Amoye Henry, co-founder of Pitch Better and CSI WOSEN Coach, and her team developed the first national market study of Black women founders in Canada. The findings surprised her.

And things were going so well! It feels strange to talk about it now, but our fiscal year 2019/20 was on track to generate a healthy surplus, while delivering excellent programs and phenomenal services to over 1000 social purpose enterprises, and engaging networks of social innovators from coast-to-coast.

In January 2021, the ONN released an introduction to shared platforms, and why shared platforms are a critical tool for pandemic recovery.

CSI member Ocean Wise have been examining COVID-19’s impact on the ocean. In COVID-19: Waves of change – How a global pandemic impacted our oceans, they examine how public health restrictions have resulted in lost ocean research opportunities, reductions or cancellation of volunteer-based ocean conservation activities, as well as shifts in seafood related industries.