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Fundraising during the pandemic
With everything going on in our country and currently in the world, I felt the need to write to you in these unprecedented times. As we are all practicing self isolation, our local and global economy is changing daily. These changes will impact each of us for the...
Government’s social finance fund includes support for startups
The Investment Readiness Program, as it is called, is a $50 million project meant to help social purpose businesses become investment ready, in order to access the $755 million Social Finance Fund
Canada’s social economy about to get a boost, but problems remain
The federal government has initiated and funded, with serious money, a brand-new program creating the Social Finance Fund, to drastically expand the social economy.
Ten Thousand Villages Canada Winds Down Operations
Ten Thousand Villages Canada announced the closure of its corporate operations on January 21st, after decades of selling fair-trade goods in Canada (and 74 years after its founding in the United States). The shutdown should be completed by May.