Edward Jackson is Senior Research Fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, and Adjunct Professor with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, at Carleton University. His current research interests include inclusive employment in the energy transition, the gender dimensions of sustainable finance, community-university partnerships for affordable housing, social innovation, and impact management and measurement in development finance.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jackson is a retired tenured faculty member in the graduate School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton, where he taught for more than two decades, and a former Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) in the Faculty of Public Affairs. In 1993, with the McConnell Foundation, he co-founded the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation. From 1997 to 2008, he directed the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program, a pan-Canadian grant-making initiative.<\/p>\n
In 2001, he co-founded the World Bank-Carleton International Program for Development Evaluation Training. In 2011, he served as founding Principal Investigator for the $3M, SSHRC-funded Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement project that advanced knowledge partnerships and policy change in seven provinces. In 2021, with his wife Magda Seydegart, he co-founded the Jackson Family Scholarship in Community Engagement in the Master of Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leadership at Carleton University.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jackson has served as a senior advisor to foundations, development agencies, development banks, impact funds, universities, governments, and non-governmental organizations in 60 countries. An active, multidisciplinary scholar, his published work has been cited in more than 200 peer-reviewed social-science journals. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Engaged Scholar Journal, a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Council member of the International Evaluation Academy, and served as visiting lecturer at Trent, Victoria and Warsaw universities.<\/p>\n
Jackson, E. T. and C. Robino (eds). Growing Gender Lens Investing in Emerging Markets. Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (3), 2022, 671-784. https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/tsfi20\/collections\/Gender-investing-markets<\/a><\/p>\n Robino, C. and E. T. Jackson. Editorial: Growing gender lens investing in emerging markets. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (3), 2022, 671-683. https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/20430795.2022.2070121<\/a><\/p>\n Jackson, E. T. A Journey of Purpose: Learning to Scale Gender Change in Canadian Climate Finance in Developing Economies. A Discussion Paper. Climate Finance Division, Global Affairs Canada, 2023. 54 p. https:\/\/etjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Final-Report_Learning-for-Gender-Change-in-Climate-Finance_Jan-26-2023.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Jackson, E. T. and J. Read. Less Talk, More Builds: The Mixed-Income Residential Tower Model of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation, Engaged Scholar Journal, Forthcoming, 2024.<\/p>\n Articles in Refereed Journals<\/strong><\/p>\n (2018). \u201cUnderstanding and optimising the social impact of venture capital: Three lessons from Ghana\u201d (with C. Barnett, P. O\u2019Flynn, H. Ismaila and C. Agyeyomah). African Evaluation Journal<\/a> 6<\/u>(2), November 13, 2018, a335.<\/p>\n (2018). \u201cFacing Challenges, Building the Field: Improving the Measurement of the Social Impact of Market-Based Approaches (with K. Harji). American Journal of Evaluation<\/a>, 39<\/u>(3), 1-6.<\/p>\n (2017). \u201cImpact Investing: Measuring Household Results in Rural West Africa\u201d (with K. Harji). ACRN Oxford Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives<\/a>, 6<\/u>(4), 2017, 53-66.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cExchanges: Conversation with Ted Jackson, Carleton University\u201d (with N. Kahnenko-Friesen).\u00a0 Engaged Scholar Journal<\/a>, 2<\/u>(2), 125-131. (Interviewee).<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cEvaluating Social Impact Bonds: Questions, Challenges, Innovations and Possibilities in Measuring Outcomes in Impact Investing.\u201d Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society<\/a>. 44<\/u>(5) 1-9.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cInterrogating the Theory of Change: Evaluating Impact Investing Where It Matters Most.\u201d Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment<\/a>, 3<\/u>(1), 95-110.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cHuman Rights Training for Public Officials\u201d (with M. Seydegart). Taiwan Journal of Human Rights<\/u>, 1<\/u>(3), 55-65, Published in Chinese.<\/p>\n (2010). \u201cUniversity Capital, Community Engagement and Continuing Education: Blending Professional Development and Social Change.\u201d Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education<\/a>, 36<\/u>(2), 1-13.<\/p>\n (2013). Knowledge, Democracy and Action: Community-University Research Partnerships in Global Perspectives<\/u> (edited with B.L. Hall, R. Tandon, J.-M. Fontan and N. Lall). Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. 217p. \u00a0Link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cMicroentrepreneurs in Economic Turbulence: The Alterna Savings Microloan Program\u201d (with S Henry and C. Amadi. In J. Quarter, S. Ryan and A. Chan (eds). Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change.\u201d Toronto: University of Toronto, 142-161. (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC-CURA grant). Book link<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2014). \u201cThe Architecture of Engagement: Financing the Institutional Structures that Support Community-University Partnerships.\u201d In C. Escrigas, B. Hall and R. Tandon (eds). Higher Education in the World 5. Barcelona: Global University Network for Innovation, 50-55.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cBuilding Blocks of Partnerships: Lessons from Case Studies from the South and North\u201d (with R. Tandon). In B.L. Hall, E.T. Jackson, R. Tandon, J.-M. Fontan and N. Lall (eds). Knowledge, Democracy and Action: Community-University Research Partnerships in Global Perspectives<\/u>. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 17-32. (Chapters and Book supported by grants from SSHRC and IDRC). Book link<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cAn Architecture Understood: Effective Support Structures for Community-University Partnerships\u201d (with L.M. Gariba and E. Tok). In B.L. Hall et al (eds), Knowledge, Democracy and Action<\/u>, 33-41. \u00a0Book link<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cAgenda for the Future\u201d (with B.L. Hall, R. Tandon, J-M Fontan and N. Lall). In B.L. Hall et al (eds)<\/u>, Knowledge, Democracy and Action<\/u>, 199-205. Book link<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cMixed Methods in Social Accounting: Evaluating the Micro-Loan Program of Alterna Savings Credit Union\u201d (with M. Tarsilla). In L. Mook (ed). Accounting for Social Value<\/u>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 117-138. (Lead Co-Author). (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC\/CURA on the Social Economy (Southern Ontario Node), managed by OISE\/University of Toronto). View book only<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cEach Verse a Universe.\u201d In J.L. Turk and C. Wahl (eds). Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton by Those Who Knew Him. Toronto: Lorimer, 44-47. 2012. Also published in Carleton Now, September 2012.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cAfterword.\u201d In P.V. Hall and I. MacPherson (eds). Community-University Research Partnerships: Reflections on the Canadian Social Economy Experience<\/u>. Victoria: University of Victoria, 201-206. (Sole Author). (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC\/CURA on the Social Economy, managed nationally by the University of Victoria). Book contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2014). \u201cCommunity University Research Partnerships.\u201d In D. Coghlan and M. Brydon-Miller (eds), The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research<\/u>. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 163-166.<\/p>\n (2018). \u201cAt the nexus of development and finance.\u201d Au Courant<\/a>, Global Affairs Canada, June 2018, 3.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cMobilising Private Capital for Sustainable Development\u201d (with A. Koenig). Great Insights<\/a> Magazine (ECDPM), October-November 2016, 16-19.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cImpact Investing: A Growing Global Opportunity.\u201d The Networker<\/u>, January-March, 16-17<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cInnovations in Development Finance.\u201d Monthly Developments<\/u>, July, 53<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2010). \u201cRegrouping, Recalibrating and Reloading: Strategies for Financing Civil Society in Post-Recession Canada.\u201d The Philanthropist<\/u>, 23<\/u>(3), 359-367.<\/p>\n (2008). \u201cThe CUE Factor: Community-University Engagement for Social Innovation.\u201d Open Source Business Resource<\/a>, September, 38-44.<\/p>\n (2019). \u201cSocial Enterprise and Higher Education Institutions: Optimizing Development Impact. World University Service of Canada, Ottawa. 33p. Link<\/a><\/p>\n (2019). \u201cCatalytic Capital for Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment:\u00a0 Report of the External Review of the Impact Investment Component of Investing in Women\u201d (with K. Alvarez), Investing in Women Initiative, Manila. 73p. \u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n (2018). \u201cCatalyst for Sustainability: The Achievements, Challenges, Lessons and Prospects of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation.\u201d Summary<\/a> Report and Full<\/a> Report. UWCRC and the McConnell Foundation, Winnipeg and Montreal. 85p.<\/p>\n (2017). \u201cImpact Investing:\u00a0 A Tool for New Partnerships for Sustainable Development.\u00a0 World University Service of Canada, Ottawa. 22p. Link<\/a><\/p>\n (2016). \u201cDevelopmental Evaluation in Practice: Lessons from Evaluating a Market-Based Employment Initiative (with K. Harji).\u201d Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 12p. (Equal Co-Author). Link<\/a><\/p>\n (2016). \u201cAssessing Market-Based Solutions: Lessons from Evaluating a Youth Employment Initiative\u201d (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 8p. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cInnovative Finance for Health: Expanding Resources for Greater Impact.\u201d (with L. Naji). Aga Khan Foundation of Canada, Ottawa. 7p. PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cPrivate Capital for Sustainable Development: Concepts, Issues and Options for Engagement in Impact Investing and Innovative Finance.\u201d (With A. Koenig and B. Carriere). Danida Evaluation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Copenhagen. 81p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cStreams of Social Impact Work: Building Bridges in a New Evaluation Era with Market-Oriented Players at the Table.\u201d (With Six Others). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 16p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cYouth at Work: Building Economic Opportunities for Youth in Africa.\u201d (With Six Others). MasterCard Foundation, Toronto. 32p. Report<\/a><\/p>\n (2014). \u201cEvaluation of SDC\u2019s Governance Programming and Mainstreaming\u201d (with J. Saxby and L. Nicholls), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cAssessing Impact Investing: Five Doorways for Evaluators\u201d (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. Thematic Brief<\/a><\/p>\n (2013). \u201cField-Building for Resilience: Ten Tactics for the Impact Investing Industry\u201d (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cPurpose-Built Networks: Ten Crucial Choices in Designing Effective, Resilient Impact Investing Networks\u201d (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 6p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cMeasurement that Matters: Ten Steps for Assessing Social Impact\u201d (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cGrowing Supply and Demand Together: Ten Priorities for the Impact Investing Industry\u201d (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 5p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights: A Call for Leadership by Canada\u201d (with I. Smillie and S. Brown). McLeod Group, Ottawa. 11p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cUnlocking Capital, Activating a Movement: The Final Report of the Strategic Assessment of the Rockefeller Foundation\u2019s Impact Investing Initiative\u201d (with K. Harji). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 107p. Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cAccelerating Impact: Achievements, Challenges and What\u2019s Next in Building the Impact Investing Industry\u201d (with K. Harji). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 86p. Full Report – PDF<\/a>. Executive Summary or full report<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2010). \u201cThe Energy of Partnership: Carleton University\u2019s Collaborations with Local Institutions.\u201d Report of the Working Group on Local Partnerships, Carleton University, Ottawa. 20p.<\/p>\n (2009). \u201cThe Oxygen of Community: Report of the Initiative for Community-University Engagement,\u201d Carleton University, Ottawa. 80p. Report<\/a><\/p>\n (2011). \u201cBob Rae: Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea.\u201d International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law<\/a>, 13<\/u>(4), 98-100. Republished in Canadian Not-For-Profit News<\/u>, 20<\/u>(3), 2012, 23-24.<\/p>\n (2023). \u201cCOP 28: Where are the Workers?\u201d McLeod Group Blog<\/a>, 23 November, 2023. (Sole Author).<\/p>\n (2023), \u201cDisrupting Trust Fund Madness\u201d. CAIDP-RPCDI Bulletin<\/a>, Canadian Association of International Development Professionals, September, 2023. (Sole Author). Blog French<\/a>.<\/p>\n (2021). \u201cSolutions to the Care Crisis: How Social Enterprises and Impact Investing Can Transform the Care Economy.\u201d The Next Billion, November 29, 2021 (with C, Robino, F, Mbiekop. G. Dowie, K. Carty, and A. Shetty). (Equal Co-Author) republished by the International Development Research Centre, January 21, 2022 LINK<\/a><\/p>\n (2021). \u201cI\u2019m afraid that I will die: Ghana\u2019s anti-LGBTQ+ hate campaign deserves a serious response. McLeod Group Blog<\/a>, 16 August, 2021. (Sole Author).<\/p>\n (2021). \u201cGhanaian diplomat Sulley Gariba, who worked to level inequalities, called Canada his second home.\u201d Ottawa Citizen<\/a>, May 19, 2021. (Sole Author).<\/p>\n (2021). \u201cFire Bad Actors in Police and Military-and Track Them Afterwards.\u201d Ottawa Citizen<\/a>. March 1, 2021 (Sole Author).<\/p>\n (2020). \u201cInfrastructure bank\u2019s $10-billion growth plan must be green, gender equal.\u201d The Hill Times<\/a>, October 5, 2020. (Sole Author).<\/p>\n (2020). \u201cCatalyst for Sustainability: Tribute to Sherman Kreiner.\u201d Video Tribute<\/a>, July 5, 2020. (Sole Speaker).<\/p>\n (2019). \u201cMainstreaming Gender in Development Finance in Belize\u201d (with D. Beaulieu, N. Ewing-Goff and A. Palacio).\u00a0 NESsT Newsletter<\/a>, December 10, 2019.<\/p>\n (2019). \u201cChecking China’s Economic Excess in Africa: Institutional and Civic Strategies.\u201d Posted on LinkedIn, July 16, 2019. Blog<\/a><\/p>\n (2019). \u201cTech Tonic: Are Development NGOs AI Ready?\u201d (with B. Rowe). Posted on LinkedIn, May 7, 2019. Blog<\/a><\/p>\n (2018). \u201cA unique approach on communities.\u201d Winnipeg Free Press<\/a>, October 22, 2018.<\/p>\n (2018). \u201cTime to share the costs of participation in impact investing.\u201d Institute of Development Studies<\/a>, October 9, 2018.<\/p>\n (2018).\u00a0\u00a0“The TV studio as ecosystem launchpad: Innovation in impact investing in Sri Lanka.” The Daily Financial Times, Colombo, August 3, 2018.<\/p>\n (2017). \u201cCanada\u2019s DFI should lead on gender equality,\u201d The Hill Times<\/a>, September 11, 2017, p.12.<\/p>\n (2017). \u201cTraining and Curriculum for Evaluating Impact Investing\u201d (with K. Harji). AEA 365<\/a> (American Evaluating Association), March 17, 2017.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cSovereign Wealth: Two ways African governments can hold DFIs accountable.\u201d Evaluation for Afric<\/a>a, April 26, 2016.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cSetting Standards for Evaluating Impact Investing: What Does Africa Want?\u201d Evaluation for Africa<\/a>, March 29, 2016. (with K. Harji).<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cMarathon Champions Race Toward Peace in Kenya.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, April 1, 2016.<\/p>\n (2016). \u201cNFL Honors Nominees Remind Us Why Giving Back Matters.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, February 5, 2016.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cFrom Fuzzy to Clear: Tips from Evaluating the Swiss and Dutch Governance Programs (with A. Bichsel, G. Dijkstra and K. ter Horst). AEA365<\/a> (American Evaluation Association), November 30, 2015.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cThe Evaluation as Field Builder: Experiences with Impact Investing.\u201d AEA365<\/a> (American Evaluation Association), September 16, 2015.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cBetter Pensions for Non-Profit Workers:\u00a0 A Quebec Multi-Employer Plan that Works.\u201d and \u201cThis Quebec Model Offers Better Pensions for Non-Profit Workers.\u201d<\/strong> Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, June 15, 2015.<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cPolicy from the bottom up.\u201d Ottawa Citizen<\/a>, May 24, 2015. (Sole Author).<\/p>\n (2015). \u201cWhat is Post-Secondary Education For? To Build a Better World, Says C2<\/sup>UEXpo 2015\u201d (with G. Briggs). Carleton Now<\/u>, May 2015.<\/p>\n (2014). \u201cWhy the CRA is No Longer an Effective Instrument of Public Policy.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, July 25, 2014.<\/p>\n (2013). \u201cTranslate Words into Deeds in Fight for Gay Rights\u201d (with I. Smillie and S. Brown). Embassy Magazine Online<\/u>, 11 March, 2013.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cHow the LGBT Community Gets Down to Business.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>. September 12, 2012.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cDoes a New President for Ghana Mean a New Direction?\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>. July 31, 2012. Published first as \u201cBlack Star Beacon: What Ghana Does Next Matters.\u201d The Mark<\/u>. July 30, 2012.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cCan the World Bank be Transformed?\u201d (with J. Sinclair). The Mark<\/u>, April 1, 2012.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cShake up World Bank chief selection and support emerging powers\u201d (with J. Sinclair). Embassy<\/a>, March 14, 2012.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cSimple Deal: Canada Gets Money, and China Gets Canada.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a> February 13, 2012.<\/p>\n (2012). \u201cSkating Towards the Corners.\u201d The What Are You Skating Towards?<\/em> Series. Al Etmanski\u2019s Blog<\/u>, February 8, 2012.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cDoes the NHL Have Brain Damage?\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, December 11, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cSeven Questions You Should Ask About Federal Budget Cuts.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/u>, December 6, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cSocial Gold: Strategies for Financing Non-Profits in a Turbulent World.\u201d Al Etmanski\u2019s Blog<\/u>, November 6, 2011. (Sole Author). Also published in SocialFinance.org<\/u>, November 24, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cDon\u2019t Cut Program for Military Families: Spouses are the Key to Troop Reintegration.\u201dHuffington Post Canada<\/u>, August 3, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cK\u2019naan, Iman and the Famine in Somalia: The Long Game Matters, Too.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, July 27, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cLetter to Derek Jeter: How About Helping 30,000 Young People?\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, July 15, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cFeminism 2.0: \u2018Lift as You Climb\u2019.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, July 10, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cGive Homophobia The Red Card: Cleaning Up Women\u2019s Soccer by 2015.\u201d Huffington Post Canad<\/a>a<\/u>, June 30, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cSeeding Socialism: The Conservative Attack Against Unions and Young Workers.\u201d Huffington Post Canad<\/a>a<\/u>, June 22, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cOld Guys Rule: Experience Powers Bruins and Mavs to the Top.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, June 16, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cMultipolarity: It\u2019s Already Here.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/a>, June 8, 2011.<\/p>\n (2011). \u201cPro Athletes for Marriage Equality: Creating New Space.\u201d Huffington Post Canada<\/u>. 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