Social Innovation Generation was a collaborative initiative addressing Canada's social & ecological challenges by creating a culture of continuous #socinn.
In December 2017 @sigeneration sunset its operations after more than a decade fostering a Canadian ecosystem for systems change. We wrote about our learnings in a book https://t.co/1YtLdmL6qk and thank you for your ongoing work to make the world a better, more just place.
No one likes to talk about money, and funding, yet we all need help with it. #SIgeneration is here for that. We've got resources and ideas and we want to share them with you. Don't be shy! Join at https://t.co/GxopGEY959 #socialinnovation#funding#money#government
Its been amazing to follow (and at times, have been a part of) the work of the @jwmcconnell Foundation over the past 10 years as they've scaled, grown and adapted their impact and approach to philanthropic giving in #socent#socinn ecosystems
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We are pleased Canada’s #Poverty Reduction Strategy identifies literacy as a contributing factor to poverty and an important determinant of future success for everyone. https://t.co/TO44HYDZy9
Our hope to change things and the way that they function, is founded and rooted in experience and insights. We want to share that with you, so you can take it and share it with others. And #together, we can make sustained change happen. #notnaivehope#socialinnovation
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What is social innovation?
@sigeneration has been exploring for years the various qualities and elements that support successful social innovation. https://t.co/HUA1ql6fxy
Does being "nice," a quality often associated with Canadians, help us foster social innovations? Tim Draimin has more to say: https://t.co/GxopGEY959 #socialinnovation#Canada
Article + #TED talk by @rcbregman on Universal Basic Income. ‘Raising every American above the poverty line would cost about $175 billion, he says–about a third of what we spend on national defense.’ @paulborn@cities4people@indy_johar@GEspiau@cities4people @maytree_canada https://t.co/rvNVBBg45q
Friends, a final farewell from all of us at SiG. Thank you for the wondrous journey. Words can't really describe it, but we've given it a go. Read on: https://t.co/FQjqqX77NH Happy Holidays x
Congrats @ustpaul_ca on Canada's first bachelor's in Social Innovation. Students concentrate on one class (eg: ecology, resp mngmt, feminimim), w/2 weeks of classes followed by field work. https://t.co/senl6hUhqw @jwmcconnell @LetsRECODE
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