Social Procurement & Enterprise Development (SPEnD)

Posted on Friday, July 21st, 2023

SPEnD is a 3-year research initiative by Algonquin College's Social Innovation Lab, focusing on Canada's college sector's capacity for social procurement and social finance to promote community wealth building through market-driven social enterprises.

Client
Professor(s)	Kevin Holmes Jaswinder Kaur
Program	Bachelor of commerce- supply chain management, Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Interdisciplinary Studies in Human-Centred Design
Students	Bahaa Alsaqqa,, Maria Luisita JD Cauton,, Prajakta Amin

Project Description:

SPEnD is a 3-year research initiative of Algonquin College’s Social Innovation Lab, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research of Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The SPEnD Summer 2023 cohort is focused on:

1. Data Collection/Analysis of College Sector fiscal capacity for social finance
2. Research global social enterprises with a focus on product/service diversity of offerings
3. Identification of demand driven tech enabled business concepts for new student run Social Enterprises
4. Creation of open access materials to support institutions in embracing social innovation.

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