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EUKN Annual Conference: Shrinking Areas - Front Runners in Innovative Citizen Participation

On December 7, 2012, The European Union Knowledge Network's (EUKN) 5th annual conference will take place in Essen, Germany. The conference will be organised in close co-operation with the Ruhr Regional Association and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

The EUKN conference is built around an interactive exchange on citizen participation in shrinking urban areas. To overcome the consequences of shrinkage, joint action is needed. Local authorities need to co-operate with citizens to find ways to maintain the quality of life in their city or town.

EUKN will present innovative examples of citizen participation with regard to their daily life in shrinking areas: health, education, employment, mobility, shopping and sports. Interactive on-site debates are an important part of the conference. They provide a deeper insight in successful policy approaches and offer insight into participatory process facilitated by local authorities.

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Choice Matrix Webinar: Tools for Community Action

This Choice Matrix webinar: Tools for Community Action, will introduce CED practitioners to a website that will help find effective tools that fit their current project. But what is a tool? Any guide, worksheet, checklist, manual, “how-to” or process in text, audio or video formats that is focused on guiding the user through a task. This webinar will introduce you to hundreds of tools developed by professionals, for professionals, in a convenient and concise layout to help your community achieve development goals. 

Wednesday, August 28th  (2:00pm-3:00pm CST)

Rural Development Institute (RDI) invites anyone interested in CED to join us as we introduce the Choice Matrix.

The goals of this webinar:

  • Develop participant understanding on how the Choice Matrix works
  • To learn how the Choice Matrix could better aid you in your daily activities 
This online webinar will be moderated by Dr. Bill Ashton (RDI Director) with a presentation by Matthew Grills and Yakub Adediran (RDI Researchers) on how the Choice Matrix can make CED easier. We’ll hear from you too with a brief Q&A session to collect your thoughts.

Contact:

 

Please RSVP your participation by contacting Bev Lischka at rdi@brandonu.ca or 204-571-8515. Once registered, workshop material and details for accessing the web meeting will be emailed to you. 
 
If these dates don’t work for you please contact us—we want to hear from you! We are offering more upcoming sessions and will make every attempt to reschedule for your organization. We look forward to hearing from you!

Technology, Social Media and Community Engagement

 

Speakers: Tierney Smith, Tech Soup Canada
Location: via conference call
Date: Thursday, August 16th, 2012 - 11:55am - 1:00 pm, ET 

Details:

Tierney Smith is the Community Manager of Tech Soup Canada. She regularly tests out new programs, technology and social media ideas for their use to non profits of all sizes. She writes a blog about these resources: http://www.techsoupcanada.ca/blog/11935 as part of her work. Join Tierney Smith and Liz Weaver on this call as they discuss technology and social media tools that can be used to enhance, create and measure community engagement. As always there will be an opportunity to ask your questions towards the end of the call.

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Towards a Shared Prosperity

 

Speaker: Senator Art Eggleton
Location: via conference call
Thursday, September 13th, 2012 - 11:55am - 1:00 pm, ET 

Details: 

Senator Art Eggleton has served the citizens in public office for over 37 years. He has been a City of Toronto Councillor, Mayor of Toronto, Member of Parliament representing York Centre and most recently as Senator. Senator Eggleton is co-chair of the recently formed Federal All Party Anti-Poverty Caucus. Senator Eggleton has been a strong advocate for reducing poverty and moving Canada towards a shared prosperity. Learn more about the All Party Anti-Poverty Caucus, income inequality in Canada and how Canadians must focus on a shared prosperity. There will be an opportunity for participant questions and discussion towards the end of the interview.

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2012 World University Service of Canada International Forum

 

Join World University Service of Canada for our 2012 International Forum where we will explore the theme “Youth Leading Change – Aspirations to Action”.
 
This year’s theme is: Youth Leading Change – Aspiration to Action. The forum will bring together WUSC’s institutional and student members, alumni and partners as well as members of the international development and policy community. This year’s forum will prioritize the voices of youth in the discussion of global issues.
 
The forum program will be a familiar format as those in years past and will explore the following sub-themes: (1) Turn Up the Volume: Youth Voices for Social Change (2) Show us the Money: Economic Opportunities for Youth (3) Keeping up the Momentum: Everyday Global Citizenship.

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Social Enterprise Development Path and Resources

October 26th, 2012   12:00pm EDT

David LePage, Enterprising Non-Profits & Anne Jamieson, Toronto Enterprise Fund 
 
Building a social enterprise is an intentional and vibrant process along a business and organizational development path.  This session will explore the components and resources to assist you: organizational readiness, idea exploration, feasibility studies, business planning and strengthening.
 

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