5:30pm to 7:00pm Eastern Time
MaRS Discovery District Auditorium
101 College Street
Celebrated campaigner and Order of Canada recipient Al Etmanski has worked to achieve long lasting social change for more than four decades. His successes include the launch of Registered Disability Savings Plans, which now contain more than $2 billion in savings. In his highly praised new book, Impact: Six Patterns To Spread Your Social Innovation, Etmanski provides an inspirational and practical roadmap for others wishing to transform our society.
Join Al Etmanski and local changemakers at MaRS as we celebrate the release of this new resource. As in the book, hear Al speak with candour and warmth about his own journey of collaborations, doubts and setbacks before he reached success.
Al will be joined in conversation with local changemakers including:
- Jack Pearpoint, Founding Director, Inclusion
- Lisa Brown, Founder and Executive Artistic Director, Workman Arts
- Liz Mulholland, CEO of Prosper Canada
- Tim Draimin, Executive Director, SiG National
This insightful conversation with be moderated by Susan Pigott, consultant, formerly with Family Service Toronto, United Way of Greater Toronto and St. Christopher House. Opening and reflective remarks will be provided by Allyson Hewitt, Senior Fellow, Social Innovation, MaRS Discovery District.
Lasting impact requires deeper patterns of change, only accessible when we look past quick wins and surface-level victories. Let’s come together to celebrate the victories!
Register for Impact: Six patterns to spread your social innovation
Al Etmanski is a community organizer, social entrepreneur and author. He is an Ashoka fellow and a faculty member of John McKnight’s Asset-Based Community Development Institute. He is founding partner of Social Innovation Generation (SiG), BC Partners for Social Impact and co-founder of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN). He has received numerous awards for his work with people with disabilities, including the Order of Canada (2014), Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013), and Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal (2005). He lives with his wife Vickie Cammack – who also received the Order of Canada – just outside of Vancouver and delight in the creative pursuits of their five children.
