Sayedahmed, Dilek, Campbell, Tara, Theriault-Loubier, Gryphon, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Maryam, Geobey, Sean, Park, Katey and Nava-Lara, Sergio (2023) Facing Current Canadian SI/SF Ecosystem: Building understanding through systems mapping and thinking. In: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design Volume: RSD12, 06-20 Oct 2023.

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Abstract

By using systems thinking as a guiding approach to understanding complex social and environmental challenges, we study and identify the system actors in the Canadian social finance ecosystem. We aim to outline the stakeholders, the relationships between them, the roles they play, the goals they have, the results they are achieving, and the potential gaps and barriers they are facing. The overall objective of the research is to gain a better understanding of the Canadian social finance and social innovation ecosystem. We contribute to the understanding, growth, and development of the Investment Readiness Program (IRP) partnerships and the social economy ecosystem in Canada. The project supports ecosystem actors and social purpose organisations (SPOs) in system navigation and identifies relationships in the social economy ecosystem. Mini maps aim to identify potential areas to bring new actors into the ecosystem and build new relationships to support them.

Item Type:	Conference/Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	systemic design, systems sensing and thinking, social innovation ecosystems
Divisions:	Faculty of Design
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2026 20:44
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2026 20:45
URI:	https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4905

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