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Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

Social Innovation through Entrepreneurial Activity

Welcome to the website of the Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship - an information repository on the most current developments in social entrepreneurship all across Canada and around the world.

“Social Entrepreneurship strives to combine the heart of business with the heart of the community through the creativity of the individual.”

Gary McPherson, C.M., A.O.E., LLD
 

 

* 2010 Echoing Green Seed Funding Fellowship *
Details on fellowship application

If interested, please email Deva Jones at deva@echoinggreen.org 


* INFORMATION FOR NOV. 18-20, 2009 EVENT *
The Social Enterprise Council of Canada invites you to join hundreds of existing and prospective social enterprise operators from every region in Canada.

- Full conference: $500
- Day one: $200
- Day two and three: $300

Agenda and registration information

- Day 1: Intensive training sessions geared to your stage of planning, development or growth
- Days 2 and 3: Working sessions with fellow practitioners, funders, government officials, network organizations, and supporters designed to create a national policy agenda and action plan for social enterprise in Canada

Events

Oct 22-25, 2009
La Jolla, CA
Social Venture Network Conference

Nov 4-6, 2009
NYU Stern
6th Annual Satter Conference of Social Entrepreneurs

Nov 11-12, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Green Business Conference

Nov 18-20, 2009
Toronto, ON
3rd Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise