Impact Conversations Podcast
1) Constant Strategic Innovation at the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI at CSI.
In this conversation with Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI, we hear about the effect of COVID on their core social purpose coworking space and significant strategic change...Show More
Constant Strategic Innovation at the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI at CSI.
33:42 | Sep 29th, 2022
2) Evolving Social Impact Planning in Uncertain Times
How the world has changed! There are a lot of new challenges and opportunities these days as organizations look to clarify their purpose, strategy, and evaluation of their work to create social impac...Show More
3) Loosening the Reins on Funding to Enable Impact: The General Operating Support pilot
Laura Manning, Executive Director at the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation (LSHF) shares the journey and lessons learned from a bold Canadian pilot started in 2018, granting significant additional, unrestric...Show More
Loosening the Reins on Funding to Enable Impact: The General Operating Support pilot
30:08 | Aug 18th, 2022
4) Paulina Cameron: A changemaker supporting women entrepreneurs, individually and systemically
In this episode, we talk to Paulina Cameron, a Globe and Mail ’22 Changemaker and CEO of The Forum, a Vancouver-based charity teaching, mentoring and supporting women entrepreneurs across Canada to ta...Show More
5) Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with SI Canada’s Andrea Nemtin
Our guest today is Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of SI Canada. Sally and Andrea talk about what Social Innovation is, the history of the field in Canada, and how Social Innovation Canada (SI Canad...Show More
6) Successfully bringing Indigenous ways to a traditionally science-based culture at Sierra Club BC, with Executive Director, Hannah Askew
Hannah Askew started as Executive Director at Sierra Club BC in late 2018 with a mandate to bring an Indigenous lens to the work of Sierra Club BC, alongside the traditional scientific lens. As a law...Show More
7) Gord Downie’s Legacy of #ReconciliACTION!
Sarah Midanik, Executive Director of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund shares a message of hope, as she reflects on the important work of reconciliation requiring us all, and non-Indigenous Canadi...Show More
8) Insights from Toronto’s Reconciliation Action Plan
Selina Young, Director of the City of Toronto’s first Indigenous Affairs Office speaks with us about Toronto’s Reconciliation Action Plan, recently unanimously approved by Council. We hear about the ...Show More
9) Creating an increased and lasting sense of civic agency in youth
Veronika Berlicki, co-founder and leader of CityHive, shares how they are transforming the way young people engage in shaping their cities. Based in Metro Vancouver, this 5-year old nonprofit has rev...Show More
10) Catalyzing Local Action on Climate Change through Collective Impact
Bianca Caramento is the Manager of the Bay Area Climate Change Council, leading the collective impact initiative to advance and accelerate climate change action in the cities of Burlington and Hamilto...Show More