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2014 Community Data Canada Roundtable Webinar

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Free!

This year's Community Data Canada Roundtable is happening next Wednesday. On June 18, five practitioners will deliver presentations on the use of data related to income and wealth at small geographic areas.

Thank you to those who have already registered. For those who wish to attend, but haven't yet registered, you're welcome to do so right up until the day of the Roundtable.

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Who can attend?

The Roundtable is open to anyone. It will be especially relevant to those working in local public and not-for-profit organizations, e.g. municipalities, school boards, social planning councils, economic development groups, public health units, etc. Interested individuals from other sectors are also encouraged to attend.

Agenda

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Period to address technical issues among attendees
1:30 p.m. to 1:40 p.m.    Welcome and introduction from CCSD
Katherine Scott, Vice President, Research & Policy, CCSD
1:40 p.m. to 1:50pm How CCSD’s Community Data Program can help you measure income, poverty, and inequality at small geographic areas
Michel Frojmovic, Lead, CCSD Community Data Program
1:50 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. Comparing NHS with Taxfiler income data in Waterloo Region
Jessica Deming, Epidemiologist, Region of Waterloo Public Health
2:20 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. Working with NHS and Taxfiler data to measure income and poverty in Toronto neighbourhoods
Wayne Chu, City of Toronto
2:50 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. Turning evidence into action: How using data is making a difference in our communities
Ted Hildebrandt, Director of Social Planning, Community Development Halton
3:20 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. Neighbourhood financial health and financial vulnerability in Wood Buffalo Regional Municipality and the City of Fort McMurray
Manny Makia, Chief Social Innovator, FuseSocial
3:50 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Environics Analytics: WealthScapes and CensusPlus with Enhanced NHS Data
Tony Lea, Chief Methodologist and Senior Vice President, Environics Analytics
4:20 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Question and Answer session
3:50 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Concluding remarks
Michel Frojmovic, Lead, CCSD Community Data Program

Registration and login information
The meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. but attendees may join starting at 1:00 p.m. to iron out technical issues.

You will need a computer with an internet connection, as well as speakers or headphones. Attendees will be muted, but we encourage you communicate with the host and presenters via the chat function.

Upon entering the webinar on June 18, please select "Use your speakers (for listening only)". This will minimize echo and feedback during the webinar. See image below.

Innovation Leadership Program: New Change Strategies for a Complex World

The Innovation Leadership Program is a five-day executive education course aimed at equipping professionals with strategic approaches to address complex problems. Drawing on local case studies on Haida Gwaii combined with the support and perspective of the teams at the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society and the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, this inspiring program will give attendees contemporary perspectives on social innovation, equipping them to lead high impact projects and programs.

Ideal participants for this program will possess a passion for change, a tolerance for risk, an appreciation for collaboration, an interest in learning and a desire for action.

Visit the program webpage

View the full program brochure for more information

The Intersection Between Living Wage and Minimum Wage

Thursday, July 10, 2014
12:00-1:00pm ET

Speakers  Trish Hennessy and Adam Vasey

The minimum wage is the hourly rate legislated for all workers, the bare minimum a worker can earn. And it often gets confused in public discussions around living wage, a wage that reflects what earners need to bring home based on the actual costs of living in a specific community. We are pleased to welcome Trish Hennessy, of CCPA-Ontario, and Adam Vasey, of Pathway to Potential, who will discuss the intersection between the living wage and the minimum wage. Trish and Adam will talk about the persistent confusion that exists between the living wage and minimum wage as well as how to frame the living wage conversation in a way that resonates with the greater community.

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About Trish
Trish Hennessy is the founding director of the new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' (CCPA) Ontario office. She was the founding director of the CCPA's national project examining income inequality in Canada, which began in 2006, and is an ongoing contributor to the growing gap team. Her blog, www.framedincanada.com examines how we talk about the challenges of our times. Her monthly Hennessy's Index (www.policyalternatives.ca/index) takes a snapshot of key issues and breaks them down by the numbers. Trish is a former newspaper journalist. She has a B.A. Sociology from Queen's University, B.S.W. from Carleton University, and M.A. in Sociology from OISE/University of Toronto.
 
About Adam
As Director of Pathway to Potential since 2009, Adam has been responsible for the development of a collaborative, multi-sector strategy for the prevention and reduction of poverty in Windsor-Essex County. This position, which draws on his training in law and social work, has allowed Adam to fulfill his long-time commitment to social justice. Through this work, he sits on numerous local, provincial and national poverty-related committees. Prior to joining Pathway to Potential, Adam worked in the field of children’s mental health. Adam has volunteered for numerous local agencies and organizations, including Citizen Advocacy, the Alzheimer’s Society, and the Ontario Association of Social Workers. Adam received the 2012 “Distinguished Social Worker of the Year” award through the Ontario Association of Social Workers – Southwestern Branch, and in July 2013 the provincial government appointed him to Minimum Wage Advisory Panel.  
 

Collective Impact for CED

BACKGROUND

Increasingly, community organizations are engaging in collaboration as a means to try and solve some of the most complex issues that they face. But these challenging issues require a new approach, a new framework.

Internationally recognized trainer and community builder Liz Weaver provides an overview of collective impact and how this approach can enhance the impact of community change efforts.

  • Learn how collaborative tables can organize for change
  • Explore how the application of the three preconditions of collective impact and the five conditions for community change can enhance your local efforts
  • Advance your community’s agenda with tools and techniques that move towards impact
  • Embrace the power of citizen engagement and collective impact

SPEAKER

Liz Weaver is Vice President of Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement leads the Vibrant Communities Canada team and provides coaching, leadership and support to community partners and city leaders across Canada. Liz is one of Tamarack’s popular trainers and has developed and delivered curriculum on a variety of workshop topics including collaborative governance, leadership, collective impact, community innovation, influencing policy change and social media for impact and engagement.

Liz was previously the Director for the Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty Reduction. Liz has also held leadership positions with YWCA Hamilton, Volunteer Hamilton and Volunteer Canada.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Program Manager - Maternity Leave Coverage (1 year)

The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria is seeking candidates for the position of Program Manager. The Program Manager leads the CSPC's portfolio of work related to community economic development, neighbourhood resilience, and strategies to address the needs of children and youth within the Capital Region.

The successful candidate will be motivated, socially entrepreneurial, a systems thinker, and a dedicated and passionate community builder.As Program Manager you will be responsible for:

Compensation: 
Start Date: 
Wed, 08/13/2014
Deadline: 
16 Jun 2014
Phone: 
E-mail: 

Citizen-Led Sustainable Change Webinar

Thursday, September 4
1-2 pm ET (noon-1 pm CT)

The Story of the Jacobs Center for Neighbourhood Innovation:

The September Citizen-Led Sustainable Change webinar will feature the story of the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, presented by Roque Barros and Tom Dewar. Join us on Thursday, September 4, 2014, 1-2 pm ET (noon-1 pm CT).

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, San Diego CA

The Jacobs Center is part of a unique partnership involving neighborhood residents and a large network of local and national investors. A local family foundation has spawned a network of engaged residents, community associations, and other investors to convert 60 acres of abandoned industrial land into a thriving (and still expanding) commercial and cultural center known as The Village at Market Creek; and in the process has enabled residents to own 20 percent, and a new neighborhood foundation another 20 percent; while pledging to go out of business and turn over all remaining assets to community in 20 years. This case is an extraordinary example of innovative practice by a philanthropic foundation, and innovative principles of local organizing and financing for local ownership and control. To learn more about this story, click here.

Roque Barros talks about The Village at Market Creek Project, and what led to its success as a unique partnership of local residents and a large network of local and national investors in this video on YouTube.

[ register here ]

Contact
Deb Markley
Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
919-932-7762

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