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New phone (booth), who this? Thanks to our new partnership with #InboxBooths, we’re excited to share that CSI Spadina now features 3 new meeting pods! These new spaces will allow for greater flexibility with your video chats & small team meetings. Come by and check them out!

Make sure your money matches your values 💰Learn more about sustainable investing and climate finance with CSI Member Good Investing, @genuscapmgmt, and CSI at Six Degrees: Climate Finance Investing on November 16. Save your spot:

Through these initiatives, they've supported Indigenous communities to make significant environmental strides, reducing over 957 tons of CO2 emissions. Learn more about the investment opportunity on Goparity Canada's website:

Barkley has specialized in renewable energy & community infrastructure development for First Nations communities since 2003 and supported the implementation of 100+ projects, advancing the deployment of hydro, solar, wind, biomass, tidal, & geothermal energy infrastructure. 2/3.

💡#CSIMember Goparity Canada has opened ‘Renewable energy communities,’ which supports Indigenous-owned #cleanenergy projects in Western Canada. They're working w/ Barkley, a Nanaimo-based renewable energy developer on their 2nd campaign through Goparity's platform. 1/3.

Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis Toronto, Vol. 27, No. 43, Friday, November 3, 2023.

In conversation @NRUpublishing, our CEO Tonya Surman shares insights into the future of 720 Bathurst, also known as CSI Annex, and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities of social purpose real estate: 1/2.

@digital_55 Support their Kickstarter for Season 2 as they focus on curious and exploratory conversations on a changing subculture, featuring new voices and filmed in a '90s storytelling style:

CSI Member @digital_55 is a woman-led, integrated digital studio that produces unscripted media and bespoke digital learning experiences for socially relevant and provocative content. They're looking to launch Filter, a digital series that explores the new cannabis culture. 1/2

You're invited! Join #CSIMember Dr. Emily Sadowski for the #booklaunch of "What is Intuition? Resonance, Connection and Trusting Intuition on its own Terms," about her journey into ideas of consciousness, connection, self-awareness, & the nature of truth:

Congrats to #CSIMember @CC4Refugees on becoming a registered charity!. Explore Canadian Connections' work with newcomers and refugees and learn about the pros and cons of being a #nonprofit vs. a registered #charity in Canada:

Hey there! If you want to learn more about the role of finance in building a low carbon future, join us, Good Investing (@TimNashCFP), and Genus Capital Management (@GenusCapMgt) at Six Degrees: Climate Finance Edition on November 16. 🌱. Register here:

RT @BusinessTO: Business Improvement Areas and not-for-profits share stories of resilience during challenging times and how leaning into @c….

RT @OntarioNature: Black ash is a critically #EndangeredSpecies globally and of great cultural significance to many #IndigenousPeoples. No….

RT @BusinessTO: Be part of the Small Business Forum, the @cityoftoronto’s free, in-person event supporting small businesses. Oct 30.8:30….

Meet the 50 ventures changing Canadian #cleantech on Nov. 8! You're invited to this year’s #Foresight50 Celebration in Calgary, recognizing Canada’s 50 most investible cleantech ventures. Register: #CSIMember @ForesightCAC

CSI is #hiring! We're looking for a Manager of Membership and Business Development. The deadline for applications is rolling, so apply now:

Coming up this Monday!. Register now: