Supporting financial intermediaries to grow impact investing in Canada, with Erica Barbosa Vargas




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Summary: Lynn talks to Erica Barbosa Vargas, Director of Solutions Finance at one of Canada’s largest private foundations. Erica provides insights into the growing impact investment sector in Canada. She also shares what the McConnell Foundation is doing to address the bottleneck they see in financial intermediaries, so that more funds can be directed into impact investing, to impact the UN Sustainable Development Goals through the work of nonprofits, social enterprises, and other social impact organizations.