Rural communities have unique ways of addressing key challenges such as distance, size of market, lack of infrastructure and services, out-migration of youth, and the
In many ways Quebec is a leader in developing social enterprises and its social impact sector. Attendees were able to hear lessons learned from a
Borders are not just geographic. Attendees learned from unlikely partners who have joined together to create social change and innovation. This session was moderated by
A great idea takes great implementation and working across borders (any border) is not always easy. Theory only gets you so far when managing beyond
Labs are an emerging way tackling complex challenges. This panel addressed how they are using this approach in their country and how social enterprises can
Corporations are moving from writing cheques to supporting social purpose work to doing it themselves. SEWF 2013 heard from a panel of experts working in
This session was moderated by Eva Friesen, President and CEO, The Calgary Foundation and featured: Lucy Bernholz, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and
This session looked at social enterprise policy development with a rural lens. This international panel of intermediaries and practitioners presented and discussed the features of
Too often practitioners and researchers find themselves on either side of a linguistic, technical, and cultural divide. Building on a pre-SEWF 2013 research day at
In this session public sector leaders and key practitioners took turns spending three to four minutes identifying their three key public policy “must do’s” to