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Social Impact Advisors

Impact is a show about change makers getting things done. Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors talk to NGO leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and environmenta...

Episodes

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Constant Strategic Innovation at the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI at CSI.

In this conversation with Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI, we hear about the effect of COVID on their core soc...

33:42Sep 29, 2022

Evolving Social Impact Planning in Uncertain Times

How the world has changed! There are a lot of new challenges and opportunities these days as organizations look to clarify their purpose, st...

34:22Sep 1, 2022

Loosening the Reins on Funding to Enable Impact: The General Operating Support pilot

Laura Manning, Executive Director at the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation (LSHF) shares the journey and lessons learned from a bold Canadian pilot...

30:08Aug 18, 2022

Paulina Cameron: A changemaker supporting women entrepreneurs, individually and systemically

In this episode, we talk to Paulina Cameron, a Globe and Mail '22 Changemaker and CEO of The Forum, a Vancouver-based charity teaching, ment...

29:46Aug 4, 2022

Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with SI Canada's Andrea Nemtin

Our guest today is Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of SI Canada. Sally and Andrea talk about what Social Innovation is, the history of the...

33:38Jul 21, 2022

Successfully bringing Indigenous ways to a traditionally science-based culture at Sierra Club BC, with Executive Director, Hannah Askew

Hannah Askew started as Executive Director at Sierra Club BC in late 2018 with a mandate to bring an Indigenous lens to the work of Sierra C...

33:29Jul 7, 2022

Gord Downie's Legacy of #ReconciliACTION!

Sarah Midanik , Executive Director of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund shares a message of hope, as she reflects on the important work...

28:45Jun 23, 2022

Insights from Toronto's Reconciliation Action Plan

Selina Young, Director of the City of Toronto's first Indigenous Affairs Office speaks with us about Toronto's Reconciliation Action Plan, r...

35:01Jun 9, 2022

Creating an increased and lasting sense of civic agency in youth

Veronika Berlicki, co-founder and leader of CityHive, shares how they are transforming the way young people engage in shaping their cities....

29:52May 26, 2022

Catalyzing Local Action on Climate Change through Collective Impact

Bianca Caramento is the Manager of the Bay Area Climate Change Council, leading the collective impact initiative to advance and accelerate c...

34:08May 12, 2022

The Prosperity Project: Creating a Prosperous Canada is Women's Work

Foreseeing COVID negatively impacting women's ability to stay and thrive in the workforce, Pamela Jeffrey, Founder and lead of The Prosperit...

31:06Apr 28, 2022

The Home Depot Canada Foundation's Commitment to Systems Change in Youth Homelessness

The Home Depot Canada Foundation has recently revisited their role and plans by developing a Theory of Change and Strategic Plan. We hear ab...

31:14Apr 14, 2022

The B Corp Movement, with PeaceWorks Technology Solutions

B Corp is a global movement of more than 4800 companies, with almost 400,00 employees in 79 countries around the world, all focused on makin...

25:16Mar 31, 2022

How B Lab is leveraging business for climate justice, racial equity, and a stakeholder-driven economic system

Show notes: Kara Peck, Senior Director, Strategy + Partnerships, B Lab US & Canada shares their journey to strategic clarity for their organ...

33:24Mar 17, 2022

Non-Profit Leadership, with Shelley Zuckerman of North York Community House

In this episode, Sally speaks with Shelley Zuckerman, who has been the Executive Director of North York Community House for the past 30 year...

35:11Mar 3, 2022

Supporting Youth Transitioning from Care through Collective Impact, with Halton CAS

We're focused in this conversation on a collective approach being taken in Halton to support young people as they transition from the care o...

35:30Feb 17, 2022

Building unity on the future we want - with Sonia Theroux of Leadnow

In this episode, Sonia Theroux, the Executive Director of Leadnow speaks with Sally about what progressivism means, the movement, and how ac...

27:48Feb 3, 2022

A conversation with Dr. David Danto: Truth, humility, and the path to reconciliation

Our guest on this episode is Dr. David Danto, who is the Head of Psychology at the University of Guelph Humber. Dr. Danto's clinical and res...

38:25Jan 20, 2022

The Ontario Nonprofit Sector

In this episode, we hear from the Ontario Nonprofit Network through Executive Director Cathy Taylor, and Policy Advisor Pam Uppal, They shar...

31:32Jan 6, 2022

A Fireside Chat on Giving with Intention, with MakeWay's Leanne Burton

In this episode, we have a conversation with Leanne Burton, Director, Partnership Development at MakeWay, a public foundation that acts as a...

28:06Dec 23, 2021