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2013 Canadian Responsible Investment Conference

Join us at the 2013 Canadian Responsible Investment Conference

Monday, June 17 – Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel
The Canadian Responsible Investment Conference is the only national event devoted to socially responsible investing. Of particular interest to institutional investors, financial advisors, investment trustees, portfolio managers, SRI fund representatives and ESG researchers and consultants, the conference continues to grow in attendance each year.
What our 2012 delegates thought …..
  • 96% found conference content appropriate and informative
  • 97% agreed the conference was well organized
  • 88% would recommend the conference to others
We expect 350+ delegates in Vancouver. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, contact Eugene Ellmen at ellmen@socialinvestment.ca before January 18, 2013.

2013 Conference flyer

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From Microcredit to Microfinance: Grameen 2.0? (Webinar recording)

In recent years, and especially since Mohamad Yunus won the Nobel Prize in 2008, microcredit has become widely used on every continent.  According to its proponents, it can reduce poverty levels for large numbers of people, particularly women.  But there is a growing awareness that not only is microcredit not a panacea, in some cases investors are even making money off the backs of the poor, and indebtedness is growing. 

At the same time, CED and social economy organizations in Canada and around the world are developing approaches that prioritizes the financial needs (credit, savings and insurance) of the poorest in our society while increasing their control over their own development.  These approaches allow users to become members and owners of their institution.  This webinar will present two mutuals, one in Guinea and one in Québec.  

The Artisinal Fishers Savings and Loan Mutual of Guinea (MECREPAG) is an innovative financial institution that provides accessible credit to small-scale entrepreneurs from the savings of local residents, in a structure that is locally owned. 

The Microfinance Mutual (Québec), a project of the Fonds d’emprunt Québec, was created by Bill 201 that Québec’s National Assembly adopted in December.  The credit, savings and insurance mutual is the first of its kind in Canada. 

PRESENTERS

  • Emilio López: Consultant and Analyst, Fonds d’emprunt Québec  
  • Yvon Poirier: Chair, CCEDNet International Committee.  Yvon has been extensively involved in international collaborations and recently spent a week with MECREPAG’s Director as part of a Uniterra-sponsored study tour.

WEBINAR RECORDING

SUPPORT

This session, part of the Canadian CED Network’s International Committee webinar series, is free thanks to a partnership with Uniterra

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Interactive Session with Dr. Evan Fraser

 

How are we going to feed nine billion people in the year 2050?

MAFRA is pleased  be hosting an interactive skype session with Dr. Evan Fraser to discuss this issue, after a viewing of his video “Feeding Nine Billion.”
 
Dr. Fraser is currently at the University of Guelph, and has been working toward creating awareness for the issue of global hunger and how we will sustain ourselves in the future.
 
Tuesday February 11
10:30AM -11:30AM
Room 245  Wallace Building
University of Manitoba
 
Everyone is welcome to attend!
 
For more information about Evan Fraser, click here
 
For more information about MAFRA-Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance, click here

NECRC Open House

 

 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
4-6 pm

North End Community Renewal Corporation is offering tours through their newly renovated building and a community feast. There will be a short program commencing at 5 pm with greetings from the province delivered by Kerri Irvin-Ross, word from their executive director, and some memories/stories from the renovation period.
 
 

6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education

 

If you are working on community-based research, engaged in scholarship, academic enterprise, knowledge mobilization, implementation science and research utilization, science shops and service-learning, this is your conference!

About the Conference:

The 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education is focused on knowledge engagement and higher education. In exploring this contemporary issue, the Conference will attempt to describe ways in which engagement enhances teaching, learning and research and will propose to go beyond the third mission by offering new visions and ways for the future.
 
 
Call for Videos:
GUNI is offering students an opportunity to bring their ideas to the higher education community by making a 2-3 minute video interpreting this statement: The world we imagine - What world would you like to live in?
 
Call for Good Practices:
Share experiences to improve practice. We want to hear about your experiences. Share them with us.
 

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