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Manitoba's New Sustainable Development Act: CCEDNet Recommendations

Author: 
Canadian CED Network - Manitoba
Date: 
2013-02-26

The Province of Manitoba is developing a new plan to address environmental sustainability, and is seeking your input. The tentatively titled Green Prosperity Act will define the government's goals, and link all current and future activities and legislation related to environmental sustainability in Manitoba. CCEDNet-MB has submitted a letter with recommendations in an effort to embed CED principles into this legislation (read our letter).

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Manitoba
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National Policy Work
Practitioner Strengthening

Strengthening Alternative Systems through Diffusion of Innovations | Webinar

Monday, March 18th
9am (PST); 12pm (EST)

 

Discussing: How do we successfully diffuse and  scale what is working for other contexts into our own?

This presentation will focus on social innovations in differing contexts, such as fair trade, community waste, social franchising, and co-operative banking, schools and social care. Participants will walk away with insight regarding the significance of particular types of intermediaries and federated structures as means of expanding (and defending) these systems.

Featured Presenter:

Robin Murray is an economist whose work has recently focused on co-operative development and social innovation.  He was author of ‘Co-operation in the Age of Google’ a report on strategy for Co-operatives UK (the umbrella body for co-operatives in Britain), a co-author of ‘The Open Book of Social Innovation’ and is currently working on a text on Co-operative Accumulation.  He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, for whom he co-authored two books on social innovation, and is also a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.
 
This webinar will continue the discussion from BALTA’s recent webinar with Pat Conaty, which focused on how innovations develop and spread within the social economy.
 
Robin prefers not to use the word ‘scale’ because of its association with mass production, and finds it more helpful to think in terms of generative diffusion and the gradual development and strengthening of alternative systems.  Pat discussed this process in the case of community land trusts, community finance, and local energy projects.
 
Robin will look at differing experiences in such fields as fair trade, community waste, social franchising, and co-operative banking, schools and social care. They suggest the significance of particular types of intermediaries and federated structures as means of expanding (and defending) these systems.
 
 

Gardener

Urban Eatin’ Gardeners Worker Co-op is hiring. We are a worker-owned and worker-operated business that promotes food security and urban food garden proliferation. We offer garden design services, design implementation, a variety of workshops, garden mentorship, and compost services. We work with both residential clients and community organizations including schools, youth centres and non-profits. We are looking for an individual who is highly self-motivated and willing to commit long-term to developing Urban Eatin’.

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Deadline: 
22 Mar 2013
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Urban Eatin' Gardeners Worker Co-op
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Manitoba

Champions for Change: Leading a Backbone Organization for Collective Impact

Collective Impact results when actors from different sectors commit to a common agenda for solving a complex social issue. Backbone Organizations play a complex, behind-the-scenes role in the success of these collective impact initiatives. The Backbone Organization's role spans six major activities, requires a diversity of skills and is essential to maintain alignment across the partners. The effectiveness with which a Backbone Organization fulfills its role often determines the success or failure of the Collective Impact Initiative as a whole.
Champions for Change: Leading a Backbone Organization for Collective Impact is a multi-day interactive workshop designed specifically for the leaders of Leadership Roundtables, Coordinating Committees or Backbone Organizations of mature collective impact initiatives. The Tamarack Institute and FSG have partnered to develop this dynamic learning experience to offer leaders of Backbone Organizations an advanced learning opportunity designed exclusively for collaborative leaders.

As a participant you will:

  • Strengthen your ability to guide your collective impact initiative toward results;
  • Learn from, and build connections with, other experienced leaders of backbone organizations across a range of social issues; and
  • Participate in creating new resources and tools for the field of community collaborative and collective impact practitioners, which will be disseminated after the workshop

Workshop sessions will include topics such as:

  • Deeply understanding the roles and impact strategies of the backbone organization;
  • Developing and learning from shared measurement;
  • Community Engagement to build the will of your community;
  • Making Collaborative governance effective;
  • Sustaining funding for collective impact over the long term;
  • Working in complexity and the importance of adaptive leadership; and
  • Getting to true impact and systems change
Learn how your team can benefit from this amazing learning opportunity. Special rates are available for teams of three or more who attend together.

Shift Change Film Screening: Winnipeg Premiere

 

 

 

 

 
Join us for the Winnipeg premiere of:
True stories of dignified jobs in democratic workplaces
 
March 5, 2013
Begins 7:00 pm
Gas Station Theatre
Free to attend		 
Watch the film trailer
SHIFT CHANGE is a documentary film by veteran award-winning filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin. It tells the little known stories of employee owned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces.
 
The film encourages support for employee ownership, and provides on-the-ground experience from a variety of enterprises and locations. Screenings have already occurred, and more are being planned, in cities around the world. The film is also expected to be presented on television, as well as in academic, public planning, business and community settings.

Panel Discussion:
This event will also include a panel discussion featuring leaders and members of Manitoba's co-operative community.
 
More Information:
SHIFT CHANGE is being presented by the following partners: The Canadian CED Network, Manitoba Co-operative Association, Planners' Network Manitoba, the University of Manitoba: Planning Department, and the Gas Station Arts Centre
 
    
 

 

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