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December 9, 2020
In part 3 of our Systems Log series, we are going to discuss how collaboration between Ontario’s community of place-based funders, investors and intermediaries can shift our finance structures for community impact. In part 1 , we gave an overview of systems change and transformation and in part 2 , we discussed one pathway to leverage global frameworks in local context. A quick note before we proceed: sometimes, we think... Read More
November 20, 2020
LONDON, ONTARIO – The 14th annual Pillar Community Innovation Awards began with award winning DJ, host and community organizer, Zahra Habib who created a joyful and warm atmosphere through music that set the tone for the evening. Then Sam Whiteye , a facilitator and emerging leader from Delaware Nation, guided the audience through a Land Welcome while the audience watched a display of her own stunning landscape photography. Slam poet... Read More
November 19, 2020
We want to extend our gratitude to André Vashist, Director Social Innovation for his 5+ plus years at Pillar Nonprofit Network. André started off as a volunteer connecting new co-tenants to Innovation Works and then took on a role to grow VERGE Capital. André has sparked and grown many projects at Pillar including the most recent Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network and the launch of the new VERGE Breakthrough... Read More
November 10, 2020
Transform the systems that hurt us into systems that hold us and allow us to heal - adrienne marie brown As described in our Systems Leadership & Transformation workshop held this summer as part of our COVID-19 Recovery learning series, we acknowledged that the work of systems transformation is a journey. In the first part of our Systems Log series , we provided an introduction to systems change and explored... Read More
November 8, 2020
Pillar’s Director of Equity, Inclusion & Governance, Dharshi Lacey, shares what she has learned so far about how we can best support the local Black community in the ongoing fight against oppression and racism. In the middle of a global pandemic, we watched and could not look away as George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Perhaps the brutality of that moment caused us to look back and forward to... Read More
October 15, 2020
For immediate release: October 15, 2020 London, ON – Innovation Works, London’s co-working space for social innovators and changemakers, announces the launch of our second Community Bond . In 2015, Innovation Works, was the first organization to bring the Community Bond investment model to London, raising $1 million in capital funding to help open our space through the support of local investors in just 3 short weeks. With the launch... Read More
October 8, 2020
The London Free Press recently profiled our incredible finalists for the 14th Annual Pillar Community Innovation Awards, offering a much needed breath of fresh air and inspiration into the current news landscape. The series of four articles offered an inside look into the driving motivations behind the initiatives of select finalists as well as their insights on what being nominated for the awards means to them. Check out the series... Read More
September 10, 2020
By AnnaLise Trudell and Louise Pitre Pillar Nonprofit Network thanks AnnaLise and Louise for contributing their expertise to Pillar’s Executive Director Support Network and their work on this guest post. The nonprofit sector has been a leader in advocating for equity, particularly in pushing for systemic change at multiple levels of government and in advocating for the needs of their clients. But what about the staff? What about the differential... Read More
September 10, 2020
Our work before and, especially, during the COVID-19 pandemic makes it clear that Londoners are ready, willing, and able to step up as volunteers to help their neighbours and vulnerable members of our community. When Pillar Nonprofit Network was identified by the Mayor’s Task Forces on Social and Economic Impact and Recovery to help convene London’s volunteer effort, we worked with our network to strengthen formal and informal volunteering wherever... Read More
September 8, 2020
Please join me in congratulating Michelle Baldwin, Executive Director of Pillar Nonprofit Network, as she embarks on the next phase of her leadership journey, joining Community Foundations of Canada as Senior Advisor, Transformation and teaching at Huron University College in the Governance, Leadership and Ethics program. Michelle will remain in her role as Executive Director to facilitate a smooth transition period and to onboard a new leader into 2021. Her... Read More

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