8:30am to 3:30pm
130 Henlow Bay

From Membertou to Manitoba

Featured Topics:

• Forming mutually beneficial partnerships between First Nations and private industry:
  • The Story of Membertou First Nation and suggestions on how its success can be replicated in Manitoba
  • The Big Business Perspective (featuring General Electric and Lockheed Martin)
• Getting it done. The role of First Nations governance and organization strategies.
• Identifying and capitalizing on federal government procurement and funding contracts.

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Networking Opportunities

• Working groups that will identify priorities for initiating and expanding collaboration between First Nations and private industry.

Who Should Attend?

• Organizations involved in creating wealth and commercial opportunities for First Nations
• Enterprises interested in learning how collaborating with First Nations can improve access to new business ventures.
• First Nation political & business leaders and Aboriginal entrepreneurs
• Organizations that provide professional services to First Nations’ Development Corporations and private industry

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Cost: $50/person

The Speakers

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Over the course of 15 years, Membertou First Nation’s operating budget grew from $4 million to an impressive $112 million, and the Membertou Band jumped from 37 to 550 employees. They are the first Aboriginal community in the world to receive ISO: 9001-2008 certification.

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For More Information

Call 204.989.6516 or visit MITT.ca

12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern Time

The role of the nonprofit sector, government and the private sector are rapidly changing. When gaps in our social fabric open up, nonprofits could lose their footing- or seize the moment. Learn about strategies to strengthen communities in crisis and what role the nonprofit sector could play in the future of Canada.

We’re excited to present this webinar with Dr. Alex Himelfarb, co-editor of “Tax is not a Four-Letter Word” and Director Emeritus of York University’s Glendon School of Public & International Affairs.

Cost: $30 for ONN Members/ $60 for Nonmembers
Presenter: Dr. Alex Himelfarb, Director Emeritus, York University’s Glendon School of Public & International Affairs

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About the presenter

A Professor of Sociology, Dr. Himelfarb joined the Public Service in 1981 including as Executive Director of the National Parole Board; Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage, and as Clerk of the Privy Council serving three Prime Ministers, until he was nominated as Ambassador to the Italian Republic and High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta.

Dr. Himelfarb also leads the Centre for Global Challenges and serves on many Boards including Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Trudeau Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund.

12:00pm ET

Featuring Hildy Gottlieb

Hildy will reflect on questions that bring out the best in people, organizations and communities. Hildy Gottlieb, co-founder of Creating the Future, has been called "the most innovative and practical thinker in our sector." Her book, The Pollyanna Principles: Reinventing “Nonprofit Organizations” to Create the Future of Our World, details her groundbreaking approach to aiming the work of the Community Benefit Sector at its highest potential - creating the future of our world. Read more >>

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Rural Community Development Webinars

The Rural Ontario Institute invites you to learn from a number of local and international ‘gurus’ of rural community development as they reflect on years of practice and emerging trends in community-led local development work. The Guru Sessions bring five thought leaders from Canada and around the world will share wisdom on the state of community development practice – where its been, where its going, emerging trends and perhaps some worrisome issues CD practitioners should  be wary of.

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