Carney’s National Food Strategy includes boosting local food production. Pilots are already deployed. The federal strategy is arriving to meet it, not lead it.
Research from Carleton University, based on foundations’ T3010 data between 2000 and 2017, tells a story of how foundations adjusted their disbursements when the disbursement quota was reduced from 4.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent.
Ottawa bet $400 million that public capital could build a private market for Canada's social economy. Realize Fund I's $276.7M close is the first real test.
Inspirit Foundation became the only Canadian foundation to successfully transition 100 per cent of its assets to impact investment in 2022. Since the foundation first made the commitment in 2016, its portfolio has made higher returns than a traditional portfolio would.
Rent banks are one of the few homelessness‑prevention tools that intervene before a crisis, stabilizing tenants at a fraction of the cost of emergency shelters or rehousing
The launch of the TISFD signals that social risk is no longer peripheral to financial stability, but is the next major test of whether markets can adapt to a world in crisis
At the Catalyst: Community Finance Summit in Winnipeg, leaders warned that poorly designed impact‑investing practices can retraumatize clients, distort ecosystems, and delay essential funding
The Impact Guarantee is a pilot program that, through the tried and tested model of loan guarantees, could support, derisk and expand small and medium-sized social finance intermediaries.
A first‑loss commitment from Boann signals that Canada’s long‑discussed loan‑guarantee infrastructure for community lenders is finally taking shape
Montreal’s emerging collective real estate movement is reshaping how cities protect local businesses, artists and community assets.
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