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- [Tarrifs let CBC explain](https://www.terada.ca/tarrifs-let-cbc-explain/economy/) - If you saw on my blog last year, I thought I would post on the Tarrifs kerfuffle that Donald Trump was starting with Canada. This was as much for my own edification and learning as anything else, but you know, I learned you can't keep up with Trump because consistency and clarity are not his
- [Measuring the 'social' in social impact](https://www.terada.ca/measuring-the-social-in-social-impact/theory/) - I want to provide a summary of Impact Management, not Impact Measurement because its not only about measuring data Measuring Social Impact Can Help Foster a Stronger European Social EconomyBy Leonora Buckland & Lisa HehenbergerStanford Social Innovation ReviewMay 12, 2021 Even when organizations want to measure impact there is often not enough money to spend
- [Toronto Impact Initiative into Lawrence Heights?](https://www.terada.ca/toronto-impact-initiative-into-lawrence-heights/tracking-impact/) - Yes that's a question mark. Maybe I should be more confident. Here's what I'm thinking. We are asking foundations to underwrite a $25K pilot so we need to demonstrate that we can responsibly deploy money in Lawrence Heights (LH) and learn from it. We want to run a small $5K — and I hate this
- [Great ideas ... but well](https://www.terada.ca/test/economy/) - I have come out of 5 meetings in the last 2 days, where I've listened to people, some as young as Grade 12, tell me about their businesses. I'm sitting there thinking, please be more than back of a napkin. Because I want to be polite, starting your own business is probably one of the
- [Fractal Approaches to Scaling Transformation](https://www.terada.ca/fractal-approaches-to-scaling-transformation/theory/) - This is a really great article that isn't getting enough attention (including from me). But I am going to try to give more attention to it in the coming weeks. "Responses to sustainability challenges are not delivering results at the scale and speed called for by science, international agreements, and concerned citizens. How do we
- [Is the GDP all what it's cracked up to be?](https://www.terada.ca/is-the-gdp-all-what-its-cracked-up-to-be/economy/) - Economists Oren Cass and Kate Raworth, who normally would be seen as theoretical adversaries, the former leaning conservative, while Kate leans more 'progressive.' But the reality with the onset of crises of COVID-19, the climate crisis, the jobs crisis, many economists from across the political spectrum are waking up to the shortcomings of some of
- [Wendy Brown](https://www.terada.ca/wendy-brown/uncategorized/) - It's hard to bare the fact that we don't have scientific truths to live by in society, politics, economics, and instead have to craft forms of organizations and institutions and arrangements, that we're always experimenting with, and always have to be willing to back off, and say we got that wrong, we really need to
- [Impact Measurement](https://www.terada.ca/impact-measurement/tracking-impact/) - Kate Ruff, a leading theorist of impact measurement has written a chapter that looks at best practices and key challenges of measuring and assessing impact. These are my notes interspersed with quotes from the chapter. The entire book which is available on a Creative Commons License is available here She starts off by asking what
- [Social Finance early beginnings](https://www.terada.ca/social-finance-early-beginnings/uncategorized/) - This is early work on the Toronto Impact Initiative. I need to read the Imagine Canada report on SF. And the Metcalf report on SF for the Arts. To get a good idea of where to start and how to structure the start-up phase for TII, read the Recipe Book for SF. Innoweave has a
- [Step into the River: A Framework for Economic Reconciliation](https://www.terada.ca/resource-example-1/resources/) - The extent to which economic reconciliation can be transformative depends on whether we ourselves are willing to transform.
- [Tariff Update](https://www.terada.ca/tariff-update/economy/) - A 2025 Update on the Trump Tariffs Nine months ago, I first covered the shockwaves sent through the Canadian economy when President Donald Trump initiated a sweeping 25% tariff on Canadian goods. I am giving an update on the state of the trade war through some typical cases that have come up in the news.
- [](https://www.terada.ca/1877-2/year-published/2025/) - A creator who isn’t grabbed around the throat by a set of impossibilities is no creator. A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.
- [Yes there is a there there](https://www.terada.ca/yes-there-is-a-there-there/resources/) - Alice please tell the caterpillar that quite possibly there is a there there.
- [Bitcoins nah, but stablecoins hmmm](https://www.terada.ca/bitcoins-nah-but-stablecoins-hmmm/uncategorized/) - Eh? A new kind of money is emergingWe’re used to thinking of money as something physical toonies in your pocket, bills in your wallet, hey even numbers in your bank account. But money is changing fast.Today, there’s a new kind of digital money called stablecoins that are being used around the world and not just
- [First day of U.S. imposed tariffs on Canada](https://www.terada.ca/first-day-of-u-s-imposed-tariffs-on-canada/economy/) - Trump is imposing tariffs on Canada starting tomorrow. Here is a simple example of what we means by tariffs...
- [Did Charity Village ever listen to ...](https://www.terada.ca/did-charity-village-ever-listen-to/economy/) - I briefly got to work with Paul Taylor when he was ED at FoodShare. Incredible personality. Here is FoodShare's open letter to Charity Village about the importance of posting salary or a salary range in their job postings.
- [Olivia Chow the Bicycle Mayor](https://www.terada.ca/olivia-chow-the-bicycle-mayor/sdgs/) - Like me, she doesn't even own a car. How cool is that?
- [What Impact?](https://www.terada.ca/what-impact/theory/) - I learned plenty from this article by two professors at the Harvard Business School. The title of their paper: What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale and Scope of Social Performance.
- [Impact measurement is like sailing](https://www.terada.ca/impact-measurement-is-like-sailing/theory/) - Hands down this is a valuable resource or guide outlining the important features of impact measurement for social purpose organizations.
- [Developmental Evaluation](https://www.terada.ca/developmental-evaluation/theory/) - Here we are. My first theory submission. I’ll start with Developmental Evaluation (DE). In my experience what most people most dislike about evaluation is that it’s rarely an organizational priority, and when it is, it isn’t created as a specific staff position.
- [A serious stand on systems wide change is needed](https://www.terada.ca/a-serious-stand-on-systems-wide-change-is-needed/economy/) - I just finished reading Vinod Rajasekaran's piece on Social Innovation Canada's website. Vinod is the publisher and CEO of Future of Good, a website chalk full of great info for those working in social innovation.
- [Ben and Jerry (Canada) icecream #LandBack](https://www.terada.ca/ben-and-jerry-canada-icecream-landback/uncategorized/) - One of the very few corporate entities that would dare go near the term "Land Back".
- [What if our economy valued what matters](https://www.terada.ca/what-if-our-economy-valued-what-matters/economy/) - This old system is perversely beholden to indicators like GDP, an indiscriminate measure of “progress” that ends up rewarding the destruction of people and the planet. Mariana Mazzucato A good example of an attempt to change 'impact indicators' is this article that argues its time to change the impact indicators for economic growth. The standard
- [Impact Measurement after COVID19: Expected, unlikely, and ideal](https://www.terada.ca/impact-measurement-after-covid19-expected-unlikely-and-ideal/tracking-impact/) - Kate Ruff April 27, 2020 An impact data standard is widely used by impact softwares. Agreeing on a data standard is easier, and smarter, than agreeing on indicators. Think standardizing building materials into 2x4s and 2x8s, rather than residential floor plans. A data standard supports visibility into the degree of comparability across indicators, rather than getting
- [On Social Impact Measurement](https://www.terada.ca/on-social-impact-measurement/tracking-impact/) - I'm reading an article "Accountability for Social impact: A Bricolage Perspective on Impact Measurement in Social Enterprises" 2019. They start off citing a problematic ambiguity when it comes to social impact measurement: An underlying reason for this ambiguity is that, in contrast to accounting conventions for financial performance assessment, there are no generally agreed-upon methodologies
- [First Nations Information Governance](https://www.terada.ca/first-nations-information-governance/uncategorized/) - I'm taking an online course detailing the First Nations principles of OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access and Possession). There are 7 modules, each one is about 40 minutes We kick things off with a quote from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Vol 3, p. 498 In the past, Aboriginal people have not
- [Roadmap to Social Impact](https://www.terada.ca/roadmap-to-social-impact/tracking-impact/) - Ramia, I., Powell, A., Stratton, K., Stokes, C., Meltzer, A., Muir, K. (2021).Roadmap to outcomes measurement. Your step-by-step guide to planning, measuring and communicating social impact. Centre for Social Impact. Hey, the more I'm reading about social impact the more I'm realizing that a Theory of Change and Logic Model are important pieces, but you
- [Impact and the Social/Solidarity Economy](https://www.terada.ca/impact-and-the-social-solidarity-economy/tracking-impact/) - Social Impact measurement for the Social and Solidarity Economy OECD 2021 PDF This is perhaps the most comprehensive document I've read on impact measurement and its relation to social purpose organizations. Fact #1: There exists no single internationally accepted conceptual framework to value social impact nor to understand the drivers and obstacles to create that
- [Key points taken from a guide to social impact measurement](https://www.terada.ca/key-points-taken-from-a-guide-to-social-impact-measurement/tracking-impact/) - Muir, K. & Bennett, S. (2014). The Compass: Your Guide to Social Impact Measurement.Sydney, Australia: The Centre for Social Impact. The primary purposes of outcomes measurement are to provide evidence of what works and what doesn’t, and why and how to improve effectiveness and efficiency. The 3 Ps to achieve social impact: Purpose (what's our
- [Catalyzing Social and Environmental Change: a conversation with Andrea Nemtin](https://www.terada.ca/catalyzing-social-and-environmental-change-a-conversation-with-andrew-nemtin/economy/) - Social Impact Advisors podcast interview with Andrea Nemtin, Executive Director of Social Innovation Canada. The full interview is here. Summary of their conversation: What is Social Innovation the concept? Frances Westley (2008): An initiative, product, process or program that profoundly changes the basic routines, resource and authority flows or beliefs of any social system. Its
- [Funding the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG #8) Decent Work (Ontario Nonprofit Network)](https://www.terada.ca/funding-the-sustainable-development-goal-sdg-8-decent-work/sdgs/) - Funding Decent Work research: A comparison of 4 funders from Canada, the UK and United States. 2021_ONN_Funding-Decent-WorkDownload
- [RIP Sam Boakye](https://www.terada.ca/rip-sam-boekye/uncategorized/) - I worked with Sam when he was co-leading the Out of the Box social enterprise. This picture captures the true humanity of Sam, he had a huge heart and was always gracious to those around him. More here
- [Equity in Collective Impact](https://www.terada.ca/equity-in-collective-impact/economy/) - Centering Equity in Collective Impact Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter 2022 This article is too long. Note the important highlights below. ... the single greatest reason why collective impact efforts fall short is a failure to center equity. Collective impact has lasting effectiveness only if it is focused on changing underlying systems, not just adding
- [Simple, Complicated, Complex](https://www.terada.ca/simple-complicated-complex/tracking-impact/) - Here is a great chart that outlines the important differences between these 3 concepts. Ok. Everybody can take a turn and make sense of these 3 labels any way they want. For me I place these three categories on a temporal scheme. I'll go first. SIMPLE, is pre-WWII. First and foremost gender distinctions were binary,
- [Former BlackRock exec says government should be the lead actors on climate change](https://www.terada.ca/former-blackrock-exec-says-government-not-markets-should-be-the-lead-actors-on-climate-change/economy/) - Now get this. A former C-level exec at Black Rock. Yes that Black Rock, resigned from his position as chief of sustainable investing, and basically throws up his hands and says governments have to throw their chips into the centre and quit playing coy, and step up to the plate. I've summarized the article from
- [Social Innovation with Allyson Hewitt](https://www.terada.ca/social-innovation-with-allyson-hewitt/tracking-impact/) - Social Impact Advisors podcast with Allyson Hewitt, McConnell Foundation Senior Fellow of Social Innovation at MaRS Discovery District. Full podcast interview here Below is a summary of her conversation Social Innovation has to see rubber hitting the road Social Innovation means new ways of doing things that are valued, but it needs to be differentiated
- [Logic Model](https://www.terada.ca/theory-of-change-example-document/economy/) - This is a simple Logic Model from a project I worked on a few years ago. From the Logic Model you decide what you want to achieve, how to measure it, what the indicators would be, and how to collect the data. From the data you craft a story of your social impact to the
- [Capturing your Secret Sauce in a powerful Theory of Change](https://www.terada.ca/capturing-your-secret-sauce-in-a-powerful-theory-of-change/uncategorized/) - Social Impact Advisors podcast interview Melissa Sariffodeen, CEO of Canada Learning Code Full interview here Melissa makes some crucial points underscoring the purpose and function of a strong Theory of Change. Below is a summary of her conversation. Theory of Change is theory A theory of change (TOC) is many things, firstly its a theoretical
- [Community Foundations and SDGs](https://www.terada.ca/community-foundations-and-sdgs/uncategorized/) - I just connected with a group of academics out of Quebec, the Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Research Network who want to push the envelope on philanthropy and its work on the SDGs. What better than to interview Andrew Chunilall, CEO of Community Foundations Canada. Full interview here: Here is a summary of some key points Andrew
- [A creator is one who exceeds oneself](https://www.terada.ca/a-creator/uncategorized/) - A creator who isn't grabbed around the throat by a set of impossibilities is no creator. A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities. Gilles Deleuze
- [](https://www.terada.ca/judith-butler/uncategorized/) - For me, the task is not to find a single or synthetic framework, but to find a way of thinking in alliance.Judith Butler

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- [2023](https://www.terada.ca/2023-2/) - Blog Archives 2023 Social Finance early beginnings This is early work on the Toronto Impact Initiative. I need to read the Imagine Canada report on SF. And the Metcalf report on SF for the Arts. To get a good idea of where to start and how to structure the start-up phase for TII, read the
- [2022](https://www.terada.ca/2022-blog-archives/) - Blog Archives 2022 Impact Measurement Kate Ruff, a leading theorist of impact measurement has written a chapter that looks at best practices and key challenges of measuring and assessing impact. These are my notes interspersed with quotes from the chapter. The entire book which is available on a Creative Commons License is available here She
- [2021](https://www.terada.ca/2021-2/) - Blog Archives 2021 Equity in Collective Impact Centering Equity in Collective Impact Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter 2022 This article is too long. Note the important highlights below. … the single greatest reason why collective impact efforts fall short is a failure to center equity. Collective impact has lasting effectiveness only if it is focused
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