Telelearning Session 17: Municipal Government Supports for the Social Economy

Friday, January 15th 2010, 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern time)

1. What role does the municipal government play in the social economy sector?
2. What are the best practices in municipal support of the social economy sector?
3. How can community citizens engage municipal government in supporting the social economy sector?

PRESENTERS:

Marguerite Mendell is Associate Professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs and Director of the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Jenny Kain is a senior strategic planner in the Policy and Research section, of the Community Services Department of the City of Edmonton.

Martin Garber-Conrad is CEO of the Edmonton Community Foundation and chair of the Edmonton Housing Trust Fund.

Peter Hall is an Assistant Professor in the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. He is Chair of CCEDNet's Research Advisory Committee and is a member of the BALTA Node of the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnership and will be moderating the session.

CALL LOGISTICS:

• Session Date: Friday, January 15th 2010
• Call begins at 12:00 pm Eastern time, 9:00 am Pacific time
• Call-in information will be given upon registration
• Register before January 11th to obtain dial in information and background papers
• This session is in English.

Limited number of spaces available – Register soon!

Community Building through Co-operative Research:  Challenges and Opportunities at Home and Abroad

2010 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC)

Co-operative research plays an important role in building equitable and sustainable community-based enterprises, which in turn contribute to vibrant local economies and healthy communities in Canada and throughout the world.  Co-operative research is a foundational component of this movement; it provides insights that enrich our practice and offers us an enhanced understanding of the vital underpinnings of this work. 

The important role of research has been highlighted in Canada through the five-year investment made in the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships as well as through grants to support Community-University Research Alliances. It has also been acknowledged with new research funding made available through the Co-operative Secretariat’s Co-op Development Initiative and the recent undertaking by the Co-operative Secretariat, the Canadian Co-operative Association and the Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité to foster the development of a national research agenda.  Internationally, we see co-operative research contributing to community building through university-community partnerships focused on topics such as co-operative education, women and co-operatives, and the development of social enterprises, to name a few.

This year’s CASC conference will be held at Concordia University in Montréal from the evening of June 1^st to the afternoon of June 4^th, 2010. Abstracts are due on January 11, 2010.  We invite researchers, students, and practitioners to submit abstracts. 

Conference Topics

We invite conference participants to submit abstracts that in some way reflect on the importance of co-operative research to building equitable and sustainable communities. Possible topic areas include the following:

• innovations in community-based or participatory research
• co-operatives and the economic crisis
• co-operatives and urban environments
• new roles for co-operatives in international development (such as Fair Trade)
• co-operative governance
• co-operatives and changing population demographics
• co-operatives and green economies
• co-operatives and community economic development
• developments in co-operative theory
• funding/capitalization of co-operatives
• organizing co-operatives at local, provincial, national, and international levels

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts and proposals for panels are due on January 11, 2010. They may be submitted in English or French in either Word or Rich Text Format. Please include your name, affiliation, title, and email address in your submission, as well as the title and a 100- to 200-word description of your presentation (including your research question, methods, and findings, where applicable).

Abstracts can be sent by email to casc.acec@usask.ca. We will be publishing a directory of conference delegates in our 2010 program; if you do not want to have your name, contact information and institutional affiliation published, please notify us when you submit your abstract. 

Annual Conference of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER)

Third Annual ANSER Conference will be held from June 2-4, 2010
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Call for Papers: Deadline is January 11, 2010.

www.anser-ares.ca/conference.html