News Release
For Immediate Release
Minister Ng announces Women Entrepreneurship Strategy investments
Government of Canada investing over $4.2 million to support women entrepreneurs in southwestern Ontario
August 9, 2019 – London, Ontario – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
We have all the details on federal budget and feedback, podcast and case studies.
Government of Canada's Budget 2019 has provided great momentum for social finance in Canada.
London Community Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to improving communities across London and Middlesex County. We do this by pooling the charitable gifts of donors to create endowment funds and using the investment income to make grants. London Community Foundation also provides leadership — monitoring this area's quality of life and convening people, ideas, and resources to help build stronger and more resilient communities.
Nothing generates creativity like a road trip (or train trip!). A few of Pillar's staff headed up to Toronto for the Ontario Nonprofit Network conference, Nonprofit Driven. From economic equity, how to activate a network and what it means to have decent work for women in nonprofits; we enjoyed two days of collaborative thinking, while exploring some tough challenges for our se
At our Annual General Meeting we asked you to take a moment and answer the following:
What is the biggest question that we need to answer together as a community?
Over 150 of you from different sectors in the city responded.
We’ve grouped your responses into three themes:
2018 was a big year for Social Enterprise in Southwestern Ontario. Together with our regional partners, Pillar launched Social Enterprise Southwest, a collaborative effort to raise the level of social enterprise support and inject our region with the knowledge and tools we need to excel in social entrepreneurship. We’re helping those with big ideas have big impact!
The VERGE Breakthrough Fund makes it possible to leverage capital for financial and community return.
Our Pillar staff hit the road attending three provincial and national conferences in one hectic week in Toronto! At the Ontario Nonprofit Network, the Ontario Social Enterprise Roundtable and the Social Finance Forum, we shared our successes and challenges, learning from the many incredible voices in the room.
Online and in-person, we’re making it easier to buy social this holiday season with the 2017 Social Enterprise Gift Guide & The Meaningful Market.
