SiG aims to foster a culture of continuous social innovation

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).

    • Field Building

    • Inspiring Action for Social Impact Series

    • Social Innovation Labs

Engaged learning

  • sigknowledgehub.com

    Visit our SiG Knowledge Hub; a website designed to provide learning resources about creating conditions for social innovation.

  • http://www.innoweave.ca

    Innoweave helps community organizations learn about and implement new approaches to generate impact, more quickly, and at less cost.

Latest blog posts

  • Why Collaboration Matters: The Platform for Social Innovation

    June 14, 2013

    I recently attended an extremely worthwhile conference, Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability, organized by the Canadian branch of The Natural Step.  The conference proposed new ways for dramatically shifting gears in how we reach sustainability by reaching for levers that will drive systems change.

    My role was to moderate a … Read More...

    Innovations in Elder Care

    June 6, 2013

    Last week upon my return from holidays, I did a pechakucha (a presentation format where 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each; total of 6 minutes 40 seconds) about innovations in elder care. The slides are viewable below with the accompanying explanation. (Note: a version of this post also appears on Think Thrice)

    In 20 years, … Read More...

    Empathy, an unanticipated consequence of a year well spent

    May 31, 2013

    In 1709, Alexander Pope wrote that a little learning is a dangerous thing. If Pope felt that learning about the world may call us to question how well it is operating, then it may be dangerous indeed. However, as I come to the end of my year in the Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation, I think I can put Pope's fears to … Read More...

News from the partnership

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The recently released report, Harnessing the Power of Social Finance has highlighted the Foundation’s joint proposal for financing new home construction on Aboriginal reserves. More

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The next 50 years could see a golden age for higher education―but only if all players take initiative and act ambitiously. If not, an avalanche of change could sweep the system away.

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wisir_waterlooFrances Westley’s article “Social Innovation and Resilience: How One Enhances the Other” was published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). More

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Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is expanding its popular Basin Business Advisors program to provide more comprehensive and direct support to social enterprises.

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