Sentences with phrase «for social innovation»

With a handful of new co-ownership projects in the works locally and across Ontario along with a couple of existing projects, Solterra Co-Housing has won awards for social innovation.

Four key domains — local energy systems, local green spaces, local water systems and local labour markets — have been the focus of the field research investigating local potentials for social innovation and new forms of civil society self - organisation.

Every year, 786 NetSquared events offer networking opportunities for social innovation technologists and civil society activists around the world.

The Youth Foundation, a centre for social innovation, is hosting events at all three party conferences this year in the unusual location of local currey houses.

Whitney Mayer is manager for social innovation at the Hershey Company, the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America.

Our society in particular, with its underdeveloped sense of historic continuity and its penchant for social innovation, finds it hard to accept the underlying regularity and typicality of the historic process.

Not exact matches

Blackberry sued Facebook for patent infringement, saying the social network's messaging apps infringed on the former phone maker's intellectual property related to such innovations as showing an unread message indicator on top of an icon and showing multiple incoming messages in an inbox.

When everyone's under one roof, it's easier to bring everyone together for ice - cream socials and parties honoring the company's local ties, as well as for cofounders Dan Behm (president) and Jim VanderMey (chief innovation officer) to attend the events.

One responsibility for the partnerships lead position is to «identify unique and inspiring collaborations that will drive innovation, impact social good, and inspire consumer loyalty and trust.»

In these strange times, we need the majority of business leaders to accept a higher level of accountability for reviving the economy, through commitment, innovation and a broader view of success that includes contributing to the island's social and economic advancement.

Innovations in distribution mechanisms (facebook, iphone / ipad, other «social») make it possible for startups to appear compelling without having to actually solve the distribution problem in a novel way, just assume garnering success on one of these platforms.

We're looking for people who can speak on summit topics such as fintech, crowdfinance, online lending / debt, P2P marketplaces, equity crowdfunding, royalties, new funding models, alternative finance, crowdsales (ICOs), rewards and product pre-sale, social impact, real estate, crowdsourcing, innovation and other trending topics.

Deiglmeier came to Tides in 2014 with a strong background in social innovation and executive leadership, laying out a future for Tides as a «reinvigorated and innovative platform.»

It is a hard concept to explain precisely and to quantify, but the idea of differing levels of social capital helps explain why, for example, French entrepreneurs (not to mention Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Nigerian) are more likely to create successful tech startups in the US or the UK than at home, or why it is easier to start a business in Sidney than in Beijing, or why technological innovation is not evenly spread out among countries, even among countries at similar development levels, but rather tends to cluster in a few areas in a few countries where tech entrepreneurs seem to believe that their work is made easier and the rewards greater.

Fundamentally, CATA considers innovation to be a «natural resource» that needs to be developed, harvested, used and commercialized for economic and social benefits.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

KPMG LLP (KPMG) today announced their commitment to strengthening the Canadian impact investing marketplace and driving social innovation as a founding partner of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (CII).

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovSocial Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovsocial innovation.

Meet like - minded individuals, diversify your portfolio, access a pipeline of innovation and talent, and become part of a social and economic good for our state.

For more information, including details about our services and initiatives in this area, see the social innovation page.

And the tools for connecting keep getting better, including the recent innovations in social media.

We have to get back to the fundamentals of governing for all Canadians — for One Canada for all Canadians — a Canada that earns the admiration of the world, for our innovation and competitive spirit, for the respect we show to the environment and Indigenous peoples, and for our commitment to social justice and support for those who need it.

75, the federal government also introduced virtually all of the major policy innovations that make up Canada's system of social programs: Canada - wide Medicare, universal pensions, the modern unemployment insurance system, and cost - sharing with the provinces for higher education and welfare.

The MaRS white paper entitled «How legislative innovations may improve access to capital for Ontario's social entrepreneurs» provides additional discussion on the matter.

Intended for social and digital strategists; innovation, e-commerce, and advertising teams; content marketers and executive leadership who are using social media to achieve business goals.

Legislative innovations: How legislative innovations may improve access to capital for Ontario's social entrepreneurs.

For background information and deeper perspectives on social innovation and its supporting elements, visit the SiG Knowledge Hub.

Recognized for his entrepreneurship and servant leadership, Howard Schultz built Starbucks Coffee Company into one of the world's most recognized and respected businesses, a company committed to strengthening communities through human connection and social innovation.

The PDC works within the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem to create learning & mentorship opportunities for aspiring innovators that will provide them with a sound foundation in technical and social entrepreneurship, give them the opportunity to engage in the experience and explore their possibilities for success.

«TMX Group is pleased to support corporate social innovation in partnership with the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing,» said Ronald Alepian, Vice President, Group Head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, TMX Group.

Both governments have recognized the 21st century challenge for innovation not to stand alone, but to also involve social and environmental impact.

BREAUX Capital fuses software, culture, community, innovation, and the Internet of things (IoT) to push social justice forward for all economically marginalized communities.

The Family Independence Initiative, a national center for anti-poverty innovation, is taking a radically different approach from the typical American social service model — and it's proving to be radically effective:

The amazing appeal of Chateaubriand derives from his ability to turn the privileging of nature (the great innovation at the end of the eighteenth century) into an argument for sacrality, and to legitimize the spheres of the emotional and the aesthetic as valid replacements for those of the rational and the social.

that innovation in constitutional jurisprudence greased the skids for a 23 - year slide through social liberalism.

It's for this reason that ideas such as a guaranteed basic income will not solve the social and cultural problems caused by globalization and technological innovation.

Such a society is «one in which the organization of theoretical knowledge becomes paramount for innovation in society, and in which intellectual institutions become central in the social structure.»

A society that is almost enamored by social innovation for innovation's sake faces in virtual helplessness a situation that requires — not for the sake of a traditional national interest but for the survival of civilization, if not of mankind itself — an extreme effort of bold, innovating imagination.

Those very features that have made us different from other advanced welfare states, that have even made us seem «backward» at times — the variety of our racial and ethnic groups, the opportunities for creative innovation and experimentation inherent in our sort of federalism, our tradition of voluntarism, and even, within bounds, our attachment to a gambling, risk - taking, profit - making economy — may turn out to be conducive to the implementation of an ecological approach to social policy.

His 13th album is arguably one of his (and this year's) most important to date for its vulnerability, innovation and social commentary.

For all the other things it might also be about — togetherness, family, social change, social history, exploration, innovation, love — it's always about making food taste good.

The 100 women were selected in 10 categories, including board and management, social enterprise and not - for - profit, business enterprise, public policy, innovation, young leader, global, local / regional, diversity, and a new category, arts, sports and culture.

The award ceremony was underpinned by speeches that recognised the seismic technological, economic and social changes challenging traditional industries, innovations like James Cropper's landmark recycling process for many of the billions of paper coffee cups thrown away each year, were formally recognised by business peers.

Every year, college campus dining facilities are at the forefront of innovation, setting trends such as transparency and social awareness for the rest of the foodservice industry to follow.

Hershey's senior director of sustainability, corporate social responsibility and social innovation Jeff King told ConfectioneryNews: «We will provide progress against these KPIs yearly on our Cocoa For Good website, along with stories and updates about what we have learned as we execute our Cocoa For Good projects.

It honours chefs who have a positive impact on society as a whole, showing how gastronomy can be a driver for change in spheres such as innovation, education, the environment, social and economic development and health.

These Fellowships have been awarded to about 3,500 Australians since 1965, to support them for a period of some week's overseas travel, in order to learn about significant innovations in diverse spheres of social life and bring back lessons that may be of wider benefit to the Australian community.

This will happen by adopting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement that works to implement best practices across a full spectrum of sustainability dimensions — social, ecological, economic, cultural and accountability — for the benefit of all of agriculture and the peoples of the world that depend on it.

In the report, the team responsible for innovation and future - gazing at Diageo, the world leading drinks company behind brands like Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Baileys and Guinness, isolates three main social trends expected to accelerate into the mainstream in -LSB-...]