A FREE PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSION
Anchor Institution Based Community Economic Development
Discover the role a university can play in anchoring community economic development. Panelists will highlight projects such as the redevelopment of the Merchant’s Hotel on Selkirk Avenue and the creation of Diversity Foods at UWinnipeg, and the critical roleof collaborative partnerships.
Date: Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Time: 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Location: Convocation Hall (2nd floor, Wesley Hall)
The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue
Light refreshments will be served.
Panelists:
- Sherman Kreiner, Managing Director, University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation (UWCRC)
- Nathan McCorrister, Executive Director, Peguis First Nation TLE Implementation Unit
- Wayne Flamand, Senior Business Analyst, UWCRC
- Robert Neufeld, Executive Director, North End Community Renewal Corporation
- Jeff Palmer, Manager of Real Estate, Planning, and Development, UWCRC
- Vera Goussaert, Executive Director, Manitoba Cooperative Association
- Dr. Sylvie Albert, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, UWinnipeg
- Dr. Claudia Sanchez Bajo, Chair of Co-operative Enterprises, UWinnipeg
- Cindy Coker, Executive Director, SEED Winnipeg
- Lydia Warkentin, Senior Financial Officer and Manager of Campus Living (Food Services), UWCRC
This event is part of a national series of discussions called OPEN DOORS created by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada to promote community engagement.
The University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation is a not-for-profit charitable corporation, created to develop a sustainable UWinnipeg community.
