10:00am - 11:30am Pacific Time

If your group files an annual report with Victoria as a ‘BC Society’, then it must actively migrate to the new legislation. The new BC Societies Act requires organizations to comply within a specified timeframe.

This fall, the BC Ministry of Finance will release the regulations that will accompany the new legislation.

Within these regulations will be a ‘coming into force date’. The Ministry’s most recent estimate is that this date will likely be in the fall of 2016. BC’s 27,000 affected organizations will be required to actively migrate to the new Act within two years of this date, with most elements of the new Act applying on the coming into force date.

Join Stacey Corriveau, Executive Director of the BC Centre for Social Enterprise; and Richard Bridge, charity and non-profit lawyer with decades of experience, for an informative 90-minute webinar that will outline how the new BC Societies Act will affect you and how to prepare. 

The BC Societies Act webinar will:

• review highlights of the new Act
• help you identify the specific areas that affect your organization
• equip your leadership with the knowledge and skills needed to efficiently and confidently move your organization through this process
• provide informational handouts and a transition checklist to help keep you organized

Register for the BC Societies Act webinar

SOURCE: BC Centre for Social Enterprise

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Are you ready to accelerate the impact of your business?

The Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub is now accepting applications. To learn more about the award-winning accelerator program come to our open house on Wednesday, September 30. 

The Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub offers a dynamic space to accelerate social venture growth by bringing together university resources, peer learning, and business networks.

If you are ready to accelerate your impact, join this 12 month program! Participation in the program is free, although your full engagement in all program components is requested.

Register for the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub Open House

More information on the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Eastern Time

Hear from two non-profit organizations enabling housing stability by empowering those living on low-incomes to build savings and financial capacity through supportive programs and services:

SEED Winnipeg will provide an overview of how their financial empowerment programs have supported access to stable and affordable housing.  SEED’s presentation will highlight their Inner City Homebuyer IDA Program, which provides financial literacy education as well as down paymentand closing cost assistance to low-income families through a 1:1 savings-matching program.

Boston, MA based Compass Working Capital will also be on hand to discuss their Family Self-Sufficiency Program, the first public-private partnership of its kind in the U.S. offering a scalable housing-based model that helps residents of federally subsidized housing to build financial security and reduce reliance on public assistance.

Don’t miss this webinar exploring various program models, partnerships and approaches to reaching those who are the most financially excluded. Through insights into SEED Winnipeg and Compass Working Capital’s individualized financial training tools and savings programs, you will learn more about how asset management is one of the key pillars to building results based pathways out of poverty.

Register for Enabling Housing Stability Through Asset Building

SPEAKERS:

Louise Simbandumwe, Director of Asset Building Programs, SEED Winnipeg (MB)

Sherry Riva, Founder and Executive Director, Compass Working Capital, Boston, MA (USA)

SOURCE: Canadian Housing & Renewal Association

11am Central Time | 12pm Eastern Time

Food processing is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in Canada. Organizations like FOODTECH Canada and Food Development Centres support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow. SMEs are essential to growth in the industry but they face challenges. This webinar explores existing challenges faced by SMEs with emphasis on existing provincial and national support systems and discusses options on how to help SMEs succeed in the future.

Tim Hore

Tim joined the Food Development Centre (FDC) in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 2013 as the Chief Operating Officer/General Manager. Prior to joining the FDC, Tim worked for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for six years. Before joining the civil service he spent sixteen years in senior management positions in sales and procurement with two multinational food companies where he developed a passion for leadership and lean six sigma management philosophies. Tim holds a B. Sc. (Agriculture) and a M. Sc from the University of Guelph and is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Jim Smith

Jim Smith is the Executive Director of Bio│Food│Tech and a professional innovation leader with experience and passion for helping companies commercialize new product ideas to improve their business and develop the economy. Jim provides leadership on strategic projects for the food and bioscience industry including new product and process development, quality systems, food safety support and troubleshooting. Jim holds a PhD in Food Science from the University of Nottingham, England and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde in his native country of Scotland.

Audience

Food Development SME Owners, Members of Provincial Economic Development Associations, Manitoba and Canadian Chambers, Members of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Food Secure Canada, staff of government departments, staff of food development and food science organizations, civil society organizations and individual citizens, students, faculties, and everyone interested in food development centres and their effect on SMEs.

For more information and to register, please contact:

Michael Blatherwick
blatherwickm at brandonu.ca
204-571-8521

RSVP by Thursday, September 24, 2015

SOURCE: The Rural Development Institute