$800,000 student-led impact investing fund adds new chapters in Ottawa and Victoria

In 2020, the Vancouver-based student-led fund realized a 15x return on an investment in alternative meat company, Very Good Butchers.

Why It Matters

Business degrees are the most sought-after post-secondary education in Canada. But if students graduate without learning about how business can be a force for good, Canada risks having a corporate class that only orients toward profit.

This story is part of the Future of Good editorial fellowship covering the social impact worldโ€™s rapidly changing funding models, supported by Community Foundations of Canada and United Way Centraide Canada.

Last week, seven post-secondary students in Ottawa and Victoria began their careers as impact investors.ย 

The students are the co-leads of two new chapters of the National Social Value Fund, a pan-Canadian non-profit impact investing fund that supports post-secondary students to invest in social enterprises and social purpose businesses across the country.ย 

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