Our Partners
Funders: Founded by the J.W McConnell Foundation, SiG is generously funded by the Foundation, as well as the Government of Ontario.
SiG Network & Advisors: “SiG@Large” is the umbrella network for all of the SiG nodes. The McConnell Foundation manages SiG@Large online. Principals from different institutions, organizations, and consultancy agencies advise the nodes, which are housed at different institutions, chosen for their specific capacity to round-out SiG as a fulsome, holistic initiative.
The founding members of the SiG network include: The McConnell Foundation as the granting arm, the MaRS Center as the incubator, and the University of Waterloo as the academic lead. The founding principals include: Al Etmanski, the Executive Director of PLAN; Frances Westley, Director, SiG@Waterloo; and Michael Manolson, partner of Genesis Consulting Group.
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Clients: SiG@MaRS considers initiatives with blended value propositions; business plans with social and/or environmental outputs that are looking to commercialize, or scale.
Partners: SiG@MaRS looks to partner with established and emerging organizations and initiatives in and around Social Innovation, including but not exclusive to, the areas of: social finance, social entrepreneurship and social technology.
Examples of our partnerships include:
SiG Network & Advisors: “SiG@Large” is the umbrella network for all of the SiG nodes. The McConnell Foundation manages SiG@Large online. Principals from different institutions, organizations, and consultancy agencies advise the nodes, which are housed at different institutions, chosen for their specific capacity to round-out SiG as a fulsome, holistic initiative.
The founding members of the SiG network include: The McConnell Foundation as the granting arm, the MaRS Center as the incubator, and the University of Waterloo as the academic lead. The founding principals include: Al Etmanski, the Executive Director of PLAN; Frances Westley, Director, SiG@Waterloo; and Michael Manolson, partner of Genesis Consulting Group.
Visit the SiG nodes online:
Clients: SiG@MaRS considers initiatives with blended value propositions; business plans with social and/or environmental outputs that are looking to commercialize, or scale.
Partners: SiG@MaRS looks to partner with established and emerging organizations and initiatives in and around Social Innovation, including but not exclusive to, the areas of: social finance, social entrepreneurship and social technology.
Examples of our partnerships include:
- Social Entrepreneurship Summit
- Causeway and Social Finance
- Web of Change@MaRS and Social Technology