3:00pm to 4:00pm
Universities, colleges and institutes can play a much more significant role in the design and construction of much-needed social infrastructure In Canada and globally, including affordable housing, child care centres, women’s shelters and seniors’ care facilities. The most effective and sustainable way to do this is through authentic partnerships with non-profit organizations and community groups that mobilize the necessary local knowledge and public, private and philanthropic resources to implement these complex projects.
Register for the Community-Campus Partnerships for Social Infrastructure Webinar webinar
As leaders in this work, Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the University of Winnipeg have valuable experience and methods to share, to spread information on innovative models and support their replication and adaptation across Canada and the world. Guided by our Moderator, Ted Jackson, our presenters—SFU President Andrew Petter and University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation Managing Director Sherman Kreiner—will address the following key questions:
- What kinds of social and green real estate projects are possible?
- How can we structure effective community-campus governance and project-management bodies?
- What combination of financial instruments and sources can be used to finance social infrastructure?
Webinar participants will be invited to pose their own questions online to the presenters before and during the webinar.
