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 frontlines of social impact
Building a cross-generational Lab in Crowsnest Pass
Like many rural communities in Canada, the Crowsnest Pass is facing tough challenges. The 6,000 inhabitant town in Southwest Alberta is struggling with the outmigration…
How SLiDE is connecting college students with community organizations
“Our institutions have a lot of resources that we need to do a better job of sharing with our communities.” Launched in 2017, SLiDE (Service…
Social R&D Case Studies: Grant Winners
These five Canadian organizations will receive $5,000 to share their learnings using Social R&D approaches in their communities. At this time of systems disruption and…
“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
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.
