In this first-of-its-kind in-depth economic research report, author Simon Marmura Brown, PhD clearly articulates that community finance helps close the access to capital gap: the investment gap that prevents enterprise development and community projects led...
SVX released a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind report on the state of community finance in Canada. The report identifies 768 institutions representing $771 billion in total assets, including $7.3 billion in assets under management excluding credit unions,...
In a moment when we have seen the urgency for a more united, more sovereign Canada, it is more important than ever that we have a set of institutions to build and maintain our communities and economy. Community finance strategies have been pooling Canadian capital to...
Across the country, communities are feeling the effects of climate change while also grappling with housing affordability, rising living costs, and the ongoing work of advancing economic reconciliation with Indigenous communities. In this context, impact investing is...
This case study describes how farmers in southern Manitoba are using water stewardship practices to improve both environmental outcomes and farm profitability in response to nutrient runoff affecting Lake Winnipeg. It explains that a collective of Prairie-based...
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