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The Ask: A Community Resilience Strategy 

We are asking the Government of Canada to take action through three linked pillars:
  1. Establish a Community Resilience Fund, with an initial $3 billion contribution from the federal government to capitalize community finance institutions, build local and sector-wide capacity and finance initiatives that demonstrate impact at scale. It is expected that this federal investment will leverage $15 billion in additional capital.
  2. Unlock private, philanthropic and retail capital through expanding a coordinated suite of existing policy and fiscal tools, including guarantees, tax credits, and targeted program and regulatory changes aimed at crowding in private investment, unlocking more philanthropic and institutional capital and enabling practical pathways for individual Canadians to invest in their own communities.
  3. Introduce framework legislation that provides a statutory definition and public accreditation framework for community finance institutions, establishes community-level economic resilience as a national priority, and creates a permanent mechanism for dialogue and coordination between government and communities.

Letter Signatories

534 people and organizations have signed

  • George BrownMooney's Bay Ventures Inc.
  • Geraldine BabcockBoard Member, Mount Dennis Community Land Trust
  • Colin Corcoran, CEOCommunity Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Piero RamosAndean Impact Venture
  • Gary Simonsen - Chair, Valley Heartland CFDCValley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation
  • Gordon Holley, CPA,CACommunity Foundations of Canada
  • Erika RolstonRural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia
  • Aftab Erfan Executive Director, Dialogue and EngagementSimon Fraser University
  • Leslee White-EyeFirst Nations with Schools Collective
  • Altaira NortheGood Fruit Consulting
  • Marianne WyneThePivot.Earth
  • Stewart McDonoughGuelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition
  • Johanna LiCommunity Impact Real Estate Society
  • Shawna Peddle Associate VP, SustainabilityCo-operators
  • Dr. Gillian MorrisseyManager, Centre for Social Enterprise, Memorial University
  • Shamir Tanna
  • Kim Shah, Co-founder, President, ChairInstitute of Neurodiversity ION - Canada
  • Rio Gurr, Office AdministratorAlacrity Canada
  • Barbara Myers MCIP, MCPAequum Global Access Inc.
  • Lee Ramsay
  • Morgan Smith
  • Marianne Williams, Chair of the BoardLutheran Social Services, Owen Sound Ontario
  • Helen Patterson, FounderLife Works Well
  • Liz Bandelin, FounderNu-Tea Company / Tega Organic Tea
  • Gisele FarrellSelf
  • Gisele Farrell
  • Lynn WilliamsLifestyle Protector
  • Dayna HollandMid-River Projects Ltd.
  • Katie TurnerConsultant
  • Douglas Laird
  • Nalini BatemanAmanzi Consulting Inc.
  • Shannon CourtneyShanCo Studio
  • Samantha Serrer - Creative DirectorSerrif Studio
  • Hilary Van WelterAscentia
  • Tanya Piazza-HughesLadybug Enterprises
  • vicki saunders, founderCoralus
  • Sally Ludwig
  • Earl BelcourtTreasurer Indigenous Center for Cumulative Effects
  • Earl BelcourtVice President British Columbia Metis Federation
  • Adwoa K. Buahene, CEO, Rise
  • Joan AgostaJoan Agosta, Developmental Learning Specialist
  • Laura Andrighetti
  • Alison Lawton, President & FounderMindset Social Innovation Foundation
  • Bell Everyn
  • Nancy Robinson, ChairDigby & Area Housing Coalition and Digby & Area Community Gardens (past Co-chair)
  • Gena RotsteinKarma & Cents Inc.
  • Jayson Rainone
  • Joseph MacLeanFour Pillars Community Housing Ccc Inc
  • Tanya Darisi, Founder & CEOOpenly Inc.
  • Filsan Farah
  • Tina StrehlkeMinerva Foundation for BC Women
  • Arlene Nesbittretired art therapist and working artist
  • Priya Bala-MillerNature Investment Hub
  • Grace Lee ReynoldsMaRS Discovery District
  • Diana Colangelo
  • James Swift
  • Emma Renaerts, Partnerships and Strategic Communications ManagerBuy Social Canada
  • Arushi DahiyaNew Power Labs
  • Jennifer DeBues, Executive DirectorCommunity Foundation of Greater Peterborough
  • Dr. Andrea Piccinin, PhD
  • Dr. Rachel Grimminck, MD, FRCPC, DABPN, CGPUBC
  • Yasmin / fundraising managerReception House Waterloo Region
  • Kelly WilhelmWilhelm Strategies
  • Meghan SaundersPacifichor Consulting
  • Mandy Schnurr
  • Olivier Ndikumana - Executive DirectorUmoja Learning Initiative
  • Sr. Noreen Allossery-WalshUrsuline Sisters of Chatham
  • Justin AbbissFair Finance Fund
  • Kim PowerCape4 Communications
  • Cecil Henry None organization.
  • Barb Rallison, Associate DirectorInstitute for Community Prosperity, Mount Royal University
  • Marisol Fornoni
  • Tonya Surman, CEOCentre for Social Innovation
  • Jessica FreemanJ Freeman Consulting
  • Janine Pierre, Co-FounderCivic Imagineers
  • Aisling Nolan, Co-FounderCivic Imagineers
  • Dina GraserCanadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing (CATCH)
  • Steve EdgertonRally Assets
  • pk mutchHIghwire Collective
  • Pina CoriglianoHesperus Village
  • Sally NgUnity Community Centre
  • Emily MercyGoparity Canada
  • Jessica Pan
  • Glynne EvansMinor impact investor, so organization not applicable.
  • Mary C. Kelly @AstuteCitizen
  • Moe PzTropicana
  • Nadine Martel
  • Gordon MoreSoutheast Techhub - Southeast Saskatchewan
  • Jess Barrie10C Shared Space
  • Melissa McGuirk McNeilFamilies Canada
  • Heather McleodSomething Different This Way Comes podcast
  • Sam BroadbentAdvantage Capital Strategies Group
  • Eunice YeboahCanada Black Policy Network
  • Kevin TaylorSVX
  • Maggy Burns, Executive DirectorEcology Action Centre
  • Christopher GoogooThe Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation
  • Geraldine Babcock
  • Stephanie TsuiGenus Capital Management
  • Winston Allen
  • Mona ipPositivithé inc
  • PresidentPositivithé inc.
  • Angela ScarlettTropicana Community Services
  • Kate HammerVancouver Foundation
  • Professor, University of Waterloo
  • Marc Schutzbank
  • Trish McOrmond
  • Nicole Norris
  • Justin SweeneySweeney & Assoc. - Community Financial
  • Jen CasorsoEnd Poverty Edmonton
  • Tabitha GeraghtyElevate society, a culinary social enterprise
  • Sara GaudonLogicalOutcomes Canada
  • Laura SchnurrTamarack Institute
  • Audrey WadeLil Sprouts Academy NL
  • Cam Anderson, FounderFuture Legacies
  • Catherine LordGarth Homer Foundation
  • Anthonia Ogundele, Executive DirectorEthos Lab Educational Society
  • Lorie Abernethy, MA, CFREAFP Calgary & Area Chapter
  • Stacey Corriveau, Executive DirectorBC Centre for Social Enterprise
  • Juvarya VeltkampC40 Cities
  • Rita Parikh, Board ChairVancity Credit Union and Vancity Community Investment Bank
  • Kevin Doyle
  • Bill YoungSocial Capital Partners
  • Kathryn LeBlancCEO, LeBlanc (& co.) Communications
  • Sue HemphillHealthy Hive Consulting for organizational and community development
  • Sue HemphillManitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
  • Anne Marie BianchiHerEco Ventures
  • Andreea Mogosanu
  • Martha HancockCBSR
  • Colleen Vandeyck
  • Robin CoryLiminal Momentum
  • Sarah HeynenCanadian Centre for Food & Ecology
  • Renee Beneteau
  • Kathy Arney, Founder and Chief Encouragement OfficerKEA Canada Ltd.
  • Carla Sheridan
  • Stephanie GarrowGarrow&Evoy
  • Reid DennisonAHIGH Inc. - Affordable Housing in Grey Highlands
  • Yonis AwaleEmpower the Youth Foundation
  • Daryl HattonConnectionPoint
  • Gordon HolleyHumanity Financial Management Inc.
  • Sanaaj MirrieAfiwi Groove School
  • Anthony GreyTropicana Community Services
  • Daniel Anckle, CEOTropicana Community Services
  • Stephen DaviesTransformation by Design
  • Angie Gelinasthe Nonprofit Chamber
  • Patricia Bader-JohnstonEarthberries Capital
  • Kathleen CadungogSolutionist Studios
  • Seth AsimakosKaléidoscope social impact
  • Tamara ConnellAcademy for Sustainable Innovation
  • Meg BeckelOctopus Thinking Advisory Services
  • Laura Jones
  • Bruce W. J. Miller, Principal,Bruce W. J. Miller Consulting
  • Carm Di Santo-MichalenkoPresident, Business & Professional Women of Saskatoon Inc.
  • Stacey Scott Nykolyshyn
  • Sue Wilson, Office for Systemic Justice, Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada
  • Erin AlexiukCentre for First Nations Governance
  • Hayley LapalmeNourish Leadership
  • Altaira NortheGood Fruit Consulting
  • Kenny Tang
  • Megan Parrish, Co-CEOHeart Lake Committed Capital
  • Emma Nortom
  • Renee SullivanValley Heartland
  • Jeremy GuthOmbrello Solutions
  • Mike Peasgood, CEOENVGO Inc
  • Véronique Carbonneau, Strategic Clarity CoachGarrow&Evoy
  • Annika Voltan, Assistant ProfessorSaint Mary's University
  • Katie Green, Managing DirectorAbundance Collective
  • Eiliyah Deewan
  • Dave KranenburgGreen Circle Food Hub
  • Jessey NjauZawadi Farm
  • Shawn SmithKRDW Investments & Island View Farm
  • John Ozimec
  • Jude Keefe, MAJJK Mapping
  • Ms Corrie KamphofSylvan United Church
  • Alain-Olivier DesboisElements Financial
  • Fiona Proctor, ConsultantInside Change
  • George BrownMooney's Bay Ventures Inc.
  • Javed KhanMaple Frontiers Advisory Ltd
  • Bernard Melameth
  • Caitlin BryantCaitlin Bryant Consulting
  • Doug LuiMisfit Ventures
  • Brook ThorndycraftBig Waves Consulting Inc.
  • Marianne Wyne, Founder and Chief Operating OfficerThePivot.Earth
  • John Gaudaur SavageCanadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations, President
  • Raissa Espiritu, Managing PartnerAudaxa Ventures
  • Heather Watt-KapitainTapestry Community Capital
  • Marilyn Struthers Social Finance & Housing Group, Institute of Southern Georgian Bay
  • Allison Gibson, Chief People OfficerNew Power Labs
  • Jenna StevenatoBuy Social Canada
  • Floriane LemoineDefinity Foundation
  • Karen SecordR.I.S.E. Academy
  • Victor Willis, PrincipalAffordable & Supportive Housing
  • Ayon ShahedCCO, Seafair
  • Anne WhelanCEO, Seafair
  • Shannon Price
  • Lewis MuirheadAlternate Future Design Group
  • Kjeld Mizpah (KJ) Conyers-SteedeFuture Civics
  • Annie BordeleauI2A-Network
  • Alexis BrennerBubble Grove
  • Nick MathesonOneUp Performance
  • Jehad Aliweiwi, Executive DirectorLaidlaw Foundation
  • Cathy Taylor, President & CEOLawson Foundation
  • Erica Crawford, PrincipalHeronBridge Consulting Inc.
  • Catherine Adare, CEOInnovators & Entrepreneurs Foundation
  • Helen Zhou, Senior ManagerSVX
  • Eric In, President & FounderMapleric Positive Impact
  • Jessica Delaney, CEOEngage Delaney
  • Paz Orellana-FitzgeraldJ5 Design
  • Michelle ColussiBuilding Resilient Neighbourhoods Society
  • Devika Shah, Executive DirectorEnvironment Funders Canada
  • Robin Wisener, Director Community Wealth BuildingTamarack Institute for Community Engagement
  • Michael Smith, President & Chief Impact OfficerIMPACT BRIDGE
  • Danica Straith, Director Community Learning PartnershipsRoyal Roads University
  • Molly Balcom RaleighAll In Research & Innovation
  • Scott ElliottDr. Peter Centre
  • Darcy GrayCenter for First Nations Governance
  • Upkar Arora, CEORally Assets Inc.
  • PresidentHere To There Consulting Inc
  • Alison ShawSFU Climate Innovation
  • Danya Pastuszek (she/her), President & CEOTamarack Institute for Community Engagement
  • Elijah Zimmerman, Executive DirectorIsland Community Mental Health
  • Mitchell Edgar
  • Cara Gibson, Executive DirectorSwan Lake Nature Sanctuary
  • Amanda Mayer, COO & Director, Social FinanceThe Lawson Foundation
  • Claudia SmithUVIC Gustavson School of Business, Entrepreneurship
  • Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Executive DirectorCanadian CED Network (CCEDNet)
  • Nick Saul, co-founder and CEORight To Food
  • Adi DattaShorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies
  • Krystal RenschlerMutatio Social Impact
  • Narinder Dhami, FounderNew Power Labs
  • Dana DecentDefinity Foundation
  • Jeffrey GolbyWellFunded Philanthropy
  • Flordeliza Dayrit
  • Andre Vashist, Director of Learning & CollaborationPhilanthropic Foundations Canada
  • Elsa YanUniversity of Victoria
  • Abby WongDefinity Foundation
  • Curtis Whiley, Founder & CEOUpper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust
  • Vida LooseCommunity Foundations of Canada
  • Andrea Dicks, PresidentCommunity Foundations of Canada
  • Julian KnightTapestry Community Capital
  • Ryan Noble, Executive DirectorNorth York Harvest Food Bank and FoodReach
  • Tori Williamson, Chief Operating OfficerBuy Social Canada
  • Elizabeth Chick-Blount, CEO, Buy Social Canada
  • Richard MullerImpact United Academy
  • Ceri ReesEntelechy Partners
  • Wendy Cooper, Co-CEODragonfly Ventures
  • Keshiv Kaushal, CIONextGen Impact Fund
  • Rowan Gentleman-SylvesterCityHive
  • Julie-Ann HunterThe Victoria Youth Empowerment Society
  • Rebecca JacobsFair Finance Fund
  • Annette Pedlar
  • Sadia Zaman, CEOInspirit Foundation
  • Michael Toye, Executive DirectorCo-operatives and Mutuals Canada
  • Michele OsadzukLutheran Social Services, Owen Sound
  • Raymond Aoki, TreasurerUniversity of Victoria
  • Sharon Welsh
  • Jane Drummond Professor EmeritusUniversity of Alberta
  • Katie Miller
  • Laura Wesley
  • Vanessa Stettler VP OperationsMEF Design
  • Symone Marshall, Communications OfficerMembertou Development Corporation
  • Mike Rowlands, Partner & CEOJunxion Strategy
  • Roger AbbissOccupy Earth
  • Alidad MafinezamYasmin Centre for the Arts and Community
  • Karen ScottieToronto Renewable Energy Co-operative Inc.
  • Lisette PeerlingsGrantbook
  • Melissa LemPast President, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
  • LoriAnn GirvanPrincipal, LAG Advisors
  • Ismat, Clinical and Data CoordinatorVancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR)
  • Dr. Kathleen RossCanadian Medical Association Past President
  • Michael ProssermanEPIC Leadership
  • Evelyn SteinhauerUniversity of Alberta
  • Heather Kirkconnell
  • Chuck Rumsey, President and CEOEcotrust Canada
  • Geraldine BabcockMy. Dennis Community Land Trust
  • Ross McMillanRetired CEO Tides Canada/Makeway
  • Kiri BirdIn Her Circle
  • Ryan St GermaineIndigenous-Led Ventures Inc
  • Monica PohlmannMKP & Associates
  • Manda Aufochs GillespieCortes Foundation
  • Katie MottaCircular Innovation Council
  • Ed LevyILLAHIE Foundation
  • Leigh GreavesHarmony Centre Owen Sound
  • David MaggsMetcalf Foundation
  • Karel MayrandFondation familiale Trottier
  • Sean Geobey, Associate Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Social InnovationUniversity of Waterloo
  • Kirsten LawrenceThe Purposeful Group
  • Jacqueline Koerner
  • Chelsey MacNeilThe Purposeful Group
  • Steven Beaton, Citizen
  • Heather RemacleKit and Kanban Consulting
  • Norman ValdezBrainTrainr
  • Wes Regan, PhD CandidateUBC School of Community & Regional Planning
  • Taylor Fox, Investment PrincipalEntrepreNorth
  • Jill Andres
  • Alexandra FlynnPeter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
  • Barbara JM Mayfieldretired BC Public Servant &member of the Cowichan Climate Hub
  • Adam Millard3fold
  • Lindsay BealPhD candidate, University of Victoria
  • Sandra Lopez-Zamora
  • Vivian ForssmanRoyal Roads University
  • Deborah HintonPhil
  • Matson Kitamisi
  • Marg Scheben-EdeyCommunity Advocate
  • Candies KotchapawOrganization for Economic Development and Diplomacy
  • Pamela NicholasGreater Victoria Climate Hub
  • Len Layton
  • Scott Stirrett, Co-Founder and PrincipalCarrying Place Holdings Ltd.
  • Kate Graham
  • Lynne ColesLynne Coles Consulting
  • Helene Berman, Distinguished University Professor EmeritaUniversity of Western Ontario
  • David HearnNorse Real Estate Solutions
  • David B. Watters, PresidentInstitute for Collaborative Innovation
  • David B. Watters, PresidentInstitute for Collaborative Innovarion
  • Lynn Davis, PresidentAlegria 3 Inc
  • John Hallward, PresidentGIV3
  • Mary C. Kelly @AstuteCitizen
  • Harry de Ruiter
  • Aditi BasdeoGoparity Canada
  • Dara Parker - CEOToniic
  • Ms. Glynne EvansVictoria Secular Humanist Association (and others)
  • Dora StroudGreater Victoria Climate Hub
  • Bri TrypucBri Trypuc
  • Yadira Lizama MueUniversity of Western Ontario
  • Chantelle Diachina, Clinical CounsellorPrana Self-Care Services
  • Maryam AhmedWeRise initiative.
  • Paul Austin-MenearConcerned Citizen
  • Oluwatobi AyodeleLiberation Alliance Africa
  • Erika Del Carmen FuchsTerruño Collaborative Design
  • Lisa FastVation.ca
  • Tracey Vavrek, Executive DirectorIntegralOrg
  • Geoff Moore, Founder & CEOImpact AND Inc.
  • Valerie Terejko, Director of DevelopmentMcMaster University
  • Tiffany Callender, CEOFACE
  • Terry GrayImpact Bridges Group
  • Nola MarionSocial Finance & Housing Group Southern Georgian Bay
  • Allen McLash, retired citizen of Esquimalt, BC
  • Andrea NemtinCanadian Alliance for Tansit Connected Housing "CATCH"
  • Gerry McNalty, ChairCommunity First Housing Southgate
  • Ian Stewart
  • Roya Damabi
  • Eric Meerkamper, Co-Founder and TrusteeCentre for Social Innovation
  • Dan Jacob
  • Samuel Gervais, Co-Executive Director and Co-FounderTerritoires solidaires
  • Anne Finlay-Stewart
  • Gordon Holley. CPA, CA, Co-founder and AdvisorHumanity Financial Management Inc.
  • Pete Walker Founder and Principal ConsultantBoughton Riverview Consulting
  • Jack VanderkooyInstitute for Southern Georgian Bay
  • Liz LeClair, FounderUpRising Philanthropic Consulting
  • Delaney Greig, Senior DirectorUniversity Pension Plan
  • Ron Rice M.G.CVictoria Native Friendship Centre
  • Kristin Richard, Co-founder and Managing DirectorEntrepreNorth
  • Lina Bowden, PresidentCambia Development Foundation
  • Jonathan Bennett, PrincipalClearlyThen Advisory
  • Tamara KrawchenkoUniversity of Victoria
  • Janelle Hardy, FounderThe Art of Personal Mythmaking
  • Patrick LeblondUniversity of Ottawa
  • Hon. Katherine Hay, Senator (Ontario)Senate of Canada
  • Zahra EsmailVantage Point
  • Claire Trottier
  • Joanna Buczkowska - McCumberIdeas for Impact Agency
  • Richard Bird
  • Bernard F. Miller KC ICD.D, Executive ChairRestorative Change Lab CIC
  • Jo-Ann Youmans
  • Emily McGillLiving Systems Network
  • Angela Yenssen
  • Bonnie HunterNorth York Community House
  • Eshaq KhodayarNext-Generation Cities Institute
  • Madelaine LeyWaySeeing Ethics
  • Jennifer DeCoste, FounderFireLoch
  • Heather Broughton
  • Huda Hasan
  • Indra Sarju, Managing Directormi•là Advisors
  • Tanya Smith
  • Heidi abramyk
  • Harvey L. Brooks
  • Chrissy CordingleyRise and Thrive Wholeness Coaching
  • Randy Sa'd, Flourishing Enterprise Institute - Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Tejaswinee JhunjhunwalaSocial Impact Consultant
  • Michael Monias, Principal ConsultantMonias Consulting & Projects
  • Jocelyn GreenwoodSelf
  • Sean Rayland-BoubarRed Rebel Armour
  • Nick VlahosNational Civic League
  • Alison Cretney, CEOEnergy Futures Lab
  • Ingrid VaughanSmart Leadershio
  • Diana Smith
  • Jalen SeguinDoneRight Technologies
  • Sharon BermanSeniors for Climate
  • Rebecca Pauls, Executive DirectorPlanned Lifetime Advocacy Network
  • Jamie Henderson - OwnerCocomo Digital Solutions
  • Peter Flasko
  • Kerri KleinDirector
  • Leo Turner, Scholars ProgramUniversity of Victoria
  • Paige Reeves, Director Research and Social InnovationSkills Society
  • Nils B. ZimmermannCommonsForge
  • Teri BalserUniversity of Calgary, Professor and former Provost
  • Nathan GrandjambeSimon Fraser University
  • Annelies Tjebbes, CEO & FounderRoots & Rivers Consulting
  • Sonia Furstenau, Co-founderCommunity Assembly Network
  • Alix FlavelleForest Consultant
  • Grant Storry, FounderCoherence Earth
  • Nastaran KhodaeianUniversity of Victoria
  • Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed, Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, UWaterloo
  • Joanne Hughes, PrincipalViewtop Consulting Inc.
  • Shandell HouldenCascade Institute
  • Earl BelcourtBritish Columbia Métis Federation Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects
  • Alister MathiesonThe Barrett Family Foundation
  • Michael Lewkowitz, FounderIgniter Incorporated
  • Eleanor CalderRetired Citizen of ESQUIMALT community
  • Catherine Li, StudentUniversity of British Columbia
  • Diane Roussin, President & CEOWinnipeg Boldness
  • Gigi Farrell
  • Pierre Iachetti, Executive DirectorDavid Suzuki Foundation
  • Graham Singh, CEORelèven (and for SPREIIT)
  • Cathy Sturgeon, doctoral candidateRoyal Roads University
  • Brent WellschStep Change Strategies
  • Merv Chia, ChairAegis Peace Fund
  • Christine Millerconsultant
  • Francisca Quinn, FounderQuinn+Partners
  • Mary McAlisterMary McAlister Therapy
  • Judy LightwaterVictoria resident
  • Sonja MiokovicTamarack Institute for Community Engagement
  • Garth MartensCanadian Author
  • Shauna Sylvester, Founder and Lead ConvenorMakeWay Charitable Society - Urban Climate Leadership
  • Keith Ippel, co-CEOSpring
  • Saul KleinForum de Victoria Forum
  • Claire Remington - Executive DirectorCompost Education Centre
  • Courtney HowardPOWER—PlanetaryHealth Organizations for Wellbeing, Equity & Regeneration
  • Fynn La BoucanYouth Climate Corps BC
  • Cheryl MitchellUniversity of Victoria
  • Helen BoydCanadian Association of Nurses for the Environment
  • Jason Sukhram, DirectorQuinn+Partners
  • Jasmine Palardy, FounderThe Good Future Collective
  • Douglas Laird
  • Sebastian SilvaRoundtable Consulting
  • Susan Z. MartinNeighbourhood Solidarity with Unhoused Neighbours
  • Annand OllivierreSkills Society
  • Rose Montazer - Student / EntrepreneurUniversity of Regina
  • Omar Yaqub, Servant of ServantsIslamicFamily
  • Ben Weinlick, Executive DirectorSkills Society
  • Eoin CallanManaging Director, Bloom Impact Capital
  • Divyadarshan PunjabiDefinity Foundation
  • Margaret Bluck
  • Jiaying ZhaoUniversity of British Columbia
  • Heather CurrieRoyal Military College, Graduate Student
  • Nicolas Greenfield
  • Deborah HarfordClimate Innovation, SFU
  • Jordan BatchelorRoyal Roads University
  • Derek MasselinkUlreïa Farm and Masselink Environmental Design
  • Pearce Jones, PhD ResearcherUniversity of Victoria
  • Lori HewsonCedar & Oak
  • Rhea Kachroo, J5 Design
  • Honourable Jim MunsonFormer Senator- Senate of Canada
  • Laura Melly
  • Jennie Keeran, founderLet's Talk Health Society
  • Sheila SimpsonSimpson & Associates
  • Adel GuitouniUniversity of Victoria & Victoria Forum
  • Andrew ChunilallCommunity Foundations of Canada
  • Aidan HassellLekwungen Land Learner – University of Victoria
  • Arzeena HamirAmara FArm
  • Valerie Terejko, Director of DevelopmentMcMaster University
  • Caleigh Garland, Director of Engagement and AdvocacyFederation of Community and Social Services of BC
  • Paluck KohliImpact Measurement Lead, Leadogo
  • Jonathan Hays, Founder & Principal StrategistPlumage Capital Inc.
  • Valerie RuheCRFAIR
  • Inga MichaelsenRoyal Roads University
  • Tricia Sexton-EarlBeacon Community Services
  • Louise AdongoMany hats, situated in place(s)
  • Laura S. Lynes, President & CEOThe Resilience Institute
  • Mark SmithPacific Seaweed Association
  • Laura S. LynesThe Resilience Institute
  • Laura S. LynesThe Resilience Institute
  • Holly McHughMejuri
  • Megan RempelLILLOOET LEARNING COMMUNITIES SOCIETY
  • Eric Hargrave, Executive DirectorPowell River Kiwanis Housing Society
  • Jory CohenSilk Pin Capital
  • Kristi Rivait, Director, Partnerships and ProgramsThrive Impact Fund and Thriving Non-Profits
  • Cassie RobinsonWealth Design Studio
  • Jerry Koh, Interim Executive Director & Impact LeadNew Power Labs
  • Victoria SteeleArts and Non-Profit Management/Gestion des arts et des OBNLs
  • Raissa Espiritu, Managing PartnerAudaxa Ventures
  • Jamil BhimjiUBC
  • Darryl Anderson, Mercy Ships Canada
  • Aleeya VeljiEnfin Impact Founder & Managing Director
  • lyn brooksdHub Group
  • Kiran GillSocial Capital Partners
  • Hillary SamsonTransforming Ventures
  • James Stauch8th Rung
  • Dylan McTavish
  • Bruce SingerCanada CFOs
  • Skye NohRally Assets
  • Laurel Dault, Director of ImpactHollyhock Leadership Institute
  • Kelli StevensDefinity Foundation
  • Natasha Freidus, Co-FounderEquity Cubed
  • Jean-Marc ManginPresident and CEO, Philanthropic Foundations Canada PDG, Fondations philanthropiques Canada
  • Victor Beausoleil, Executive DirectorSETSI
  • Vanessa Paesani, Executive DirectorUNB's Pond-Deshpande Centre
  • Edmund Piro, Chief Investment OfficerMcConnell Foundation
  • Maggie MacDonald, Senior Director, Public AffairsMcConnell Foundation
  • Hilary Kilgour, FounderAudaxa Ventures
  • Gwendolyn Joy, Interim CEOSocial Innovation Canada
  • Rob FisherScale Collaborative
  • Eric SavoieAurora Futures Inc.
  • Tracey RobertsonWealth Shift Studio
  • Suzanne Faiza, Policy and Research ManagerTapestry Community Capital
  • Vladimir GomezChaka Consulting
  • Anoushka Bhari - Finance AnalystHarvest Impact
  • Alexis Brenner, FounderBubble Grove & DB Trailblazers
  • Arti Freeman, CEODefinity Foundation
  • Brett Hudson MatthewsMy Oral Village (Toronto)
  • Mike Bulthuis, Executive DirectorOttawa Community Land Trust
  • Manuela Garzon, MIPPPublic Affairs Profesional
  • Kate Cornell, PhD Principal ConsultantPurposeful
  • Jon Shell, ChairSocial Capital Partners
  • Heather McLeodSomething Different This Way Comes, podcast
  • Matt Di PaolaExecutive Advisor
  • Jo Reynolds, Co-ManagerCatalyst Community Finance
  • Jeff Cyr, Founder & Managing PartnerRaven Indigenous Outcomes Funds
  • Julia Grady, Founder & Co-lead10C Shared Space, Harvest Impact, Impact Guarantee
  • Sara Wolfe, CEO and Co-FounderEquity Cubed
  • Geraldine Cahill, co-ManagerCatalyst Community Finance
  • Michelle QuintynGoodwill Industries International
  • Jayne Engle, PhD, Adjunct Professor & Co-StewardMcGill University & 7GenerationCities
  • Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook, Co-steward7GenCities
  • Alex Tveit, CEO & Co-FounderSustainable Impact Foundation
  • Jessica Vu, Advisory Services AssociateSVX
  • Adam Spence, Founder & CEOSVX
  • John Richardson, StewardPolity Cooperative
  • Wayne Miranda, Chief Investment and Program OfficerDefinity Foundation
  • Matthew Mendelsohn, CEOSocial Capital Partners
  • Stephen Huddart, DirectorRegenerative Economies Program, Victoria Forum
  • Tim Draimin, AdvisorVictoria Forum
  • James Chan, Co-Executive DirectorImpact United Academy
  • Michelle Arnold, Policy ManagerSocial Capital Partners
  • Michelle Baldwin, Co-Executive DirectorImpact United Academy

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