Marguerite Mendell

Mendell has taught at Concordia's School of Community and Public Affairs since 1986.^[4]

In 1988, she co-founded the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia, which serves as the repository for the Karl Polanyi Archive.^[4]

Her work combines academic research with policy and community-oriented initiatives in areas including the social economy, social finance and impact investing. Concordia has described her as active in international dialogue through conferences and meetings involving organisations such as the OECD and the European Commission.^[4]

Mendell has also been associated with the development of microcredit and solidarity finance initiatives in Montreal. A Global Social Economy Forum profile credits her with co-founding the Montreal Community Loan Association in 1990 and collaborating to establish the solidarity finance network CAP Finance in 2009.^[5][6]

• 2012 – Prix Pierre-Dansereau .^[7]
• 2013 – Prix du Québec.^[8]
• 2014 – Officer of the National Order of Quebec .^[9]
• 2017 – Member of the Order of Canada.^[10]
• 2024 – Officer of the Ordre de Montréal.^[11]