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Does Ontario need a School for Social Entrepreneurs? We're going to find out. And we need you to help!

SiG@MaRS have embarked on a new study to learn how this innovative educational model would benefit our province.

Track our progress, learn about social enterprise and entrepreneurs, and watch this space for project news and announcements. Do you know a social entrepreneur that we should be speaking to? Email us.

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21 October 09

Study participants

We spoke to 72 people to get their thoughts on social entrepreneurship education, the SSE model, the demand in Ontario for SEE, and some big, creative ideas on their vision for the future of social entrepreneurship. Here is the list of organizations and individuals that participated.

Interviews with Opinion Leaders
We conducted interviews with 32 opinion leaders in the fields of academics, education, social innovation and community development. 

MaRS Discovery District
Rotman School of Managment, Social Enterprise Initiative
Toronto Enterprise Fund
Volans (UK)
Social Innovation Generation, Waterloo
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Alberta
Social Enterprise Program, Columbia Business School
INSEAD - Social Entrepreneurship Program
Social Enterprise at Kellogg (SEEK), Kellogg School of Management
Program in Social Entrepreneurship – NYU Reynolds
CASE Managing Director, Duke University: The Fuqua School of Business
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, University of Toronto
Sprott Centre on Social Enterprises (SCSE) – Carleton University
George Brown College
Toronto Family Service Association
EYE (Eric Young Enterprises)
Centre for Social Innovation
Alan Webber, Founder, Fast Company magazine (US)
Uffe Elbaek, Founder, KaosPilot (DK)
Dave Meslin, Founder, Toronto Public Space Committee

UK
Demos
thinkpublic
The Young Foundation
NESTA
Social Innovation Exchange, Cabinet Office UK
Fair Trade England

Community Consultations
We traveled across the province to run five community consultations in Toronto (x2), Thunder Bay, Ottawa, and Waterloo. 40 individuals participated representing more than 30 organizations.

Toronto
Tiffinday Inc.
Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation
PointerWare
Turnaround Couriers
Web Networks
Zatoun Fair Trade
Ashoka Canada
Manifest Communications
Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada
St. Stephen’s Community House
Canadian Youth Business Fund
Toronto Community Housing
Social Enterprise Centre of Excellence (SECE) / Youth Challenge Fund

Ottawa
Rideau Street Youth Enterprises
Ottawa Community Loan Fun
Causeway Work Centre
Sprott School of Business
3Ci – Carleton, LEAP
3Ci – Carleton, Creativision
Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)

Waterloo
City of Waterloo, Social Planning, Policy and Program Administration Division
Centre for Entrepreneurship, Wilfrid Laurier
SiG@Waterloo
Social entrepreneur (Nick Petten)
Social entrepreneur (Chelsea Prescod)
Social Purchasing Portal
Kitchener Small Business Centre
Waterloo Small Business Centre
Opportunities Waterloo

Thunder Bay
Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University
Lakehead Social Planning Council
Paro Centre for Women’s Enterprise
Regional Multicultural Youth Council (RMYC)
Volunteer Thunder Bay
Habitat for Humanity – Thunder Bay