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Explainer: Modelled after B.C.’s success, Quebec is building its first province-wide rent bank network
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
Partnered Partnered content Amid economic uncertainty, 22 per cent of Canada’s social enterprises report growth
New data from Buy Social Canada highlights the country’s growing and innovative social enterprise sector.
Partnered Partnered content More time, more power: Sahelian women are ‘at the heart of the action’
The RÉELs project seeks to promote women’s empowerment by giving them the tools to succeed
Partnered Partnered content Plus de temps, plus de pouvoir : Les femmes sahéliennes sont « au cœur de l’action »
Le projet RÉELs cherche à promouvoir l’autonomisation des femmes en leur donnant les outils pour réussir
Oxfam Canada staff begin strike, cite lack of support for gender-affirming care, domestic violence protection and fair wages
Staff will be picketing in Toronto and Ottawa.
Montreal Sustainable Finance Summit: Inequality makes its way onto companies’ financial risk disclosures
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
Quarter of all Canadian AI ventures could be categorized as ‘clean AI’: new research
At Toronto Climate Week, the global CleanAI Initiative shared research on the Canadian ecosystem, finding growing investment hubs in Vancouver, the GTA, and Kitchener-Waterloo.
Done improperly, impact investing can cause more harm than good: Advocates
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
Boann, feds commit to loan guarantee for social finance intermediaries
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.
Explainer: Canada takes another step toward a national fund to help community lenders get the financing they can’t access now
A first‑loss commitment from Boann signals that Canada’s long‑discussed loan‑guarantee infrastructure for community lenders is finally taking shape
The good landlord: how collective commercial real estate strengthens local economies
Montreal’s emerging collective real estate movement is reshaping how cities protect local businesses, artists and community assets.
Prevention cuts youth homelessness in half and is cheaper than emergency shelter – so why isn’t Canada scaling programs?
Three formerly homeless young people say Canada is spending more on emergency responses than it would cost to prevent homelessness in the first place
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