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"Johann Olav Koss (Right To Play International), Michael Fergusson (Ayogo Games Inc.) and Sandrine Faust (Allô prof) are this year's recipients of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Special Citation award for social entrepreneurship." Allyson Hewitt, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation Generation at MaRS is on the Entrepreneur of the Year's judging panel.

Lisa Torjman's blog on Net Change Week happening June 8-12, 2009 which is designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change.

Lisa Torjman, Associate, Development for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs at MaRS. Mention of Torjman's role at MaRS and what the SiG @ MaRS program is about. Mention of Torjman's most recent project "Net Change" - a week-long event exploring social technology and social change.

A book for social entrepreneurs and those who just want to know what social entrepreneurship is all about.

"The Centre for Social Innovation is a place-based hub of ideas, people, services and strategies. In partnership with Urbanspace Property Group, they provide 18,000 square feet of shared workspace in downtown Toronto. The Centre for Social Innovation is home to a community of nonprofits, charities, social enterprises, artists, green businesses, and individual innovators. Working together, they lower costs, create synergies, and spark new ideas for advancing their shared interests. The Centre for Social Innovation explores new ideas in collaboration, social entrepreneurship and systems change. These interests guide their work. Their website only offers a subscription to their email newsletter, Social Innovator's Update. Join to receive information on news and events in this space."

Christine Egger's blog about the event re: Social Actions that took place in Toronto March 12 and Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District was a participant and shared her views on the issue.

Christine Egger's blog talks about the event re: Social Actions that took place in Toronto March 12. Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District was a participant at the event and shared her views on the issue. March 12, 2009

If you are starting out as a social entrepreneur or re-vamping your company, this book is for you. It holds insights on how to think like an entrepreneur, how to start an enterprise as a business not a charity. This book will teach you how successful social entrepreneurs: * Focus on community wants and needs * Match those with core competencies to provide the quality services * Assess risk and gauge opportunity * Develop new project ideas and test their feasibility * Write a business plan * Project finances in the plan * Tap into new sources of funding * Develop the idea of social entrepreneurship throughout the organization * Make sure that mission, not money, is the bottom line

Top 150 blogs for entrepreneurs - Note MaRS made the list!

MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.

MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.

Innovators for the public.

Ashoka "strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world's citizens to think and act as changemakers." Ashoka supports social entrepreneurship, promotes group entrepreneurship, and builds infrastructure for the sector. Fields of work include environment, health, human rights, economic development, education, and civil engagement.

MaRS Discovery District has earned global recognition as a hub of innovation for technology and clean-tech startups since its launch in 2005. Mary Teresa Bitti, Financial Post reporter interviews Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District and Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship,  SiG@MaRS about social innovation.

Social entrepreneurs carving out new and innovative ways of simultaneously yielding in financial, social and/or environmental returns.Canada does not have a distinct regulatory framework to guide and support social enterprises' hybrid activities. SiG at MaRS program established to provide social entrepreneurs with knowledge, contacts and capital.

Social entrepreneurs carving out new and innovative ways of simultaneously yielding in financial, social and/or environmental returns. Canada does not have a distinct regulatory framework to guide and support social enterprises' hybrid activities.

MaRS  is expected to announce the creation of a new Pecaut Centre for Social Enterprise - in honour of the late David Pecaut. Allyson Hewitt, MaRS Director of Social Entrepreneurship said "the new centre would leverage off her organization's current activities, using the expertise of groups like Boston Consulting to develop social impact metrics."

The School for Social Entrepreneurship has opened it's doors in Regent Park. This school is the the first in North America and is in "collaboration of Toronto's MaRS Discovery District, Regent Park's Centre for Community Learning and Development, micro-loan provider ACCESS Community Capital and Housing Services Corp., which is leading the initiative."

Matt Galloway spoke with Ilse Treurnicht, she is the CEO of MaRS Discovery District. The non-profit corporation is part of an independent Task Force on Social Finance.

Matt Galloway spoke with Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS, which is part of an independent Task Force on Social Finance.

As part of the lead-up to the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC) conference, held in partnership with the social innovation practice at MaRS, speakers were invited to write about mentorship for the Globe and Mail. The result? Mentorship: the good, the bad, the "just-different".

MaRS' social innovation generation program (SiG@MaRS), is highlighted in this article on social entrepreneurship. They talk about the Social Venture Exchange that our team is working on, along with some of our clients.

Articles on Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship from NY's Bobst Library

Net Change, a week dedicated to exploring this intersection between social technology and social change. Lisa Torjman's interview with CP24's "Homepage."

The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch In 2009 from Evan Carmichael. Includes Treehugger and Gristmill in the "News" section as well as the School for Social Entrepreneurship in the "Organization" section.