In partnership with the Cooperation Council of Ontario (CCO), the North Atlantic Accelerator program is launching a five days event for social entrepreneurs and actors in sustainable economic development for rural regions. Join us every day at 12 pm EST / 4 pm GMT and discover ways to drive your project idea to the next level with experts from around the North Atlantic region. Experts from various countries such as Denmark, Iceland, Scotland, The Faroe Islands, The State of Maine in the US and Canada will convene for this once in a lifetime event. This event follows the Think Rural, Think Digital, Think Ahead hackathon held in April 2021. 

Mon 10 May | The Importance of Networking and Mentorship
Presenters:
Morten Larsen - CEO of Nukiga (Dmk/Greenland)
Sigrun Jonssveinsdottir - Director of Iverksetan - Faroe Islands
Lise-Lotte Terp - CEO of Arctic Consensus

Tues 11 May | Competencies for Innovation
Presenter:
Bala Kamallakharan - Founder - Startup Iceland

Wed 12 May | Markets - Rural Tourism
Presenters:
Jenny Kordick - Executive Director - Maine Outdoor Brands
Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir - Managing Director Iceland Tourism Cluster
Gord Knowles - Senior Coordinator, Investment Attraction and Economic Development, Destination Northern Ontario

Thur 13 May | Markets - Digital Health
Presenters:
Nik Fiorio - Lead Strategist - First Response Mental Health
Dr Andrea McColl- Senior Development Manager Life Sciences
Tom Rainey- Executive Director - Maine Centre for Entrepreneurs

Fri 14 May | Ecosystems
Presenters:
Gillian Galloway - Head of Innovation - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)
Bala Kamallakharan - Founder - Startup Iceland
Kyle McCall - Business Development and Commercialization Manager - Ontario Centre for Innovation
Moderator : Jean-François Parent, Director of Major Financing at CCO ; CCEDNet Board member

Register for any or all of these presentations

For more information, contact info@cco.coop 

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Mainstream media can be a powerful influencer.  An interview or article in a mainstream publication will reach a different audience than social media.  Just as important as reach, however, is clout.  With mainstream media, you can’t self-publish like you can with social media.  It means that someone else – a  journalist – needs to know your work and think it’s worthy of a story! 

Working with mainstream media brings risks, too.  As soon as you issue a media release or give an interview, it’s out of your hands.  Statements can be taken out of context and editors can do what they like with your story.  Building trust is paramount!

Have you had successful experiences with mainstream media in your advocacy work?  What about ones that went wrong?  What did you take away from those experiences? 

This campfire chat will provide you with an opportunity to share your own experience in working with the media in your advocacy campaigns, and learn from others’ stories in an informal peer-to-peer learning environment.  If you’re a novice, no worries, your stories are just as valuable!

Please join us on May 6!

Register for Campfire Chat: Working with the Media - Easier Said Than Done!

The Strengthening Community Economies Series is designed to build skills, provide support, and strengthen a culture of political action among CCEDNet members. To join CCEDNet or to find out more about our barrier-free membership policy, click here.

This International Co-operative Governance Symposium is an interactive and participatory gathering of governance professionals, experts, and researchers from various countries. This is not a large, “talking head” style conference as most attendees will be direct contributors to at least one of the sessions during the Symposium.

Consider these few days as an opportunity to think deeply about governance systems that are fit for co-operatives. Learn from each other about new and different frameworks and practices that focus on the participatory, people-centred, democratic, and jointly-owned nature of co-operatives with the objective of maintaining and enhancing co-operative health.

Symposium Context
Governance in any type of organization is not a “one size fits all”. The best Co-operative governance evolves and is dependent on situation - co-operative type, culture, country, sector, economic, and other factors. However, the best governance in co-operatives is understood in the context of the co-operative purpose and enterprise model. Whether and how this is being done is central to this Symposium as well as our multi-year co-operative governance initiative.

Learn more

Join Futurpreneur and The Growcer for a National Zoom Gathering: Baking food security into your social enterprise business model, a solution for northern, Indigenous communities.

In this webinar, you will:

• Meet inspiring social entrepreneurs who are leading the way
• Learn how social purpose business models can effectively address food insecurity and empower Indigenous communities at the same time
• Connect with inspiring social entrepreneurs who are integrating food security into their business models
• Find out how The Growcer recognizes the needs of diverse communities and integrates this understanding with equity as a key pillar of their business model
• Learn about the life cycle of a Growcer project and get key insights on what it is like to own/operate this novel food security solution in Northern communities and the community impacts.

Register for Baking Food Security into Your Social Enterprise Business Model

Meet our Panelists:

• Alida Burke: Co-founder and COO, The Growcer Meet Alida and learn why she and Corey Ellis developed The Growcer business concept in 2015 and what they have achieved and learned so far.
• Merlyn Recinos: Mayor of ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ (Igloolik), Nunavut, Co-Founder of Arctic Fresh. Learn about his entrepreneurial vision for Igloolik and how he startedhis first business at only age 8!
• April Folz: Economic Development Director, Sheshegwaning First Nation. Learn about the growing importance of developing innovative solutions to bring fresh food to her community located on Manitoulin Island, approximately 112km west of Little Current, especially in light of COVID-19.
• Joanne Norris (moderator): Director, Indigenous & Northern Communities at Futurpreneur Canada.