CFTN is proud to be holding the second annual fair trade National Conference

Leadership in Fair Trade

The event will take place from

Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 January 2014
@ Toronto Congress Centre, Ontario

Canada’s 2014 fair trade conference will be a meeting of leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs from across the fair trade movement and ethical trade sector. It will strengthen existing ties and increase collaboration in working towards a shared vision for fair trade.

Delegates of the conference will include business representatives, certifiers, non-profit partners, government institutions, Fairtrade Towns and Campus representatives, and advocacy campaigners from across the country.

Conference goals

• Increase participation and coordination within the fair trade movement in Canada
• Inspire, motivate, and build capacity of stakeholders to strengthen impact
• Present progress of the fair trade movement and work being done by the CFTN
• Coordinate a joint strategic vision
• Host the CFTN Annual General Meeting

Business forum goals

• Host a dynamic event with a wide range of industry sector leaders
• Determine what services CFTN should invest in to support fair trade businesses

Follow this link for a detailed conference schedule.

The CFTN conference and AGM (9-11 January) is being held alongside EWB National Conference 2014 which will run from 10-12 January 2014. On the 10-11 (Friday and Saturday) there will be integrated activities between the CFTN and EWB National Conference. Follow these links to find out more about: Engineers Without Borders Canada  | EWB National Conference 2014

Free Webinar and LIVE Presentation
Monday, November 25, 2013
8:30 am - 9:30 am (CST)

This Presentation will identify some of the main trends affecting Canadian Rural Communities. Seven strategies prepare communities for the challenges and opportunities created by those trends. Examples from over 30 years of research on rural issues will be used to illustrate the strategies. This webinar/presentation will be of interest to community leaders, analysts, and policy-makers. It will include opportunities to ask questions and discuss issues from your own experiences.

— PRESENTER —

Prof. Bill Reimer

Bill Reimer is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University in Montréal. From 1997 to 2008 he directed a Canadian national research project on the New Rural Economy which included 13 universities, 35 partners, and 32 rural communities from all parts of Canada (http://nre.concordia.ca). His publications deal with community capacity-building, social support networks, social capital, social cohesion, municipal finances, the economy and the household, rural immigration, and the informal economy. His current research examines changes in rural communities, rural-urban interdependence, comparative regional policy, rural immigration, and the impacts of wildfires on communities. Details: http://billreimer.ca.
 

Join us Nov 13th at 1PM Eastern for the third section of Food Secure Canada's Bootcamp Series: Business Structure

Join us for the next Business Bootcamp webinar, Business Structure, with Julie Hamel of FDEM (in english).

The Business Structure webinar on November 13th will explore the different legal structures possible for food entreprises. Topics covered will include:

• the spectrum of entreprise forms: non-profit, for-profit, hybrid, public / private and social enterprise;
• the legal, tax and financing implications of the different forms;
• conversion or exit strategies for civil society organizations that incubate food enterprises.

The session will run 1.5 hours.  Julie's presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions, answers and discussions.

Complete instructions for joining the webinar can be found here.

**The webinars are available to all who are interested. Please share this with your networks, as you see fit.

Julie is a senior business advisor with over 20 years of experience. She began her career as an entrepreneur, before becoming a social economy business advisor in 2006. She successfully managed 3 Subway stores of her own through the 90’s, along with 2 stores owned by the franchisor.  She later spent 3 years as the general manager of a private golf club, before moving into a business advisory role. Julie’s range of expertise includes marketing, finance and business development.

For the past seven years, her social pre-occupation has led her to invest most of her time and energy in the field of local economic development, including dozens of not-for-profit organisations. Julie earned her BA in economics, as well as her MBA, from the Western Business School at the University of Western Ontario, now known as the Richard Ivey School of Business.

This webinar will be delivered in english.

Listen to earlier Bootcamp webinars and download the documents here (scroll down).

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) invites you to plug in from your computer and join us for a free webinar that will explore innovative approaches that integrate essential skills into settlement services.

Register now: email NC-OLES_WEBINARS-WEBINAIRES_DU_BACE-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca to sign up for the session.

Highlights of the webinar will include:

1. A brief introduction to essential skills and associated challenges and opportunities for immigrants;
2. An overview of how Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services (ISIS) has systematically integrated essential skills to help ensure that immigrants are better prepared for the Canadian workplace by increasing their employability skills;
3. The Calgary Catholic Immigration Society’s (CCIS) story about the Engineering and Technology Upgrading Program which provided newcomers in the Engineering field with the necessary skills upgrading and training to work toward their designation and secure sustainable and relevant employment; and
4. An examination of Bow Valley College’s Success in the Workplace project as well as its participation in the Association of Canadian Community Colleges’ (ACCC) National LES Framework project.

Date for the webinar: Thursday, November 21, 2013

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST

Cost: Free

Presenters:

• Carol Derby from Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services
• Karen O’Leary from the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
• Laurel Madro from Bow Valley College
• Shareef Korah from OLES

The presentation will take approximately 45 minutes, followed by a Question & Answer period of equal length.

Register now: email NC-OLES_WEBINARS-WEBINAIRES_DU_BACE-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca to sign up for the session.

Is your co-operative business digital marketing strategy up to snuff? Does your co-operative even have a digital marketing strategy? With the right social media tactics, marketing techniques and plan your co-op business can attract new customers/members and deepen their engagement with your co-op brand.

Fred Reibin and Roshan Hoover from Unite Digital Marketing Worker’s Co-operative offer insight and tips into marketing your co-operative big or small, in a digital world.

The webinar will highlight and go over the following:

• Cutting through the jargon in the digital world
• Leveraging the Co-operative Advantage to build relationships
• Creating an effective promotional strategy that incorporates traditional and social media
• Elements of an effective social media strategy
• Effectively allocating promotional budgets
• The art of knowing your customer in the digital world
• Cost effective methods to get started with social media marketing

This webinar is for:

• Any co-op business looking to leverage digital marketing to enhance their business
• Co-op Board Members
• Co-op Managers
• Communications & Marketing Staff
• Social Media Professionals

Event Details

Date: Wednesday , November 20, 2013
Time: 12 PM (CST)
Duration: 1 hour
Registration Fee: $30

Register Now