It was a collaborative partnership founded by The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, MaRS Discovery District, PLAN Institute and the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR). While the sun has set on the formal partnership, this site stands as an archive to social innovation resources, programs, and ways of contributing to positive change.
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Learn about the Social R&D body of work and the growing Community of Practice in Canada. Find out more.

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SiG Sunset Celebration from Spaceward Media on Vimeo.
On November 28, 2017, more than 400 people gathered at MaRS in Toronto to celebrate the SiG Sunset and pay tribute to a decade of work fostering a culture of continuous Canadian social innovation. We also celebrated the long and world class contribution by Dr. Frances Westley to the field of social innovation.
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