Manitoba

Nonprofits and the Social Economy @the Edge: 6th Annual ANSER Conference

The Association for Non-Profit and Social Economy Research (ANSER/ARES) is a dynamic growing association that is organizing its sixth annual conference as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. ANSER brings together leading academic researchers, practitioners, consultants, policymakers and community organizations from Canada and internationally to discuss current and emergent issues, debates and challenges in the fields of civil society, social economy, and nonprofit research and practice. Join us for what promises to be an engaging and provocative conference. The theme for the sixth conference in Victoria is: Nonprofits and the Social Economy @the Edge.

The conference is an opportunity to welcome and explore new voices and perspectives, including those who are far from centres of power and influence due to economic, health, geography and other factors, and indigenous peoples whose languages and cultures are endangered. It is a call for the social sciences and humanities to explore these issues of inclusivity, marginalization and diversity and suggest innovative solutions and models for response. Within this context, nonprofits and other social economy organizations are well poised to lead these discussions.

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Manitoba 2013 Planning Conference: Planning for Wellbeing by Design - Healthy, Wealthy & Wise

Join us at the 2013 conference to focus on healthy communities and learn that the best planning gets implemented through good design and has a strong regard for who is served by the design. Learn how good design functions and what form it takes within Healthy, Wealthy and Wise communities.

Hosted by the Macdonald-Ritchot Planning District, this event brings together elected officials, municipal administrators, educators and students, and public and private sector planners for three days of learning about the key issues facing planners in Manitoba today.

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Conference Sessions:

Several CCEDNet - Manitoba members are participating in this conference, including Health in Common, BUILD, and Brandon University's Rural Development Institute. Click here for session descriptions.

Keynote Speakers:

Mary-Ellen Tyler, Professor of Environmental Design, University of Calgary - former Winnipeg resident - speaking on planning for wellbeing by design, from an environmental planning perspective, with a particular concern for tapping ecosystem services and the connection with land use and development planning; it’s all eco-logical! (Day 1 Keynote, Pre-Conference Symposium and Workshop)

Dennis McKnight, President, The Innovators, Calgary and Vancouver - former Winnipeg resident and futures consultant - speaking on big-picture themes, trends to note, and positioning our province for a ‘healthy, wealthy and wise’ future; appreciating the wellbeing dividend - how well are we? how better could we be? (Day 2 Keynote and Pre-Conference Workshop)

Dewey Thorbeck, Director of the Center for Rural Design, University of Minnesota, St Paul MN, speaking on rural design for smart growth and wise land use - negotiating the urban/rural interface, with a concern for designing with nature and respecting a sense of place (Pre-Conference Symposium and Workshop; and Day 1 Concurrent Sessions).

Allan Wallis, Professor of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver, speaking on the new regionalism in city-regions and rural regions; from regional cooperation to urban/rural collaboration - taking partnering to new heights and breadths (Pre-Conference Symposium and workshop, Day 1 Lunch Talk, and Concurrent Session panelist).

Karen Lee, MD, Director, Built Environment and Active Design, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, speaking on active design - making wellbeing part of our daily practice; building it into our planning (Day 2 Concurrent Session, Lunch talk and Post-Conference Workshop).