Members

More than 100 organizations, projects and individual innovators call the Centre for Social Innovation their permanent or part-time home. Click here if you’re interested in becoming a member of our community.

If you’d like to learn more about who’s already working here at CSI, check out the links and profiles below.

3Di Solutions

3Di is a digital design firm which develops and implements real-time 3D solutions for online and kiosk applications. In addition to its work in the housing market, 3Di has created a variety of educational interactive tools and games.

ACORN Canada is one of Canada’s largest and most successful networks of community unions, with more than 20,000 low and moderate income members organized into 20 neighborhood chapters in 4 cities across Canada.

African Canadian Social Development Council

In October 2002, the African Canadian Social Development Council was created to facilitate the social development of the Continental African Canadian community - to enhance the capacity of the community to devise strategies and take actions to address its needs, working with sectoral partners, policy and decision-makers at all levels, and partners within the Diasporic African Canadian and wider communities.

Anima Leadership is a training and consulting firm that specializes in nurturing a leadership of interdependence, a cutting-edge approach that integrates emotional intelligence and anti-discrimination approaches with conflict transformation skills. The application of the unique Anima approach is extremely relevant for creating inclusive, diversity-positive environments and impactful social change.

Our team has designed leadership, inter-cultural dialogue and bridge-building programmes in the context of Canada, United States, Europe, as well as Latin America.

Aperio

Fostering Social Sector Innovation

Aperio provides creative solutions to revenue diversification, enabling social sector organizations to remain vibrant and responsive to changing needs. We help our clients prepare to take advantage of social entrepreneurial opportunities. Our mission is to inspire, foster and support social entrepreneurship and innovation and our vision is a sustainable, growing and entrepreneurial social sector.

Beth Moutrey is a painter, writer and therapist. In 1996, Beth commensed studies in Art Psychotherapy in the United Kingdom. She completed her post graduate training at the University of Western Ontario in 2000, specializing in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

BFdesign offers clients a complete package. They provide a simple way of creating an effective brand, marketing and communication strategies, and website design. Services range from complete branding solutions, to graphic design / layout, website design and consultation, as well as keynote presentation design. They are also available to help produce a podcast and video filming / editing.

Bikes Without Borders is a Toronto-based non-profit that uses bikes and bike-related solutions as a tool for development in marginalized communities. We currently have a project in Malawi supplying bikes to HIV/AIDS workers and are launching projects in Latin America in 2009.

Bleeding Heart Communications

Bleeding Heart Communications specializes in plain language for fancy ideas. We are passionate advocates of simple, elegant and effective writing whether for online or print media. Carlyn Zwarenstein, the original bleeding heart, has spent over ten years writing about social change and working with the folks that make it happen, making complex issues clear and accessible for anyone to read.

Borealis

Quality Carbon Offsets

Borealis creates healthy and bio-diverse forest ecosystems that absorb carbon and permanently store it.

Borealis has the only fully integrated value chain in the carbon offsetting business. While others may be three of four steps removed from the offsets they sell, we acquire private land, plant our own trees and manage the health and permanence of our own forests and carbon stocks for the long term.

Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists - Ontario Chapter (CADA-ON)

Empowering and educating dance professionals in the promotion of the art of dance

CADA-ON is a non-profit organization that empowers and educates its membership of dance professionals to promote the art form in society. It was formed in 1986 in response to impending Status of the Artist Legislation in Canada and incorporated in the Province of Ontario in 1995.

A recognized leader in pollution prevention, the Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2) encourages actions that avoid or minimize the creation of pollution and waste - pollution prevention (P2) - actions that foster a healthier environment and a sustainable society. Our core business is the transfer of P2 information. But, we do more. C2P2 serves as a catalyst for behavioural change. We share knowledge with others so that they can include pollution prevention in everyday decision-making.

The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) is a collaborative partnership of ten groups that are working together across traditional boundaries to protect children's health from environmental contaminants. The partnership aims to: move children's environmental health issues into the minds of decision-makers both on the front lines and at the policy level; promote children's environmental health amongst caregivers and the public; and coordinate activities and create efficiencies amongst the partners.

CPCHE Partner's include:

Canadian Policy Research Networks

Timely research. Thoughtful analysis. Meaningful dialogue.

Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) is a not-for-profit public policy think tank that advises Canada's leaders on the issues of our times and the policy options to move Canada forward. Our mission is to create knowledge and lead public dialogue and discussion on social and economic issues important to the well-being of all Canadians. CPRN was founded in 1994 and continues to offer innovative, new approaches in public policy. All CPRN research is available free at www.cprn.org. In 2007, there were more than 2.5 million visits to

Carbon Foresight

Small Planet. Big Future.

Carbon Foresight provides sustainable business strategy and organizational development services. Our mission is to help organizations become low carbon leaders that create profit and value while considering the environment. We specialize in helping service-oriented businesses measure and manage carbon emissions, mitigate climate change risk, and leverage sustainability related opportunities.

Carbonzero is dedicated to shifting our economy to a climate friendly future. We're a Canadian carbon offsets company that helps consumers and businesses neutralize their emissions through offset projects located primarily in Canada.

Caribana™ Arts Group

Profile coming soon!

Casa Canadiense

Can-Nica Partnership for Community Development

Casa Canadiense was founded in 1992 to promote a sense of community and solidarity between Canadians and Nicaraguans. The "Casa" as it is warmly referred to, is both a physical place in Managua, Nicaragua and an Ontario-based volunteer organization. Casa Canadiense facilitates solidarity connections between Canadians and Nicaraguans, providing work-study trip coordination, orientation and accommodation in Managua, a resource centre and funding for small education-focused projects.

CCI - Ontario's Presenting Network

CCI is an arts service organization that is membership-based (presenters, artists, artist reps, venues, consultants) and serves the arts presenting industry in Ontario. We are a non-profit arts and social innovation network that seeks to change people's lives through their lively interaction with quality artistic experiences.

The mission of Centre for City Ecology (CCE) is to cultivate a broad understanding of how cities - their economies, neighbourhoods, communities, and institutions – organically develop and thrive. The goals of the CCE are to increase ‘urban literacy’ and to promote civic engagement and community leadership in city-building. The focus of the Centre is largely influenced by the writings and activism of long-time Toronto resident Jane Jacobs. The primary focus of CCE in the next year is the expansion of a program called Jane’s Walk, inaugurated in May 2007.