| Ethics at the Interface of Business and Healthcare | SSHRC-funded research project to advance our understanding of the ethical values that do and should determine priorities when business values intersect with healthcare values in the Canadian healthcare system. |
| International Polar Year: Training, Communications & Outreach | As part of the IPY initiative, we are proposing to develop tools, and encourage dialogue using those tools, to assist Northern Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities and potential private and public sector partners to share, apply and augment the wealth of existing knowledge required for socially responsible development, access to which is currently restricted by cultural, geographic, linguistic and economic barriers. |
| Pensions at Work | SSHRC funded project links unions and universities internationally to promote labour education and socially responsible investment of union pension funds. |
| Public Outreach - Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity | The broad goal of this project is to address the need for access to resources that will facilitate dialogue and networking across the Canadian North and encourage the sharing of knowledge and experiences amongst stakeholders, on elements of socially responsible economic development. |
| Responsible Investing Initiative | Proposal for a new initiative on Responsible Investing in Canada. Working with a number of CBERN partners including the Social Investment Organization, this initiative will engage stakeholders on institutional investors’ corporate engagement and responsible investing polices and practices. |
| The National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility | The Government of Canada, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, held a series of national roundtables in order to discuss issues of Corporate Social Responsibility in the mining, oil and gas sectors and their operations in developing countries. |
| Zumer Consumer Database | Zumer is building an open database of corporate social responsibility performance, with the ultimate goal of making this CSR data more accessible to consumers so that it can play a bigger role in people’s purchasing decisions. It is a collaborative undertaking that strives to be the world’s most comprehensive, accessible and up to date depository of non-financial corporate information. |