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St. Michel is one of Montreal’s oldest suburbs. Since 2004, Vivre St. Michel en Santé (for a Healthy St. Michel) has employed an innovative urban and social revitalization strategy that has rebranded a neighbourhood once known for its high crime rates and lack of services into one that is known for its active and unified citizens and coordinated action. Particularly innovative are the processes used build “community” among a transient, diverse and largely immigrant population. Vivre St. Michel en Santé takes an integrated approach involving citizens, community organizations, donors and government offices. Collectively, their efforts have helped residents, with its mix of new immigrants, experience a better quality of life in the areas of art, culture, housing, security, health, sports, leisure, transportation and access to services.

Join us on Thursday, March 6, 2014, 1-2 pm ET (noon - 1 pm CT) when Brianne Peters and Jean Panet-Raymond present this Citizen-Led Sustainable Change webinar on an innovative urban and social revitalization strategy.

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Jean Panet-Raymond talks about some of the factors that have contributed to the success of his organization.

Other resources

• Humility and Audacity: The story of Vivre Saint Michel en
  Santé, Montreal, Québec
• Reducing poverty in Montreal, QC - Vibrant Communities Canada (2012-09-28)

Event Contact

Deb Markley
Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
919-932-7762
deb@e2mail.org
http://ruralwealth.org/page/webinars-1

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Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront Hotel

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The Monieson Centre is pleased to announce our 6^th annual Economic Revitalization Conference, to be hosted in Kingston on April 8^th, 2014. Entitled, Mapping the Future: Technology, People & Rural Prosperity, this year’s event looks at how rural communities can leverage innovation and human capacity to create economic vitality.

As the final forum for the Centre’s three-year Research Partnerships project, the conference draws together five universities and over 40 rural development partners to discuss priority economic development issues for rural Canada.  Join us for:

• Engaging presentations of cutting-edge research developed in partnership with rural Ontario communities
• Great networking opportunities with others involved in building vibrant rural economies
• Keynote and panel discussions with inspiring thinkers
• Examples of and best-practices in community-based research

View the Agenda Here

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada through the Monieson Centre's Research Partnerships to Revitalize Rural Economies project.

With support from:

Leadership Team Partners: Northumberland County Economic Development; Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development Corporation; Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus; RDÉE Ontario; Rural Ontario Institute; The Monieson Centre
Steering Committee Partners: The Ontario Association of CFDCs; Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network; Queen's Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre; City of Kawartha Lakes; Queen's University Office of the Vice-Principal (Research)

5pm - 7pm
OISE Library

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Who is responsible for seeking solutions to social problems? Is it government? Institutions of higher learning? Philanthropic organizations? Business?

Social Innovation takes the position that it's all of the above, that a cross-sector collaboration is our best bet for producing sustainable solutions to social needs. Social Innovation concerns itself less with which organizations or sectors are involved, and more with creative ways to affect social change.

Social Innovators engage in sector cross-over and encourage organizations to concern themselves with leveraging the strengths of appropriate sectors (public, private, not-for-profit) to develop completely new principles, models, and approaches to co-creating a better society.

Where might YOU fit into solving social problems? As OISE students, we share a passion for improving the world through education and equity initiatives. As our world changes, it is time to begin thinking about practical applications for our research and the unique skills we are learning in graduate school. Interested in learning about paths you might take (outside of academia) to reach your goals of affecting social change after graduation?

We invite you to an exciting evening of conversation and discussion. The panel will be followed by "Experiments in Conversation" an interactive discussion format that facilitates attendee input. All welcome!

Speakers:

Allyson Hewitt, Advisor, Social Innovation and Director, Social Entrepreneurship, SiG@MaRS in conversation with

Marcelo Vieta, SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Social Economy Centre, OISE

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Noon - 1:30 pm.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (U of T) 252 Bloor St. West, (St. George Subway Station),
Room 3-104 *No registration required

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Social Economy Centre Speaker Series of 2014: Social Enterprise Report Card

Presenters:

Anne Jamieson, Senior Manager - Anne is Senior Manager of the Toronto Enterprise Fund, founding member of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada, chair of the Ontario Social Economy Roundtable, steering committee member of the Toronto Community Benefits Network, and supporter of Social Enterprise Toronto.

Jerome Kisting, Manager - Jerome Kisting is a Manager at United Way Toronto where he splits his time between supporting the start up of social enterprises funded by the Toronto Enterprise Fund and managing relationships with United Way member agencies.

This talk, speakers intend to explore deeper conversation about "Investing for Impact." The discussion will explore:

• Get an overview of the six-pillar policy framework
• Learn about the sector’s achievements in the past five years
• Discuss what still needs to be done

Webcast: This event will be webcast live. View the webcast here. To be sure you can view the webcast, please review these instructions for preparing your browser

8am-4pm Eastern
London Convention Centre
Hosted by Libro Credit Union

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These regional conferences are tailored to each region. Each conference will feature presentations with local success stories, and made-in-your-area solutions, because co-ops are built to serve their unique communities; what works in one area won’t always work in another. In addition, these conference will talk about connecting your co-op to a new generation of members, introduce new advocacy tools, and outline simple steps to build a regional co-op network.

The first three conferences are scheduled for March 2014, with more locations being planned for later in the year.

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Below are some samples of the presentations that took place at the 2012 Regional Conferences:

• Effective Boards Presentation, Mark Ventry, October 2012
• All 4 Each Presentation, K Smith Oct 2012
• So You Think You Know Your Co-ops? Presentation by I. Shewan, Oct 2012