Partnering for Global Impact® 2012 is underway in Lugano, Switzerland. Media Partner SocialFinance.ca, a program of the newly launched MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, is live blogging on storify at SocialFinance.ca on Storify. Join the many thought-provoking conversation topics by flipping through the latest updates.

SocialFinance.ca is a leading online community and information hub for social finance and impact investing in Canada. Established in 2008 by social finance pioneers Karim Harji and Michael Lewkowitz, SocialFinance.ca brings together the voices of social finance practitioners and thought leaders across the country and internationally. The vision of SocialFinance.ca is a world in which the innovations and resources of finance are harnessed to produce positive social, environmental, and commercial advancements. Our mission is to catalyze and sustain a robust social finance marketplace in Canada.