Tim Draimin is board member and Chair of Social Innovation Canada (SIC), an innovation platform supporting multi-organizational and cross-sector partnerships tackling social and environmental challenges. His Canadian and international career has focused on social and environmental causes through the lenses of philanthropy and social innovation. He convened the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance, co-founded the Social Finance Forum, and wrote the first Canadian study of social entrepreneurship. His writing has appeared in Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Globe & Mail, Cooperation South, The New Internationalist, Social Innovation Atlas, Philea, and The Hill Times. He is a frequent advisor to non-profits, government and business. He was the National Executive Director of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) and the founding CEO of Tides Canada Foundation (now MakeWay). His past board roles included Trico Charitable Foundation, Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), Green Economy Canada (GEC), Partnership Brokers Association (PBA), Institute on Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS), Social Innovation Exchange (SIX London UK), and Philippines-Canada Human Resource Development (PCHRD).
