Join the May-June 2025 cohort of the Social Procurement Professional Certificate course. If you are: Then this is the course for you! This certificate program has been developed to provide both private and public sector participants with in-depth knowledge of the fundamental components of social procurement success; how to create a social value culture within […]

Buy Social Canada would like to invite you to join the Toronto Social Procurement Roundtable for the following 2025 meeting dates. This is a networking opportunity to share and hear from social enterprises, social purchasers and members of the ecosystem in the GTA on what’s happening, present questions or challenges, and stay up to date on projects, tools, and […]

Are you interested in becoming a Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprise? Join the growing network of Certified Social Enterprises, businesses that sell goods or services, embed a social, cultural or environmental purpose into the business, and reinvest the majority of profits into their purpose. You are invited to register for the Social Enterprise Certification […]

Buy Social Canada hosts a Canada-wide Community of Practice meeting online quarterly. This is an opportunity for those interested or engaged with social procurement to connect and learn together. Participants in this procurement networking group include social enterprises, government and corporate purchasers, intermediaries and community members. We would like to invite you to join the […]

CLASP – Community Learning to Advance Social Procurement – brings together social procurement practitioners with access to exclusive content to power your purchasing. CLASP is an exclusive quarterly learning and networking event for Buy Social Canada Social Purchasing Partners and BCSPI members. Buy Social Canada Social Purchasing Partners, Engage Members and BCSPI Members are invited to […]

Buy Social Canada would like to invite you to join the Toronto Social Procurement Roundtable for the following 2025 meeting dates. This is a networking opportunity to share and hear from social enterprises, social purchasers and members of the ecosystem in the GTA on what’s happening, present questions or challenges, and stay up to date on projects, tools, and […]

Buy Social Canada would like to invite you to join the Vancouver Social Procurement Roundtable for the following 2025 meeting dates. This is a networking opportunity to share and hear from social enterprises, social purchasers and members of the ecosystem in the Vancouver area on what’s happening, present questions or challenges, and stay up to date on projects, tools, […]

Exclusively for BCSPI Members, this two-hour session provides a complete introduction to social procurement concepts. Understand the what, why and how of social procurement. Explore social procurement principles, best practices and examples, and learn to identify opportunities and next steps. September 11, 202510am-12pmOnline via Zoom BCSPI Members log in to register.

Are you interested in becoming a Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprise? Join the growing network of Certified Social Enterprises, businesses that sell goods or services, embed a social, cultural or environmental purpose into the business, and reinvest the majority of profits into their purpose. You are invited to register for the Social Enterprise Certification […]

Exclusively for BCSPI Members, this three-hour session digs deeper into implementation and connects social procurement outcome measurement with achieving local social and community development objectives. During this session attendees will work through a variety of procurement scenarios in groups from setting objectives, to including them in bid language to measuring outcomes. October 16, 20259am-12pmOnline via […]

Exclusively for BCSPI Members, this session deepens member understanding of how to effectively implement social procurement by focusing on opportunities within construction and infrastructure projects under $250K. Topics covered include project planning and monitoring, identifying objectives and outcomes and options for unbundling of larger contracts. November 13, 20259am-12pmOnline via Zoom BCSPI Members log in to register.