Session Starter and Pitch Tips

Candlelit Yoga Before Sunrise

Sunrise

Breakfast

Case Study: Speaker TBA

A peer-driven, real-time problem-solving session where an entrepreneur shares a current challenge in their impact business and receives honest, constructive insight from fellow participants to help them move forward.

Silent Hour

We invite you to take a nap, journal, stretch, or simply sit in stillness—no talking, no tasks, just time to be.

Lunch & Learn

Presentation and Q&A on social procurement, hosted by Buy Social Canada

Workshops: Sessions 1A—Topic: Tools to Attract Investment  

Workshops: Sessions 1B—Topic: Mind Over Mission: The Mental Health Imperative for Social Entrepreneurs in a Changing World 

Free Time

Marketplace of Ideas

A high-energy, 60-second pitch event where participants share bold ideas and invite support from the SVI community.

Dinner

Sunset (Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous)

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.

Failure Wake Bonfire

A place to share what didn’t work, what hurt, and what crashed & burned. No advice, no fixing—just honest storytelling, release, and a reminder that failure is part of the path.

Meditation Session

Sunrise

Workshops: Sessions 2A—Topic: Diving Deeper into Social Procurement

Workshops: Sessions 2B—Topic: Business Growth Strategies  

Case Study: Speaker TBA

Checkout of your room

Please be sure to checkout by or before noon

Lunch

Peer Coaching Circles and Closing Celebration

Depart ☹️