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Creating Opportunities for Young People through Social Enterprise: Webinar

 

March 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm PST

Social enterprise organizations are supporting youth in achieving sustainable livelihoods through innovative programs and initiatives, world-wide. Learn from the organizations through their long experience in the areas of food security, youth engagement, homelessness and employment creation and how they are using social enterprise and community economic development models in providing valuable opportunities for young people. 

Presenters: 

  • Santropol Roulant, a Montreal community centre that has been using food as a vehicle to break social and economic isolation between generations and cultures and creating innovative ways of youth engagement. 
  • Eva’s Initiative, a Toronto based organization offering innovative programs and services for homeless and at-risk youth to assist them reach their potential to lead productive, self-sufficient and healthy lives.
  • LOFT Youth Centre for Social Enterprise and Innovation, is a multi-use space that nurtures creativity, community engagement, social enterprise and entrepreneurship amongst youth in Toronto through three in-house social enterprises based on art, music, and food and innovation. 

[REGISTER HERE]

Youth Social Entrepreneurship Webinar Series

This webinar is being hosted as part of the Youth Social Entrepreneur Webinar Series:

Are you a young person interested in social entrepreneurship? Or an organization working with young people interested in learning more about how you can incorporate social enterprise into your work? 
 
Starting March 2013, The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria is launching a new webinar series on Youth Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Canadian CED Network. The webinars are an opportunity to learn about how young people and youth serving organizations are using social enterprise in creating sustainable livelihoods. The webinars will reflect on the successes and challenges of operating successful and well-functioning youth-led and youth serving social enterprises. Presenters will discuss a variety of local, regional and national best practice examples.

Who should attend: 

  • Young people interested in social entrepreneurship
  • Non-profit or other youth serving organizations interested in using a social enterprise model with their clients
  • Funders, community partners, local government stakeholders interested in learning how to scale up the sector.
Webinar 2: A Spotlight on Young Social Entrepreneurs 
March 26th, 2013, 12:00- 1:00 pm PST (3 pm EST)
Young people the world over are leading a new wave of social innovation and social entrepreneurship- creating social change, supporting community economies and forging new ways of work. Learn from young people in our communities about what motivates them and inspires them about social entrepreneurship, what are some of the successes and challenges they’ve faced along the way. This webinar is especially relevant for anyone interested in applying for our partnership training and business development program with Community Micro-Lending, Launch!

Presenters:
  • Kanika Gupta, founder of Social Journal (SoJo), a web based learning tool geared towards youth passionate about social change and building social ventures. The development of SoJo was influenced by Gupta’s master’s thesis experience in Canada-wide study on the factors influencing the start-up of youth-initiated social ventures.
  • Julia Norman, founder of social enterprise, the Didi Society, which is working towards empowering women through fair, direct trade and educating local youth on social justice issues and using marketing, sales strategies and traditional cooperative values.
  • Adam Olsen, is one of the Olsen family members who started local small business Salish Fusion Knitwear, producing modern knitted products with inspiration from Coast Salish art. The small business is providing employment opportunities for the local knitters and supporting the local art. 
UPCOMING:  
Also look out for our third webinar on ‘Animating Youth Social Enterprise’: the Role of Funders and Partners, coming in April.
 
This webinar will look at some best practice examples of what funders and community partners can and are doing to support strengthen opportunities for youth social enterprise, locally and nationally.

 

Webinar 'Strengthening Resilience: Opportunities for Local Governments and Communities

 

A resilient community or neighbourhood has the capacity to respond and adapt to the social, environmental and economic challenges. Join us online at no cost for this interactive webinar exploring the key characteristics of resilient communities and opportunities and strategies to strengthen resilience at the local level.

[REGISTER HERE]

Special Presenters:

  • MICHELLE COLUSSI, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal
  • SARAH AMYOT, Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria
  • ROB WIPOND, Transition Victoria
  • STACY BARTER, Smart Planning for Communities, Fraser Basin Council

Through this webinar:

  • LEARN about the key characteristics of a resilient community, and how using a “resilience lens” can complement community sustainability efforts
  • DISCUSS how community leaders, planners, and citizens are fostering greater resilience at the neighbourhood and community levels
  • EXPLORE inspiring examples of how communities and neighbourhoods are building their capacity for resilience through policy, planning, partnerships and community engagement. 

Who should participate:

  • Community Members and Community Organizations
  • Community & Neighbourhood Associations
  • Local Service Providers 
  • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Local Government Representatives
  • Community developers and planners 

More information:

For more information please contact BC Healthy Communities at bchc@bchealthycommunities.ca
Phone: 250-356-0876 / Web: www.bchealthycommunities.ca

 

Canadian Co-operative Association & Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité Congress & AGM

Save the Date!

June 26 - 28
Edmonton, AB

Co-operators from across Canada will be gathering in Edmonton from June 26-28 for the joint Congress of the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) and the Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM).  

The Congress, held in co-operation with the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA) and the Conseil de développement économique de l'Alberta (CDÉA), will take place at the Westin Edmonton.  It will include a welcome reception, speakers, panels, a gala awards dinner, a silent auction and the Annual General Meetings of CCA, CCCM and ACCA.
  
The theme of the Congress is Sharing our successes; Building the future, and part of the programming will focus on the Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade, a strategy document created by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) aimed at making co-ops the fastest-growing business model by the year 2020.  

Highlights:

  • Welcome reception
  • Co-op tours
  • Speakers and discussion panels
  • Gala awards dinner
  • Silent auction
  • Annual General Meetings of CCA, CCCM and ACCA
  • Inaugural meeting of a new apex organization, pending approval of Unity proposal by members

 
For more information, contact:
 
Tanya Gracie, CCA
tanya.gracie at coopscanada.coop
613-238-6711 ext. 243

Current Research on Social Finance and Employment and Training Programs

 

February 26, 2013
1:00pm EST

Karen Myers, Principal Research Associate at the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, will provide an overview of current research on socialfinance and employment and training programs. Click here to access Karen's presentation on this topic at Fall Institute 2012.

Purpose of this research & presentation:

  • To examine the potential of social finance to help governments meet their policy objectives in the specific domain of employment and training programs
  • To what extent are social finance models currently being used to solve challenges and improve outcomes in the domain of employment and training?

More information:

Contact Carolyn Barilko to register for this event.

From Bridging to Bonding: Examining the Social Enterprise Research-Practice Continuum

October 1, 2013 
Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta

The Institute for Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal University and Simon Fraser University are co-hosting a research day in collaboration with the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF-2013). We want to take advantage of researchers and practitioners who will be coming to Calgary from around the world to explore the multiple connections between social enterprise research and practice.

Too often practitioners and researchers find themselves on either side of a linguistic, technical, and cultural divide. Yet it must be acknowledged that practice draws on research findings and research rarely occurs in isolation from practice. How then can this relationship be explored in a way that honours the contribution of both researchers and practitioners?   

This dedicated research day will provide the opportunity for the presentation and discussion of research case studies; research partnerships; educational programs and workshops; collaborative evidence‐based policy development; and research‐based studies on social enterprise operations, financing, or governance.    

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Webinar: Business Idea Exploration Q&A

 

About this Webinar:

So you’ve got an idea for a business that could generate revenue for your nonprofit.  Now what?
 
This webinar will:
  • Introduce social entrepreneurship
  • Identify how business ideas for social enterprise are generated
  • Assess organizational readiness for social enterprise
A question and answer session for this webinar will be held on March 20, from 10:30am-11:30am.  Pre-registration for the Q&A session is not required.  Simply follow the link below to re-enter the virtual meeting room.

[REGISTER HERE]

About the Series:

  • Is your nonprofit interested in generating funds that aren’t designated to a particular project?
  • Is your organization already exploring business ideas?
  • Are you a social entrepreneur with an idea for a community enterprise?
  • Are you wondering if your business idea is feasible?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, then our Social Enterprise Webinar Series is for you!
 
Social Enterprise includes the many earned revenue methods used by nonprofit organizations to generate their own income in support of their mission. This series is sponsored by the Rural Social Enterprise Constellation of the Ontario Nonprofit Network and will be of particular interest to rural nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs.
 
Sign up for one or all of these webinars and learn from our social enterprise experts and the effective practice of other enterprising nonprofits. Host the webinars for a group of people in one location and benefit from sharing with your peers while paying the price of one connection.
 
Included in the webinar series is a follow-up online question and answer session. We’ll give you a week to ponder then we’ll open up the “virtual meeting room” again so you can ask your questions online.

Featured Webinars:

February 27
Intro to Social Enterprise and Earned Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits: (presented in English at 10:30am and French at 1:00pm)

March 6
Intro to Social Enterprise Q&A: (English and French)
 
March 13
Business Idea Exploration for Nonprofits: So you’ve got an idea for a business that could generate revenue for your nonprofit. Now what?
 
March 20
Business Idea Exploration Q&A
 
March 27
Social Enterprise Feasibility: The initial assessment of your business idea was positive. Now it’s time to figure out if it really is feasible!
 
April 3
Social Enterprise Feasibility Q&A

[REGISTER HERE]

Logistics: 

  • Webinars will run from 10:30am-12:00pm (French webinar on February 27, 1:00pm- 2:30pm)
  • Q&A sessions will run from 10:30am-11:30am (French 1:00pm-2:00pm)
  • Cost - $25.00 +HST per Webinar (includes the associated Q&A session)
  • Sign up for all 3 English webinars for $60.00 or all 4 for $80.00!
Click here for more information about the Rural Social Enterprise Constellation.
 
Contact Jennifer at jennifer@theonn.ca or 519-855-9550 for registration information.
 
 
 
 
 

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