Spence Neighbourhood Association is looking to fill a 37.5 hour per week Multimedia and Technology coordinator position.. The Multimedia and technology coordinator is responsible for creating opportunities for youth in the Spence neighbourhood to learn about Multimedia and technology and experience new opportunities in these areas.
BACKGROUND"Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups."
You may have seen or heard this quote before. It comes from David Sloan Wilson and E. O. Wilson’s paper, "Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology".
David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist and has been outspoken in arguing the merits of group selection, the evolutionary theory that groups can be viewed to have functional organization in much the same way as individuals do. In other words, that evolution is not based merely on selfish survival but includes co-operation among individuals within a group context.
This insight has profound implications for community development strategies. Working with Elinor Ostrom, Nobel prize winner in economics, and her colleagues, David helped generalize the design principles of co-operation in successful groups and has now been looking at how they can inform a wide range of community initiatives.
Through experiments with new approaches to sustainable community development including the Binghamton Neighbourhood Project and the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, David is part of a team that has recently developed PROSOCIAL — a free online platform that helps groups apply the core design principles to improve their efficacy in working together towards common goals.
David Sloan Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Departments of Biology and Anthropology, Binghamton University
David is an evolutionist who studies all aspects of humanity in addition to the biological world. He manages a number of programs designed to expand the influence of evolutionary theory in higher education (EvoS), public policy (The Evolution Institute), community-based research (The Binghamton Neighborhood Project), and religion (Evolutionary Religious Studies). David communicates to the general public through his ScienceBlogs site and his trade books, including Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives, The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve my City, One Block at a Time, and most recently Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others.
ProSocial –– The Evolution Institute from Alan Honick on Vimeo.
The WRENCH is a non-profit organization that strives to make bikes and knowledge of bicycle repair and maintenance assessable to the public by:
Supporting Employment and Economic Development Winnipeg Inc. (SEED) is a Community Economic Development organization with a focus on marginalized clients and the inner city of Winnipeg. We are seeking a full-time individual (40 hours per week) to facilitate training and provide business consulting for participants in its business programs.
The Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties (MARL) is a non-profit, non-governmental, human
rights and civil liberties organization. Formed in 1978, MARL promotes respect for and observance of
human rights and civil liberties. MARL defends, extends, and creates awareness for rights and liberties
within the province of Manitoba.
