Archives: Impact Investing

Friday, January 26, 2018

Impact Investing: A Tool for New Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Please check out the new paper, by Ted Jackson and commissioned by the Canadian NGO WUSC, on how international volunteer cooperation organizations (IVCOs) can engage in impact investing.  An IVCO can serve as an investor or co-investor, financial product developer, business advisor, evaluator or field builder, or pursue a combination of these... More

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

A Need for Affordable Student Housing? The Results of the 3ci Student Housing Survey are in

Between September 2016 and January 2017, CUSA partnered with the Dr. Tessa Hebb and Research Assistant Brittany Stares of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) to conduct a survey of Carleton University students about the nature, availability and affordability of student housing in Ottawa. Nearly 600 students responded. The results of... More

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

New report on Social Value Purchasing just released!

Most public contracting authorities agree with the benefits of integrating social value considerations into their procurement processes to generate positive social, economic and environmental impacts for communities. However, few contracting authorities engage in measuring and evaluating the outcomes and impacts of their SVP policies and programs.... More

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

CIIX to pilot in three communities in Canada

The Canadian Impact Infrastructure Exchange (CIIX) launched its pilot program with City of Vancouver, City of Toronto and City of Charlottetown  that will analyze three real world infrastructure projects.  Beginning in late 2016,  we will perform a comprehensive sustainability analysis of the three proposed infrastructure plans (or design,... More

Monday, November 14, 2016

CISED – Unleashed

Join 3ci's Tessa Hebb at Unleashed, a one day conference designed to bring thinkers, disrupters, and doers together to learn and to share their knowledge and insights around the growing social enterprise landscape.  The conference is powered by the Centre for Innovative Social Enterprise Development (CISED). This year, CISED is excited to... More

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Co-develop a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy with the Government of Canada

  Call for Nominations Co-develop a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy with the Government of Canada   The Government of Canada wants to outline a new vision for social innovation and social finance. Be part of the Steering Group that will co-create the Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy. The Government is looking... More

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Moving to Impact : Responsible Investing in Canada

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Moving to Impact – Responsible Investing in Canada October 19 – 20, 2016 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada REGISTER HERE Full Rate after September 1st, 2016:  $280.00 Students (no meals): Free Students with meal voucher: $100.00 Spaces are limited, so register as soon as possible! Special rates... More

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Exploring Social Finance Models for the Settlement Sector

        April 7, 2016 About the Webinar Social finance is attracting increasing attention across Canada, and there is potential for its use in the settlement sector. Benefits of social finance extend well beyond leveraging new sources of funding. Social finance encourages innovation and new forms of collaboration and can help... More

Friday, March 18, 2016

CCOC is looking for a Project Manager to assist in creating new affordable housing

CCOC is an innovative and award-winning non-profit landlord and a recognized affordable housing leader with over 50 properties located in downtown Ottawa providing nearly 1,600 affordable homes. For over 40 years, CCOC has created, maintained and promoted housing for low and moderate income people. CCOC is currently seeking a Development Project... More

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Investing in Impact Opportunity with Purpose Capital

Purpose Capital is seeking an experienced, entrepreneurial and energetic leader to join their team as a Director of Impact Advisory Services, responsible for leading the next phase of growth in a practice that works with asset owners and asset managers across North America to design, implement, and evaluate strategies for investing in impact. This... More

Thursday, March 10, 2016

RECODE Webinar: Buying In

Catalyzing Carleton University as an Anchor Institution March 30, 2016 at 12:00 PM Update:  Webinar is now available online at:  https://vimeo.com/161644140 Online On Wednesday, March 30th at 12pm (EDT) Tessa Hebb and James Puddicombe of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) at Carleton University explored the role universities can... More

Friday, February 19, 2016

Buying In: Using RECODE to catalyze Carleton University as an Anchor Institution

Last month Lars Boggild posted a blog suggesting universities should think of themselves as anchor institutions in our communities. Interestingly, this is one of the missions of our RECODE work here at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci). Like Lars, we see the potential that universities can play in contributing to sustainable,... More

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