What is impact investing?
Impact investing is a means of tackling complex social and environmental problems with economic opportunities in local, regional and global contexts. This means actively placing capital in organizations, businesses and funds that generate socialand/or environmental impact and a financial return to the investor.
If you’re new to impact investing or interested in learning more, the Social Finance Forum programming will include a rich set of workshops and sessions tailored to all levels of familiarity with the sector.
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Pitch Doctors
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Heather Crosbie
Heather Crosbie is a principal with Innovaction Consulting, working with organizations who wish to establish or grow social enterprises or social purpose businesses. She is also an advisor with the SiG@MaRS practice where she works with social entrepreneurs to help them … Continue reading |
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Karim Harji
Karim Harji is the co-founder and a partner at Venture Deli, a firm that builds and capitalizes ventures that matter to the world. Prior to his current role, he was Senior Manager for Partnerships & Social Impact at Social Capital … Continue reading |
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Anne Jamieson
Anne Jamieson is Senior Manager with the Toronto Enterprise Fund at United Way of Greater Toronto. Previously, Anne was Vice President, Ontario & Online Services with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), an organization providing loans, mentoring and information to … Continue reading |
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Krista Jones
Krista Jones is an advisor and practice lead within the IT, Communications and Entertainment practice at MaRS Discovery District. She has a unique combination of technical, operational and marketing expertise in technology-based businesses. Known both for her comprehensive knowledge of … Continue reading |
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Betsy Martin
Betsy Martin is a senior advisor and program consultant for Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), having served in a senior staff capacity at CFC for eight years. She directs CFC’s Responsible Investing Program, is leading a foundation initiative in the … Continue reading |
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John McCulloch
John McCulloch is an advisor within the Life Sciences and Health Care practice at MaRS Discovery District. To help MaRS build great companies from Canadian technology and ingenuity, John advises clients with therapeutic innovations. He leads the MaRS Future of … Continue reading |
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Mary Lou Morgan
Mary Lou Morgan works as a consultant to food and agricultural organizations, and manages Carrot Cache, a small foundation that grants and loans money from the real estate profits of The Big Carrot. Over a span of more than 40 … Continue reading |
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Vicki Saunders
Vicki Saunders is a serial entrepreneur committed to developing sustainable, thriving businesses that tackle major social challenges. Vicki was co-founder and CEO of Zazengo, an online platform with Fortune 100 clients that focused on managing, tracking and inspiring impact for … Continue reading |
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Janet Shim
Janet Shim graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in economics and has worked in the financial services industry for over seven years, serving in a variety of roles with various institutions and specializing in lending. For the … Continue reading |
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Abigail Slater
Abigail Slater is a director at Barlow Lane Holdings Limited. After graduating from business school with a concentration in finance, Abigail started her career in the commercial banking industry. Born into the third generation of a family in the food-service … Continue reading |
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Tim West
Tim West is a founding director of Matter&Co, a marketing and communications company with a decade of experience building success for innovative, values-driven organizations. He is also the founder of SocialEnterpriselive.com, one of the leading news and information networks for social entrepreneurs, and … Continue reading |














