True Confessions Session: Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation
Tonya Surman is one of Canada’s leading social entrepreneurs. She co-founded and leads the Centre for Social Innovation, a pioneer in coworking and social enterprise that has supported 6,000+ world-changing initiatives. Tonya developed the globally used Constellation Model for multi-stakeholder collaboration, helping ban toxic chemicals in baby bottles and mobilizing 40,000+ Ontario nonprofits into a policy-shaping network. She also created the Community Bond, a groundbreaking social finance tool that has raised $10M to secure $40M in real estate for 900+ social entrepreneurs. Most recently, she helped launch Social Innovation Canada, a national network supporting systems-level changemakers.
