Businesses

Investment Readiness Program (IRP)

Funded by the Government of Canada, the Investment Readiness Program (IRP) is a $50 million grants and contributions program designed to support social purpose organizations (SPOs) as they contribute to solving pressing social, cultural, and environmental challenges across Canada. Through this program, we aim to help social purpose organizations across Canada build their capacity to

Investissement Québec

Investissement Québec, whose mission is to contribute to the economic development of Québec, is at the service of local businesses. Whether you want to expand, develop an R&D project, or obtain working capital, our team can offer you financial solutions to help you achieve your ambitions!

IRECUS

We put our research and education skills to work for a more just, equitable and sustainable world. To do this, we adopt a position of scientific and critical allies of the cooperative and mutualist movement. IRECUS (Research and Education Institute for Cooperatives and Mutuals of the University of Sherbrooke) is an essential crossroads of expertise

Innoweave

In cooperation with our network of coaches, we help community organizations clarify their outcomes and obtain the support they need to become capable of achieving those outcomes. We do this through a series of coaching streams built around social innovation approaches. In each case, organizations can access information, explore their readiness, and begin implementing approaches

Innovation Development MTL (ID MTL)

Innovation Development MTL (ID MTL) is a strategic intelligence solution developed by Ville de Montréal’s Service du développement économique to support and promote the city’s expertise in a number of leading-edge sectors. ID MTL actively and continuously monitors national and international developments to stay current with—and draw inspiration from—best practices wherever they might be. Objectives

Impact 8 (Esplanade program)

Our coaching programs are designed for different stages of the impact8 journey, developed in partnership with Rhizome. They are structured around an integrated vision of entrepreneurial coaching for change agents. Impact8 programs have been custom-designed to support you throughout the three key stages of your organization’s development.

Groupe 3737

Groupe 3737 is a national not-for-profit organization which provides coaching and support tools for BIPOC business owners with an ecosystem of more than 1,000 entrepreneurs across Canada. Based in Montreal in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Canada and housed in a mythical building that once hired immigrants for manufacturing work, Groupe 3737 represents the

Futurpreneur Canada

Futurpreneur has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada’s young enterprise for two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 2,400 volunteer

Fonds de solidarité FTQ (Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec)

Created in 1983, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a development capital fund that calls upon the solidarity and savings of Québecers to help fulfill its mission to contribute to Québec’s economic growth by creating, maintain or protecting jobs through investments in small and medium-sized businesses in all spheres of activity. The Fonds also seeks

Fondaction

Since its creation in 1996, Fondaction has been based on the belief that it is not only possible to do things differently in the financial and business world, it is a necessity. Fondaction helps Québecers prepare for retirement by offering affordable retirement savings to everyone. The savings collected are invested in companies across Québec. This

Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (FCNQ)

La Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec is owned by its fourteen member co-ops in the Inuit communities of the Hudson and Ungava coasts of Northern-Québec, or Nunavik, as this region is now called. FCNQ was established in 1967 to provide the rapidly growing cooperative movement with more effective powers and services to help attain their

Économie sociale Laurentides

Recognized as a privileged interlocutor on social economy issues at the regional level, Économie sociale Laurentides promotes dialogue between the various players in the field and supports the creation of conditions favourable to this entrepreneurial development model. In doing so, as a hub of the social economy, ÉSL participates in the vitality and economic diversification

Économie sociale Lanaudière

Économie sociale Lanaudière is a place to exchange and share experiences, a learning organization at the service of its members and partners. Économie sociale Lanaudière directs social economy project leaders to the appropriate resources and supports the efforts of those working on the front lines in the development of social economy enterprises in Lanaudière.

Économie sociale Bas-Saint-Laurent

Économie sociale Bas-Saint-Laurent is a consultation and networking organization whose mission is to promote collective entrepreneurship and the social economy as vehicles for regional development.

Espace entrepreneuriat collectif (Pôle d’économie sociale Abitibi-Témiscamingue)

Espace entrepreneuriat collectif’s mission is to promote collective entrepreneurship, while fostering dialogue and partnership between local, regional, and national social economy stakeholders in order to harmonize interventions and maximize their impact.

ELAN

English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) is a not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Québec. We share expertise and resources for career advancement, funding opportunities, employment opportunities, and calls for participation in the arts. We advocate for our members’ interests and make

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC)

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) is an association, focused on its members, that unites, engages and leads the co-operative movement by advancing its priorities nationally, as well as internationally, through International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). Our goals are to build bridges, break barriers, and create durable opportunities for the co-operative sector in Canada.

Coopérative de développement régional du Québec (CDRQ)

The CDRQ’s mission is to support and promote the creation and development of cooperatives in all regions of Québec. We do this by offering specialized support for existing cooperatives and for promoters of new projects.

Consortium de ressources et d’expertises coopératives

Collective enterprises make the difference for people. The Consortium makes the difference for collective enterprises. We believe that every collective enterprise should have access to the specialised services it needs. We bring together under one roof all the professional expertise relevant to the consolidation and development of collective entrepreneurship and offer it at the right

Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité (CQCM)

The Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité (CQCM) is a provincial cooperative with special status. It is officially recognized by the Quebec government as one of the privileged partners in the social economy. Mission: Founded in 1940, the CQCM is the democratic body that Quebec’s cooperative and mutual networks have created to