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Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada) is a national charitable organization advancing innovation that works for everyone.
We connect people, ideas, and resources to develop and scale community centred solutions while strengthening Canada’s capacity to solve complex problems. By championing social innovation and linking community insight to policy, capital, and institutions, we help create the conditions for lasting social, environmental and economic impact.
Our vision is for Canada to have an innovation ecosystem that delivers equitable, transformative outcomes for people, communities and the planet.
SI Canada works on two interconnected fronts to advance this vision: delivering systemic solutions to Canada’s most pressing challenges, while reshaping the innovation landscape so that social innovation is fully recognized, resourced, and embedded.
We strengthen Canada's ability to solve complex challenges.
- Champion the practice of social innovation
- Advocate for social innovation to be fully integrated into Canada’s innovation system.
We catalyze and steward purpose-driven collaborations.
- Steward multi-sector collaborations developing high-impact solutions
- Scale what works
Social innovation is how Canada will solve complex challenges together.
It builds the capabilities that help communities, institutions, governments, and investors work toward shared goals. It encourages participation, enables learning and experimentation, and aligns policy, capital, and action so solutions can scale.