Social Procurement Professional Certificate Learning Portal
Welcome to the Social Procurement Professional Certificate course. Use this Learning Portal to find key links, homework and session descriptions. New materials will be added throughout the course and you will find instructions on how to submit homework. The session recordings and slides will be added each week.
Any questions?
Contact niamh@buysocialcanada.com.
Session 1 – May 29
In Session 1, we will go through the first two modules of the course:
Module 1: Fundamentals of Social Procurement
Learning objective:
Participants will be able to describe and summarize what social procurement is, what’s happening across the country and why it’s important.
Module 2: Building your Social Value Organization through your Supply Chain
Learning objective:
Participants will begin to catalyze a change in culture in their organization.
Homework
Research and bring your organization’s objectives to the next session
Go through your organization’s mission, vision statements, and other key strategy documents, to identify objectives which could be applied to a social procurement policy. We will discuss these during Session 2.
Social Procurement Diagram
Draw a visual representation or diagram for social procurement that would be used to present the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ of social procurement to your team. We recommend drawing on a piece of paper and taking a photo to submit or you can use PowerPoint, Canva or other digital tools. Whatever works best for you!
You will share these diagrams with each other in Session 2.
Email your completed diagrams to niamh@buysocialcanada.com.
Key links
- Session 1 Slides – May 29 2025
- Session 1 recording
- Learning Library
Session 2 – June 5
In Session 2, we will go through Modules 3 and 4.
Module 3: Developing a Social Procurement Policy
Learning objectives:
Participants will develop a social procurement policy statement and a road map to connect objectives with purchasing.
Module 4: Construction and Social Procurement
Learning objectives:
Participants will understand social procurement in construction and Community Benefit Agreements
Homework
A social procurement policy statement for your organization
Based on the discussion in Module 3 about developing a social procurement policy, draft a social procurement policy statement for your organization.
Road Map Worksheet
Fill out the rest of your Road Map Worksheet.
Consider your past decision-making processes. Evaluate how you can shift your decisions to align with your organizational objectives identified in Session 1.
Download the Session 2 Roadmap Worksheet here.
Email your completed homework to niamh@buysocialcanada.com.
Key links
- Session Slides 2
- Session 2 recording
Session 3 – June 12
In Session 3 we will go through Modules 5 and 6.
Module 5: Implementing a Social Procurement Policy
Learning objectives include:
Participants will be able to apply social value criteria to goods and services RFx and be able to determine appropriate social value weighting for specific procurements.
Participants will be able to apply the appropriate methodologies to add social value to different types of procurement.
Homework
Social Value RFx Scenario Worksheet
Complete the Social Value RFx Scenario Worksheet.
Download the Session 3 Social Value RFx Design Scenarios Worksheet here.
Email your completed homework to niamh@buysocialcanada.com.
Key links
- Session recording
- Session 3 Slides
Session 4 – June 19
In Session 4 we will go through Module 6.
Module 6: Operationalizing Social Procurement
Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to apply the appropriate methodologies adding social value to different types of procurement.
Participants will be able to create the supportive ecosystem needed for social procurement success within their organization.
Homework
Operationalizing Worksheet
Complete any additional work to finish your Operationalizing Worksheet, which we started working on in groups during Session 4.
Download the Operationalizing Worksheet here.
Email your completed homework to niamh@buysocialcanada.com.
Once all of the homework has been submitted and the course survey is completed, then your Social Procurement Professional Certificate will be mailed out. The deadline for submitting all of your homework is March 25th.
Key links
- Complete the post-cohort survey
- Session 4 Slides
- Session 4 recording