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"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."

Housed in the MaRS Commons, JOLT will select up to 15 startups a year, and provide them with office space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and angel and venture capital investors

MaRS today announced the creation of JOLT, a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play.

Over 70 companies, entrepreneurs and financiers have signed on to provide advice, services and/or investment to the program, including Polar Mobile, Google, Zynga, CFC Media Lab, The Working Group, Media Profile, PostMedia Network Inc., Global Accelerator Network, and the Jet Cooper Web design agency in Toronto.