We are 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).
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On July 19, 2017, Miquel de Paladella of UpSocial joined SiG and a group of enabling organizations and innovators in Toronto. UpSocial works to identify and adapt proven globally-sourced innovations into local contexts (working at the city level), engaging deeply with stakeholders to ensure sustainability and impact.
Latest blog posts
Ownership Matters in the Sharing Economy
Editor's note: This blog post first appeared on Medium published on August 3rd and re-posted with permission. On September 9th & 10th, a conference at Toronto’s Reference Library will explore … Read More...
What Drives Experimentation?
Field Notes from Silicon Valley #2 I am spending some time this year in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley to better understand their culture of R&D, how organizations are set up to pursue R&D … Read More...
Dear Universities, Show us what you’ve got!
Note: This blog was originally published on RECODE and was reposted with permission of the author. We live in a volatile, uncertain and complex world. With threats of climate change, rising … Read More...
News from the partnership
MaRS Solutions Lab publishes “Shifting Perspectives: Redesigning Regulation for the Sharing Economy,” a report from the Sharing Economy Public Design project, a partnership between MaRS Solutions Lab, the Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto. More.
The Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience launches two seminal resources – the comprehensive Social Innovation Lab Guide and Social Innovation for Complex Problems, a series of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). More.
PLAN co-founder Al Etmanski hosts the world’s first six-part Bookinar learning series with PLAN Institute, Tamarack, SiG National, ABCD Institute, BCPSI and Ashoka. Explore in-depth the six patterns to spread your social innovation featured in Al’s book: IMPACT. More.
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