When asked “What is the promise you see in the future of social enterprise?”, Liam O’rourke, Executive Director of LakeCity Works, gave us this hopeful answer: Having just moved back to Nova Scotia after 12 years running a social enterprise in Montreal I am energized by the incredible work being done in social enterprise across Nova Scotia. The organizations making …
WELCOME TO THE NEW HOME OF THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NETWORK!
Welcome to the new website and resource database for the Social Enterprise Sector of Nova Scotia! We’re excited to launch this site, which will host the work and research that has happened through SENNS, and in the sector overall, since our inception in 2015.So, how did we get here? Well, two large pieces of work relating to the social enterprise …
BUY SOCIAL CANADA – WHAT IS IT?
Reposted from Common Good SolutionsIn April 2015, Common Good Solutions, with Accelerating Social Enterprise CCC Ltd., Open Door Ventures and Realize Co-op launched Buy Social Canada, a marketing brand to help buyers to identify legitimate social enterprises and social purpose businesses and accordingly make purchases that benefit our local communities. Read on for more info about social purchasing, and how …
SCALING UP DOESN’T ALWAYS EQUAL SCALING IMPACT
Reposted from Common Good SolutionsScaling up a social enterprise can be an effective way to increase impact. But in Canada, it’s more the exception than it is the rule, says Andy Horsnell. “When I think of scaling up, I think of the global south,” explains the social enterprise consultant with Common Good Solutions in Nova Scotia.Andy thinks this global pattern …
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