What is good governance? Co-operatives across Canada struggle with the issue of governance and how to effectively make decisions and implement policies that benefit their organizations. This webinar will present a model of good governance for co-operatives and offer insights into organizational policy being practiced in the co-op sector. Examples will focus on rural Canadian co-operatives and the practical and policy implications of strategic decisions.

Register for Good Governance in Practice: Examples from the Co-operative Sector

Kyle White is the Education and Engagement Lead with Co-operatives First. His work focuses on developing and delivering educational and development services for Co-operatives First. Originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, Kyle has worked his way across Canada focusing on community economic development in rural and Indigenous communities. With degrees in Geography and Public Policy, Kyle’s educational background has focused on community development, governance, and organizational policy. Aside from his work with Co-operatives First, Kyle is a volunteer with a Saskatoon Lions Club and serves on the boards of two housing corporations.

More than 100 million people in the United States — one in every three residents, and nearly half of all people of color — are economically insecure, with a household income below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The new report from PolicyLink and PERE, "100 Million and Counting: A Portrait of Economic Insecurity in the United States," states that this reflects not only the toxic polarization of wealth and income but also the persistence of racial inequities throughout the economy.

Join us on January 14 to hear from leading thinkers and advocates as they discuss bold, innovative policy ideas that can transform systems and institutions to tap into the potential of people of color and low-income communities rather than locking them out of our national prosperity, so we can all share in the benefits of a more equitable and inclusive society.

Register for An Economy for Everyone

Featured Speakers:

• Michael McAfee, President and CEO, PolicyLink
• Sandy Fernandez, Director for the Americas, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
• Manuel Pastor, Director, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity and Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, USC
• Darrick Hamilton, Executive Director, Kirwan Institute
• Sarita Gupta, co-executive director, Jobs With Justice and the co-director of Caring Across Generations
• Heather Boushey, executive director and chief economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
• Mayor Michael Tubbs, Stockton, California (invited)

Kingswood Lodge
31 Kingswood Park

A training in the art of hosting and harvesting conversations that matter

How can we come together for productive conversation that leads to collective action?

The domain of public opinion and debate has become more and more divisive in recent years, leading to the need for better strategies and tools to bridge these divides. This Art of Hosting training will provide you with facilitation tools and techniques to have challenging conversations and ensure projects gain traction with all opinions included.

Register for Working Across Divides

The planning and hosting team is excited to announce that we will have two world renowned Art of Hosting stewards join us in Fredericton at the Kingswood Lodge.

What is the Art of Hosting?

Art of Hosting is a set of simple yet powerful principles to design and facilitate conversations and work that taps into the whole potential of groups and individuals. It is also an international community.

Art of Hosting takes a holistic approach to conversations so that they can lead to wiser actions.

Art of Hosting is an open-source social practice that incorporates (but is not limited to) methods such as:

• World Café
• Complexity theory
• Open Space Technology
• Circle Practice
• Storytelling & Story Harvest
• 8 Breaths of Design
• The Art of Harvesting

Much of the art and power of the Art of Hosting approach comes not from any individual method but learning to blend and tailor a combination of methods to serve the need and purpose of the unique context a practitioner is working with, using an understanding of underlying patterns of process design.