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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