to take specific steps to advance a social finance market place in Canada.   

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How To Launch A Career in Social Finance

Recruiters at a job fairI am thrilled to write a blog post on launching a career in social finance. This was, after all, a space that I had been diligent about launching a career in back when I entered it in 2008 and is a topic that, hands down, I talk to more young people about than any other. So for a field like social finance that has expanded rather explosively over the past five years, why does it seem like young people are at a loss as to where to start and how to “get in”? To start with, the field of social finance is extremely ambiguous. The range of career paths, companies, models, geographies and impact sectors is large and as this sector has grown in popularity so have the number of companies, products and talent in the marketplace. Add the newness of the sector, jargon, metrics, certifications, degree programs, networks and associations on top of all of this and one can easily become overwhelmed, if not turned off of the space all together.

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Social Finance Round Up: SocialFinance.ca Loses an Asset, B Corps Gain Prominence

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 June 13, 2011.

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Innovating to protect seniors – the Social Impact Bond

The Globe and Mail has produced a series of stories on falling seniors recently, highlighting an opportunity to save healthcare costs by improving preventative measures. One in three seniors over 65 experience a fall at least once a year, causing a range of injuries from head, wrist and hand injuries to back problems and hip fractures. The costs associated with falls are massive – around $3 billion in Canada - without taking lost productivity into account.

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Social Finance Round Up: ‘Locavesting’ and the SVX featured in the Wall Street Journal

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 June 6, 2011.

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