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Diane Berard

Diane Bérard is the Future of Good reporter on Canadian social finance and impact investing. 

Diane's Latest Articles

Desjardins grants $225,000 to Quebec newspaper Le Devoir to fund a social economy beat
Explainer: The divergent fix-it paths of Ontario and B.C.’s condo oversupply problem

Both provinces have too many tiny, shoebox condos, but both are taking different approaches to fixing it.

Elbows up: Spring Impact Capital calls for a giant spreadsheet of available early-stage Canadian capital

The Vancouver impact investor wants to crowd-source a free, national directory

Deadline nears for Realize Capital Parters’ rural social‑finance funding
Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: What it is, what is happening and what’s coming next

Canada’s sustainable finance taxonomy faces big challenges, from oil and gas, Indigenous rights and the real meaning of the word ‘transition.’

Ottawa courting major pension funds with no protections for Indigenous rights: Report 
Explainer: Why, despite Ottawa’s billions in spending, the country’s biggest housing provider is still facing a $3B hole

Expiring funding streams and lack of funding keeps social housing stock in poor condition

First Bite Fund launches as Ottawa puts $1 billion behind domestic food processing

New revenue‑based loan fund aims to reach the 92% of food processors that conventional capital has overlooked

The advocacy lessons that informed Zohran Mamdani, occupied Wall Street and stopped a pipeline

Three advocates on the long, unglamorous work of making change stick.

Analysis: What The Guardian can teach Canada about Ontario and New Brunswick’s private child care bet

Ontario and New Brunswick are pushing the federal government to lift the cap on for-profit child care providers, bucking a national model built on public and community-based care.

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