SVX welcomed Paula Sahyoun to the SVX family as an Analyst in January 2021. Paula has since been promoted to the role of Associate, leading investor and venture education programming at the firm and supporting a number of different organizational projects ranging from advisory to fund design.
Paula has an academic background in health sciences from the University of Waterloo and she has spent the last few years deeply engaged within Canada’s social innovation ecosystem. As a student, she launched her own local social enterprise benefitting the Waterloo community. …
We are facing unprecedented collective pressure to address social and economic injustice. Alongside good public policy and community action, we know that mobilizing investment capital has a significant role to play in tackling our most pressing problems. And Canadian asset owners have the capital to make meaningful progress in addressing these challenges.
While there is clearly an impact investing movement underway, there is much work to be done before we can declare that local and global capital has been transformed to operate in the service of all people and our planet. As impact investing continues to rapidly evolve, it is…
The Carolinian Canada Conservation Impact Bond (CIB) is an ambitious social finance initiative harnessing a combination of impact investment alongside business and government contributions to accelerate positive landscape renewals and improvements in the Carolinian Zone of Southern Ontario. The multi-phase initiative seeks to improve a combined 1,000 acres of habitat in this ecologically significant region of Ontario, protecting the region’s fragile biodiversity and freshwater reserves.
In this blog series, we are highlighting the Carolinian CIB, the development of its phase two bond, and results from two of our community consultation sessions through May and July. …
SVX is happy to welcome Anumeet Chepal to the SVX family as an Advisory Analyst. We’re delighted to have her join the team!
Anumeet graduated from the UBC Sauder School of Business in 2021. Throughout her university journey, she was a part of a student-led impact investing fund called the Vancouver Social Value Fund (VSVF). As a part of the VSVF, Anumeet was able to collaborate with the Vancouver community to create and support impact investing deals.
Anumeet has joined the SVX team as an Advisory Analyst where she helps social purpose entrepreneurs, investors and other community partners establish investment…
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TORONTO, June 15, 2021 — Today, leading investors across Canada publicly launched a movement that seeks to mobilize billions in capital towards tackling our most pressing problems, from climate change to housing affordability to inequity. The initiative, known as Impact United, is a national peer-led movement and community of investors seeking to mobilize capital towards social, economic and environmental justice, comprised of individuals, families, institutions, faith-based organizations, foundations, and other asset owners.
SVX is happy to welcome Helen Zhou to the SVX family as a Marketing and Communications Associate. We’re delighted to have her join the team!
Helen graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA (’20) in Philosophy and Political Science as an Applebanks Loran Scholar. Helen had the good fortune of working at various organizations throughout university with the support of the Loran summer program, namely the Nobel Women’s Initiative in Ottawa, OUTtv in Vancouver, and Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights in New York City. …
In April 2021, the federal government released its budget and featured landmark commitments to Canada's social innovation and social finance sector. We’ve written before about the federal budget and have been discussing it with our peers in the field, including sharing our thoughts with Future of Good.
On May 21, 2021, SVX, the Centre for Social Innovation, Upper Canada Equity Fund, Pillar Nonprofit Network, and 10C and Harvest Impact Fund, sent the following letter to the Hon. Ahmed D. Hussen. …
The Carolinian Canada Conservation Impact Bond (CIB) is an ambitious social finance initiative harnessing a combination of impact investment and philanthropic grants to finance positive landscape renewals and improvements in the Carolinian Zone of Southern Ontario. The two-phase initiative seeks to improve a combined 1,000 acres of habitat in this ecologically significant region of Ontario, protecting the region’s fragile biodiversity and freshwater reserves. In this blog series, we are highlighting the Carolinian CIB, the development of its phase two bond, and results from a community design session in May. …
“It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility, and of individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children’s future” — Robert F. Kennedy
As communities consider how to rebuild their local economies in a post-COVID era, it is critical to ensure that our investments generate community value in addition to financial value. SVX has written extensively on the need to catalyze community investment to build more resilient and equitable communities across Ontario…
TAS is an unconventional impact company that engages, designs, and invests with intent in order to build more inclusive and livable cities. As a proud Certified B Corporation and founding member of the SVX platform, TAS is an industry leader in impact development with an active pipeline and portfolio totalling over 5.6 million square feet across the Greater Toronto Area.
TAS believes that companies should pursue both profit and purpose — while the former is foundational, it is not the only goal. …
