Connecting Canada’s
Social Innovation Ecosystem
Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada) is an initiative to connect social innovation practitioners, build the capacity of the sector, and to elevate this work in Canada and beyond.
Stories from the network
Social R&D National Gathering Report 2021
On March 30 and 31, 2021, Social Innovation Canada hosted our second Social R&D: A National Practice Gathering online. The Gathering focused on the question,…
Social R&D Knowledge Product RFP Recipients
We have granted these six Canadian organizations between $21,500-$25,000 to share their learnings using Social R&D approaches in their communities.
Moving Forward Together
This week, I joined a circle with over 1000 people to honour the 215 Indigenous children found on the grounds of the Kamloops (Tk’emlups) Residential School. It was the fourth and final gathering being hosted by Reconciliation Canada, the theme was “Moving Forward Together.”
“A robust, connected, social innovation ecosystem will inspire new efforts to illuminate relationships between social innovators, bringing together key parts so they can combine to create a much greater whole.”
– 2017 Feasibility Study Participant
Upcoming events
Our work
Data and Stories
We are building a platform to aggregate data and stories that help social innovators demonstrate evidence of their impact. With a solid collaborative infrastructure in place, we can experiment with the UN Global Goals as an organizing framework to help align these stories
Navigation, Wayfinding, and Connection
By creating pathways into the social innovation field, we make it easier for social innovators to find each other and build connections. We're mapping the sector using taxonomies relevant to social innovation.
Capacity Building
SI Canada wants to ensure the social innovation community has the information and assets they need to implement systems of social innovation and social finance. We create the conditions for social innovators to build multi-sectoral collaborations, test and experiment with new ideas, pool resources, and attract new donors and investors.
Aligning for Action
We enable social innovation organizations and funders to collaborate on approaches to social problems that are proven or promising, develop better products and services, scale their impact and evaluate progress. This is where we see a fundamental shift to collaboration and impact.
Our regional partners
Our six nodes are organizations actively building social innovation ecosystems in their provinces. With deep roots in the communities, they are committed to support and connect innovators in the local and national levels.
