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Diane Berard

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

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A meeting room at Quartier Artisan.
A new pilot program aims to encourage equity-crowdfunding — will it work?

“Applicants must think of their equity crowdfunding as a product just like the products or services they already sell to the community.”

Line St. Amour, executive director of Plein Milieu, signs ownership papers for the organization’s newly purchased building while seated next to François Lefebvre, who’s father owned said property for many years. Board members Isabelle Raffestin (right) and Linda Roy (left) look on.
How an $18.6 million dollar fund helps community organizations beat speculators and own their own spaces

Twenty partners, including public and private investors, philanthropic foundations, and labour funds, have joined forces to develop a suite of loan programs designed to help social purpose organizations beat rent inflation

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