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We need capital and finance to be anti-racist, intersectional, decolonized, feminist, planet-first, and place-based.
Presented by Future of Good Media and SVX, The reimagined Social Finance Forum convenes 1,000+ changemakers from coast-to-coast-to-coast to learn actionable insights, celebrate game-changing ideas, convene community, activate capital and reshape investment and finance tools for a better future.

Re: Imagine Finance

Inspiring Speakers

Attend events by visionary speakers, practitioners and thought leaders who have the knowledge, lived experience and passion to leave you with actionable insights that fuel your organization’s social finance and impact investing journey.

Fierce Networking

Engage in some serious networking and learning with your peers. Deepen and broaden your professional networks in order to boost knowledge, collaborate and improve your capacity to advance social finance and impact investing.

Fresh Ideas

Start the conversation and participate in discussing innovative ideas that have the potential to change your organization, your community and the world. SFF 2023 gives you the unique opportunity to do just that.

passionate • Inspiring • Engaging

Some of our Speakers

Narinder Dhami

President, Sonor Foundation

Andrea Armeni

Co-Founder & Executive Director, Transform Finance

Paluck Kohli

Communications, Social Innovation Canada

Nejeed Kassam

CEO, Keela

Jonah Chininga

Co-founder & CEO, Woveo

Kiran Toor

Advisor, Impact and Innovation Unit in the Privy Council Office (PCO)

Jory Cohen

Director of Finance & Impact Investing, Inspirit Foundation

Kat Cadungog

Executive Director, Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES)
Two days of inspiration, new insights and knowledge

Event Schedule

All times EDT

  • Day 1 Thursday - June 15, 2023
  • Day 2 Friday - June 16, 2023
9:00 am
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10:00 am
Speakers to be announced

Braindates Session 1

Meet the right people and learn from peers.

10:00 am
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10:10 am
Speakers to be announced

Welcome Day 1

Welcoming greetings from the organizers.
10:15 am
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11:15 am
Speakers to be announced

State of Social Finance in Canada

State of Social Finance in Canada: What have been note-worthy developments since Social Finance Forum 2019?

This plenary session will look back at significant advances, developments as well as friction and tension points in Canada’s social finance landscape since the last convening in 2019.

11:20 am
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12:00 pm
Speakers to be announced

Re-imagine Power

A debate-style plenary session will energize participants by diving into core arguments around whether social finance has genuinely shifted power in the last decade and whether it's capable of shifting power in the next ten.

1:00 pm
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1:50 pm
Speakers to be announced

Track 1: Climate Finance – Session 1

Supported by: Genus Capital Management

The climate finance track will host two practical sessions that explore how investors are financing climate adaptation and mitigation. It will offer a deeper understanding of products, services and bottlenecks as well as highlight what to expect in the next five years, and how to get involved in the climate finance landscape.

1:00 pm
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1:55 pm
Speakers to be announced

Track 2: Housing finance Session 1

Supported by Tapestry Capital

There is a huge need and opportunity for impact investors and asset owners to shift their attention and capital towards affordable housing. But does commodification of housing stand in the way? In addition to a basic need and human right, having safe, stable, and affordable housing is also inextricably linked to a range of social determinants of health such as employment, mental health and wellbeing, and social inclusion. This track dives into major developments and opportunities as well as highlight what to expect in the next five years, and how to get involved in the housing finance landscape.

9:30 am
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10:30 am
Speakers to be announced

Braindates Session 3

Meet the right people and learn from peers.

10:30 am
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10:40 am
Speakers to be announced

Welcome Day 2

Welcoming greetings from the organizers.
10:40 am
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11:00 am
Speakers to be announced

Artistic Performance

11:05 am
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11:35 pm
Speakers to be announced

Re-imagine Access

How has access to social finance shifted in the past five years? Who has better access to financing and who doesn’t? What are factors that contribute to more equitable access? In this plenary, learn from changemakers with insights from the ground who made promising strides in equitable access to financing.

11:40 am
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12:30 pm
Speakers to be announced

Track 5: Indigenous Finance – Session 1

Supported by: Definity Insurance Foundation and Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

The Indigenous finance track will host two in-depth sessions that dive into recent developments, tensions, challenges and inspiring solutions. It will also highlight what to expect in the next five years and how to get involved in the Indigenous finance landscape.

11:40 am
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12:30 pm
Speakers to be announced

Track 6: Gender-lens investing Session 1

The gender-lens investing track will host two in-depth sessions that dive into recent developments, tensions, challenges and inspiring solutions. It will also offer a sense of the recent and anticipated growth in GLI, highlight what to expect in the next five years, and how to get involved in the gender-lens  investing landscape.

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