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From growing early-stage ventures in our accelerators to launching brand-new enterprises through our labs, we bring changemakers together and provide them with the knowledge, skills, connections and resources they need to accelerate their success and amplify their impact.
For events and workshops, check out CSI’s Programming Calendar.
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- CSI Educates
- Social Ventures
WOSEN’s Start Program
Program Date: April 28, 2021 to
June 30, 2021
Apply by: Applications Closed
Are you interested in exploring your purpose as a social entrepreneur? Do you have an early-stage idea that will create positive social or environmental impact?Join the Start program for women and gender non-binary entrepreneurs to uncover the possibilities of your social impact.


- CSI Invests
- Social Ventures
WOSEN’s Investment Readiness Supports
Apply by: Open intake on continuous basis
The Investment Readiness Sandbox is for women and gender non-binary people who lead established social ventures, who have a defined capital need, and who are preparing for funding or investment in the coming year.


- CSI Educates
- Social Ventures
Social Entrepreneurship 101
Program Date: February 4, 2021 to
April 1, 2021
Apply by: Registration closed
Our Social Entrepreneurship 101 program covers all aspects of social entrepreneurship, from making sure you’ve identified the right problem, to testing solutions, turning your solution into a sustainable business model, and measuring its impact.


- CSI Solves
- Community Wealth
Every One Every Day: TO
Program Date: January 15, 2021 to
March 31, 2021
Apply by: Rolling applications accepted
A new community project in Regent Park: get to know your neighbours and make our neighbourhood even better!


- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures
Earth Tech
Program Date: January 11, 2021 to
July 31, 2021
Apply by: Applications Closed
Earth Tech is a six-month accelerator for those working on climate or water technology solutions that will positively impact communities and ecosystems across Canada.


- CSI Solves
- Social Ventures
Financialization of Housing
CSI Institute has partnered with Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and MaRS on a social innovation lab to understand how the ‘Financialization of Housing’ is impacting housing affordability in Canada, and support the goal of every Canadian having a home they can afford that meets their needs by 2030.


- CSI Solves
- Community Wealth
Homelessness & Hygiene Lab
The City of Toronto and CSI are working together to facilitate a set of meetings between homelessness experts and social entrepreneurs.


- CSI Accelerates
- Social Ventures
League of Social Entrepreneurs
The League of Social Entrepreneurs will combine their entrepreneurial energy with social innovation labs and the firepower of acceleration and incubation to create enterprising solutions that Build Back Better.


- CSI Accelerates
- Social Ventures
WOSEN
CSI is offering social enterprise training programs for women and gender non-binary entrepreneurs as part of the Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network (WOSEN).


- CSI Accelerates
- Social Ventures
WOSEN’s Grow Accelerator
Ready to take your social purpose business to the next level? Grow is a three-month accelerator designed to support women-led, validation-stage social enterprises.


- CSI Educates
- Social Ventures
CSI Coaches
Program Date: November 9, 2020 to
March 31, 2021
Apply by: Applications Closed
Creating a resilient, sustainable social enterprise model involves community – not only those who support your business, but also those who support you! CSI Coaches offers one-on-one coaching to help women and gender non-binary entrepreneurs create lasting impact.


- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures
Climate Ventures
CSI’s Climate Ventures is home to the entrepreneurs, innovators, and advocates working on climate solutions and climate justice.


- CSI Educates
- Social Ventures
Desk Exchange Community Animator Program
Are you a social entrepreneur or innovator looking to be part of a dynamic community? Do you love meeting new people and solving new problems every day? Would you exchange eight hours a week for a fantastic free workspace? The DECA program is perfect for you.
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- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures
HELPING SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES GO LOW-CARBON COMPETITION
We launched a competition on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Climate CoLab platform to solicit a broad range of possible solutions to help SMEs in Ontario reduce their direct and indirect GHG emissions while helping them thrive.


- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures, Social Ventures
Agents of Change: SDGs
The 2020 Agents of Change: SDGs program was a 8-week course delivered live online for aspiring Social Entrepreneurs between 18-30 helping to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. We ran two cohorts: one in Eastern Canada and one in Western Canada.


- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures
Agents of Change 2018-2019: Climate Solutions
A one-year accelerator for startups scaling promising products, services and technologies that fight climate change.


- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures
Agents of Change 2017-2018: Climate Solutions
The Agents of Change: Climate Solutions accelerator supported enterprises working on climate change solutions that increase the ability of consumers and businesses to make low-carbon choices, resulting in a quantifiable and significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.


- CSI Accelerates
- Climate Ventures
CleanTech Fellowship
CSI launched a one-year fellowship for entrepreneurs leading discovery to efficiency-stage cleantech startups reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario.


- CSI Accelerates
- Social Ventures
Agents of Change: Community Health
The 2016 Agents of Change: Community Health supported entrepreneurs and changemakers applying innovative solutions to some of Ontario’s most pressing community health challenges, addressing both systemic and social determinants of health.


- CSI Accelerates
- Social Ventures
Agents of Change: City Builders
Great cities are the product of engaged and active citizens. The 2015 Agents of Change: City Builders program was created to give these dreamers, doers and innovators a helping hand.


- CSI Accelerates
- Social Ventures
Agents of Change: Youth
The 2011, 2012 and 2013 Youth Agents of Change provided space and support to young people aged 19-30 with a promising social venture to help them turn their ideas into real impact, and prepare them for early stage investment.
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