How to get money and other resources into the hands of vital community services (affordable housing, health and community services, and so on) to enable them to get their good work done… that’s the big challenge addressed during Canada Day at SOCAP09 (the annual Social Capital Markets conference that draws hundreds of leading social entrepreneurs […]
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Day two of SOCAP09: Intersection of money, meaning and message
Day two of SOCAP09 was filled with plenaries, workshops and lots of wonderful, often serendipitous encounters with people doing amazing work in United States and around the world. (I am recovering from a bad cold, and managed to avoid going ‘viral’ on my fellow attendees in San Francisco). Full details about SOCAP09, including video and […]
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Day one of SOCAP09: Putting money to work for good, not just for greed
Putting money to work for social good, not just personal greed – that’s the overall theme at SOCAP09, the second annual social capital markets gathering that has drawn about one thousand people to San Fancisco. There are all sorts of way to connect into SOCAP09 , including the web site, Twitter feeds, video links and […]
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Exciting news: Bill to create national housing plan passes second reading in House of Commons today
Bill C-304, An Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians, just passed second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon and is going to committee for review and possible amendment. This is exciting news – and credit both to MP Libby Davies, who sponsored the legislation, and the many […]
Acting On Health Inequality in Other Countries: Ireland
I recently had a week wandering around Ireland (perhaps not relevant beyond the blogosphere), including exploring local bookshops (getting more familiar to followers of research sites and think tanks), and found Sarah Burke’s recent Irish Apartheid: Healthcare Inequality in Ireland (Dublin: New Island, 2009). She analyzes four main points:
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