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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

ESG Approach to Climate Change More Effective than Divestment

Tessa Hebb has endorsed the University of Toronto's decision to sign onto CDP as part of its climate change strategy. For more on the UofT announcement, and their 14-point plan, please see the following articles: “We have a responsibility to take decisive action on climate change”: University of Toronto president Meric Gertler announces... 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

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

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Working With the Homeless – New Book and Review

3ci Research Associate Nick Falvo and Calgary Homeless Foundation's Director of Research and Data provides a thorough and thoughtful review of Working with Homeless and Vulnerable People:  Basic Skills and Practice, by Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff.  Please click here for the... 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

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Moving to Impact – Responsible Investing in Canada

Save the Date! Upcoming Conference Moving to Impact - Responsible Investing in Canada October 19 – 20, 2016 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada Please save the date to join us for this important policy conference on responsible and impact investing in Canada. The conference will be held during the Canadian Responsible Investment Week... More

Monday, February 8, 2016

“Bring environmental, social considerations to infrastructure investment”

See the Hill Times OpEd by Tessa Hebb All levels of governments from municipal, provincial to federal, need to shift their infrastructure lens to include our largest private investors. Because while $125-billion is a big number, we are going to need these partners to meet all our infrastructure needs. Let’s offer them opportunities to... More

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Charlatan, Carleton’s Independent Weekly Looks at University Divestment

3ci's Responsible Investing Initiative Principal Investigator Tessa Hebb and Co-Investigator Ben Richardson are featured in this article examining the student led divestment movement.  Please click here for the full article, "Divestment debate pits students against academics" in the... More

Thursday, January 14, 2016

IPDET Seeking Student Program Assistants for Summer Program

IPDET is a joint collaboration of the World Bank and Carleton University’s Faculty of Public Affairs, and has been running annually on the Carleton University campus since 2001. IPDET is a four-week, residential executive training program for mid- and senior-level professionals from around the globe who work in development evaluation or... More

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

FPA Voices Features Research by RII Research Assistant Sasha Hanson Pastran

The Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs has issued its latest issue of FPA voices, highlighting graduate research in the Faculty.  Responsible Investing Initiative Research Assistant Sasha Hanson Pastran is featured on pages... More

Friday, November 27, 2015

Ten Things to Know About the Challenges of Ending Homelessness in Canada

Nick Falvo, Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation and 3ci Research Associate recently wrote an article detailing ten challenges of ending homelessness in Canada.  The article is available online at the Progressive Economics Forum.  For access, please click here. You can also follow Nick on Twitter at @nicholas_falvo... More

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Why, Can and How Should Responsible Investors Address Climate Change? Video from the October 20th Seminar is Now Online

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_cGyX8RWPUI... More

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