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	OMISTA Credit Union launches new microfinance program
	Economic; Social; General
	OMISTA Credit Union has launched a new microfinance program for New Brunswick immigrants to upgrade their foreign credentials. This new program will offer loans of up to $15 000 to internationally tr ...
	Friday, May 17, 2013 3:12:00 PMdominique biron-bordeleau
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	Government releases social finance report
	Economic; Environmental; General; Social
	Earlier this week, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) released its report - Harnessing the Power of Social Finance – containing the findings of the call for concepts that the depart ...
	Friday, May 10, 2013 2:49:00 PMdominique biron-bordeleau
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	Credit unions make 2013 list of greenest employers
	Environmental
	Two of Canada’s credit unions have been recognized for making environmental sustainability a key measure of what they do and how they do it. To mark Earth Day, today’s Globe and Mail includes a fea ...
	Monday, April 22, 2013 9:48:00 AMKevin Dorse
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	What difference did the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives make in Canada?
	Governance; General
	This post by Kevin Dorse first appeared on the blog of our friends at SocialFinance.ca You'd never know it from the pages of business press, but the corporate model isn’t the only way to do business ...
	Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:01:00 AMKevin Dorse
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	Is your credit union a transformational company?
	General; Governance
	Today, social responsibility is about being transformative. The trend towards corporate social responsibility that showed up in boardrooms about thirty years ago has evolved. In the 1980s the co ...
	Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:22:00 PMKevin Dorse
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	Seminar and new report on innovative financing and impact investing
	Economic; Social; Environmental; General
	Yesterday, folks with an interest in social finance gathered in one of Ottawa’s most architecturally innovative buildings to hear about innovation in financing and impact investing. Edward Jackso ...
	Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:50:00 PMdominique biron-bordeleau
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	New success story about Mount Lehman Credit Union
	Economic; Social; General
	A new success story has been posted on the InfoHub about Mount Lehman's MemberNote3. Click here to learn more about how this real time alert tool helps members stay on top of their finances, while hel ...
	Monday, March 25, 2013 5:04:00 PMdominique biron-bordeleau
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	Alterna announces two changes to its micro-finance program
	Economic; General; Social
	Ontario’s Alterna Savings and Credit Union is improving its Community Micro-Finance Program to make it possible for many more marginalized entrepreneurs – individuals who may have lower income, be dis ...
	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:55:00 AMdominique biron-bordeleau
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	Socially responsible investments lead among mutual funds
	Economic
	The “Number Crunchers” on the Globe Investor page went looking for Canada’s top mutual funds. What they found might surprise you. They sorted their database for top performing funds over the 10 ye ...
	Monday, March 18, 2013 2:55:00 PMKevin Dorse
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	Two webinars on social finance taking place this month
	Economic; Environmental; Social; General
	Don’t miss two upcoming webinars on social finance offered by MaRS Centre for Impact Investing free of charge. The first webinar Blended Financing for Impact: The Opportunity for Social Finance i ...
	Friday, March 15, 2013 10:59:00 AMdominique biron-bordeleau
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