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We are a collaborative partnership of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, MaRS Discovery District, SiG West and the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR).

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Latest blog posts

We’re Hiring! Social Innovation Generation (SiG) Communications Intern

December 12, 2013

Organization: MaRS Discovery District
Industry: Not-for-profit
# of Positions: 1
Position: Communications Intern

Posted: Dec 12, 2013
Application Deadline: Jan 03, 2014
Start Date: Feb 03, 2014
Term of Internship: 8 months

Address: 101 College Street, Suite 100,
Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7

Job Description:

Social Innovation … Read More...

Breakthrough Capitalism: “We are more than consumers, more than tax payers”

December 11, 2013

A UN Global Compact survey reported that 81% of CEOS believe sustainability issues have become part of their company’s strategy and operations.

Most people would see the survey as a positive sign for sustainable business. Volans’ Executive Chairman, John Elkington does not.

A few short weeks ago, John shared these survey findings … Read More...

Microtainer: social innovation & lab links we’re following (November 2013)

December 3, 2013

This mini blog, or bloggette, is part of our ongoing effort to spread information that we think will be interesting, insightful and useful to lab practitioners and the lab-curious. Below is a collection of resources that crossed the desks of Hyun-Duck Chung (MaRS Solutions Lab) and Satsuko VanAntwerp (SiG) over the month of November … Read More...