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
Field Notes: Insights from Practitioners on Growing Social R&D
For the social sector to have lasting impact in a fast-changing world it must have capacity, resources and permission to conduct research and development, or R&D. This was the hypothesis explored … Read More...
Social Innovation and Social Finance at Scale = Structural Innovation
On September 28, 2017 a group of 45 senators, government officials, academics, Indigenous representatives, civil society and financial sector leaders met in the Senate’s Aboriginal Peoples Committee … Read More...
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...
News from the partnership
In a complex world, making positive change isn’t easy. Understanding social innovation and having simple, useful tools for analysis will help. WISIR presents free lecture videos, documents, tools, and other resources for understanding social innovation. More.
MaRS Solutions Lab was pleased to support the city of Toronto’s Municipal Licensing & Standards consultations on short-term rentals. The lab helped identify the issues and opportunities that short-term rentals have in the Toronto context. More.
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