Building an Understanding of Social Finance in Canada – Causeway/Ashoka Social Finance Blog Series
This social finance blog series intends to engage people interested in the field of social finance to discuss its complexities, challenges and opportunities online. The series will feature commentary from Ashoka Canada Fellows, social entrepreneurs and practitioners and key enablers of the Canadian non-profit sector including representatives of funding organizations. Information gathered through online discussions will be used to develop a guide to social finance in Canada and used in capacity building workshops.
This series will take place from December 2009 – March 2010. Every two weeks one topic will be discussed and a summary of the main discussion points and issues from that topic will be circulated by email in English and French.
The series will address the following seven topics:
- What is Social Finance?
- What are the different types of finance that exist in Canada?
- What organizations are suited for each type of finance?
- What financial challenges do social enterprises face?
- How to get finance?
- Lessons from abroad: social finance in other parts of the world
- How to get started?
How can you get involved?
- Visit socialfinance.ca and contribute to the discussion by commenting on the blog
- Subscribe to the blog RSS feed or receive updates via email
- Sign up for a summary of the main discussion points and issues from each topic by contacting Cian Knights
