Our enhanced equity lens has broadened our scope of empowering work. The principles of Sankofa and Ubuntu are “go back and fetch it”, and “I am because we are”.

The sustainable livelihoods and well-being of women and children is our priority. Our expansive and vital mandate is to scale diversity, innovation, and inclusion in the following ecosystems in Canada.

Education
Affordable Housing
Agricultural Development (Food Rescue)
Social Entrepreneurship
Descent Work
Community Finance
Community Benefit Agreements
Social Procurement
Worker-Owned Cooperatives
Social Finance
Impact Investing

At SIS we have a set of values, principles, and shared imperatives. These eleven aforementioned ecosystems guide our strategic planning, activities, as well as programs and project outcomes. Our imperatives go beyond how we approach our work, they speak to who we are as a community.

Our collective imperatives stem from our belief that sustainable impact is possible when we eliminate silos and work together in the spirit of Ujima “collective work and responsibility”.

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