Founding Executive Director of Tides Canada Foundation and Sage Centre, Tim Draimin has 35 years experience in the charitable and non-profit sector in Canada and abroad, including: the Canadian Council for International Co-operation, CUSO, and the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice.  Tim has also consulted on topics such as non-profit management, resource diversification, and non-profit—private sector partnerships for domestic and international clients including the Canadian Public Health Association, Ford Foundation, Synergos Institute, International Development Research Centre, and Steelworkers Humanity Fund. Tim is coordinating a collaborative initiative of several foundations and the Canadian Co-operative Association on “social finance”, which aims to accelerate the expansion of social finance capital for public interest initiatives and organizations. He is on the Advisory Board of the International Studies Program, University of Toronto.

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