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The Globe and Mail, Impact investing growing but more effort needed:report, December 13,2011

Yoelen.com, Will Social Finance be in Flaherty's June 6th Budget?, June 17, 2011

Ecotrust Canada, California Senate Passes Bill for Do-Good Businesses, June 7, 2011

Axiom News,  ‘Tremendous Thirst’ for Social Finance in Canada, April 28, 2011

Axiom News, Hamilton Community Foundation Commits $5 Million for Local Investment, April 8, 2011

Axiom News, Why We Should Equip and Encourage our Voluntary Sector to be Enterprising, March 31, 2011

The Globe and Mail, Governments look to boost charity financing, March 30, 2011

Axiom News, Federal Government Notes Social Finance Work in Conservative Budget, March 28, 2011

Alliance Magazine, New Finance for Canada's Social Enterprise Sector, Mar. 1, 2011 (Subscription required)

The Globe and Mail, Business Ready for 'Shared Values,' but Government Lags, Feb. 17, 2011

The Globe and Mail, The Power of Private Foundations, Feb. 14, 2011

Give Smart Blog, Social Finance: A Different Way to Do Good, Feb. 3, 2011

Social Business Blog, Making Child Poverty an Investment Opportunity, Jan. 23, 2011

A Mila Minute Blog, Impact Investing – A New Asset Class?, Jan. 20, 2011

NOW Toronto, Happy Returns: Money's Finding New Ways to Express It's Social Side, Jan. 20, 2011

The Globe and Mail, Business Makes Push for Charity Innovation, Jan. 18, 2011

Ottawa Citizen, Get Haves, Have-Nots Together: Report, Jan. 17, 2011

Advisor.ca, Impact investing: Profit from a Better World, Jan. 14, 2011

Tonya Surman & David LePage, Financing Social Change & Entrepreneurship, Jan. 4, 2011

CBC Television, Power & Politics with Evan Solomon, Dec. 22, 2010 (Go to 27min 30sec)

Investment Exchange, Task Force Looks to Public Good, Dec. 20, 2010

Huffington Post, New Radical Profile #6: Social Innovation, Dec. 20, 2010

Axiom News, Endorsing Social Finance, Dec. 20, 2010

Axiom News, Social Finance Task Force Seeking Endorsements of Final Report, Dec. 17, 2010

Realty Times, Housing Shortcomings Feed Need for Food Banks, Dec. 14, 2010 (See 'One last gift for you...')

Axiom News, Social Finance Task Force Experiencing ‘Unbelievable Engagement’, Dec. 13, 2010

SEE Change Magazine, New Partnership to Build Canada’s Impact-Investing Marketplace, Dec. 7, 2010

Al Etmanski's Blog, Adapting the Social Finance Task Force Recommendations to Your Sector, Dec. 6, 2010

Axiom News, Next Steps in Social Finance, Dec. 6, 2010

The Kaizen Crossroad, Canada’s Task Force on Social Finance: The Report Launch, Dec. 5, 2010

Maytree Foundation, News in Review – Week Ending December 3, 2010, Dec. 3, 2010 (see 'Social Finance, Ending Poverty')

Working Wikily, New report: Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good, Dec. 2, 2010

Government of British Columbia, Province Welcomes Report on Social Enterprise, Dec. 2, 2010

Rain City Strategies, Take a Look at the Report from the Task Force On Social Finance, Dec. 2, 2010

Axiom News, Canada Has Opportunity to ‘Leapfrog’ in Social Finance, Dec. 2, 2010

Al Etmanski's Blog, The Spaces In Between - The Back Story of the Task Force on Social Finance - An Illustration of Solution Based Advocacy, Dec. 2, 2010

Guardian UK, Bernholz: Why Jumo, Facebook and the Rest Won't Change Everything, Dec. 2, 2010

Peel Leadership Centre, New Report: Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good, Dec. 2, 2010

Social Assets Measurements, Announcing the Release of the Social Finance Task Force Report, Dec. 2, 2010

Community Foundations of Canada, The Canadian Task Force on Social Finance Releases a New Report on Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good, Dec. 1, 2010

Al Etmanski's Blog, Shooting the Rapids - Ballast from the Social Finance Task Force, Dec. 1, 2010

J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, The Task Force on Social Finance Releases Groundbreaking Recommendations Report, Dec. 1, 2010

Axiom News, Canadian Task Force on Social Finance Launches 7 Recommendations, Dec. 1, 2010

CBC Television, Lang & O'Leary Exchange (video, starting at min. 48), Nov. 30, 2010

GIIN, Report Calls for New Alliance to Build Canada's Impact Investing Marketplace, Nov. 30, 2010

MaRS, Canada’s Opportunity: Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good, Nov. 30, 2010

Ashley Hamilton Consulting's Blog, A Path Forward for Social Finance, Nov. 30, 2010

Tech Vibes, MaRS Discovery District Issues Report Calling for More Impact Investment in Canada, Nov. 30, 2010

Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), Announcing the Release of the Social Finance Task Force Report, Nov. 30, 2010

Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good: A Report, Nov. 30, 2010

SRI Monitor, Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good, Nov. 30, 2010

Investment Exchange, Report Calls for New Alliance to Build Canada’s Impact Investing Marketplace, Nov. 30, 2010

CBC Metro Morning, Social Finance and Commentary (audio), Nov. 30, 2010

CNW, Call for a New Partnership between the Private, Public and Community Sectors to Build Canada's Impact Investing Marketplace, Nov. 30, 2010

Axiom News Advocacy Blog, Celebrating Findings in Social Finance, Nov. 26, 2010

Waterloo Record, "Social Investing Can Be Profitable, Venture Capitalist Says", Nov. 18, 2010 (no longer online)

Axiom News, Social Finance Task Force Aims to be Catalyst for New Initiatives, Nov. 15, 2010

The Kaizen Crossroad, Canada's Catching Up!, Oct. 31, 2010

CBC Metro Morning, Social Entrepreneurship (audio), Oct. 21, 2010

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