Social enterprises, says Marco Pagani, are The Answer. The answer to food insecurity, to unaffordable housing, to youth unemployment. The answer to poverty.

Pagani, a former high-tech executive who’s now president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Ottawa, pushed hard to get social enterprises a place in the City of Ottawa’s new $30-million Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards. His missionary work paid off. When the Innovation Centre opens later this fall, as many as 20 seats will be reserved for charities, not-for-profit groups and others eager to develop and launch social enterprises, which use business practices to earn money to further an organization’s social mission.  Read the rest of this article at The Ottawa Citizen…