Free Webinar
November 28

Often new public policy is detected at the launch of a new program. While much attention is paid to getting a new policy approved, the true impact is not fully appreciated until implementation. This webinar sheds light on current policy implementation discourse, provides rural examples, and discusses different action approaches.

On November 28th, RDI will host two live webinar presenters:

Dr. Lars Hallstrom is the Director of the Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities. The Centre is charged with linking the research, outreach and educational capacity of the University of Alberta with students, researchers, rural communities, rural community organizations and policy makers at multiple levels across the province, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Hallstrom’s work focuses on comparative environmental policy, and particularly on the intersection of politics, science and public policy.

Dr. Charles Conteh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University. He specializes in Public Policy & Management, Political Economy and Governance. His current research focuses on governance structures and processes in complex and dynamic policy systems, particularly examining collaborative and strategic policy formulation and implementation. Dr. Conteh currently investigates how local, regional and national economies are reinventing themselves in the face of seismic global economic changes.

More information:

Thursday, November 28, 2013 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (CST)
RSVP by November 25, 2013

For more information or registration cyrennej@brandonu.ca | 204-571-8550 or outreach@brandonu.ca

Achieving Sustainability for Community-based
Non-Profit Organizations (Social Enterprise focus)

Whether you are a large not-for-profit organization with a formal structure in place or a small group of volunteers working from your home, you probably feel that much of your time is spent on fundraising and trying to secure another donation to take you through the next few months.

The long-term sustainability of your organization, group or program depends on finding stable sources of funding or revenue generation. In fact, as many private- and public-sector donors begin to move away from traditional forms of charity toward strategic social investment, they are seeking organizations that are or can become self-sustaining. They are looking for projects that once started, won’t require long-term dependence on funders.

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How can local non-profits achieve sustainability in a highly competitive fundraising environment?

By bringing together local and national experts and resource people in sustainable development, this conference will help you define what sustainability means for community-based non-profit organizations, present ways to achieve self-sustainability, and clarify public- and private-sector funding criteria to help you design programs and projects that will have the greatest potential to succeed at meeting community needs and developing skills required at the local, community level.

This social enterprise-themed conference, supported by Kidd Operations’ Community Partnership Program and presented by the Cochrane District Social Planning Council, is offered in response to feedback provided by stakeholders during Kidd Operations’ 2012 Community Consultations. The training will provide in-depth preparation toward developing a social enterprise and/or cooperative.

Location: Timmins Native Friendship Centre, 179 Kirby Ave., Timmins

Date: Thursday, November 14 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, November 15 9 a.m. to noon

Event details: Click here for complete event details, including conference program, workshop content and presenter bios.

Cost:

November 14 - $50 + hst
Includes keynote speakers, choice of two workshops, lunch and nutrition breaks

November 15 - $50 + hst
Includes one 3-hour training session and nutrition break

Once registered, you will receive an email prompting you to select the workshops you wish to attend.

Register online, or contact:

Carmen Swartz
Manager of Member Services
(705) 360-1900
info@timminschamber.on.ca

Communities around the world are entering a new era of community building. At the heart of this engagement are community conversations, in which common goals are embraced by a diverse array of people with different backgrounds and needs, and influencers are drawn from multiple sectors, including community organizations, the various levels of government, and business big and small.

This workshop, facilitated by Paul Born, will be highly interactive and practical and is full of informative and inspiring examples of conversations that build collective impact and spark community change. Learn how to:

• Select the right people for your conversations
• Host four different kinds of conversations (techniques)
• Mobilize collective impact across multiple sectors
• Collaborate strategically with key stakeholders
• Engage your entire community

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Dates and Location

November 26, 2013 - Holiday Inn Cambridge-Hespeler Galt, Cambridge, ON
Location: Cambridge, Ontario just north of the 401 at Hwy 24 / Hespeler Rd.
Easy access from Hamilton, Waterloo and Guelph and only an hour from London and Toronto.

Workshop cost & payment options

The workshop fee is $249 (including HST) and includes registration, workshop handouts, hot lunch and two breaks as well as a copy of Paul Born's best-selling book, Community Conversations. For groups of two, the registration fee is $229 per person (including HST). For groups of three or more, the registration fee is $199 per person (including HST).

Payments can be made online via Paypal or credit card or by cheque. If you prefer to pay by cheque, please register your name with us via the registration page and then email Caroline Mills at caroline@tamarackcommunity.ca to indicate that you will be sending a cheque. Cheques can be made payable to Tamarack and mailed to:

Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement
91 Glenburn Drive
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 5K1 Canada

About Paul

Paul Born grew up in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia as the son of Mennonite refugees. This in part is what made him deeply curious about and engaged in ideas that cause people to work together for the common good, work that he describes as collective altruism. He holds a Masters degree in Leadership is considered a global leader in helping organizations and communities to develop innovative ideas that motivate people to collaborative action.

Paul is the President and cofounder of the Tamarack Institute which since 2001 has provided leadership in Canada on issues of citizen engagement, collaborative leadership and community innovation. More than 12,000 subscribers engage in Tamarack’s learning communities. Tamarack also sponsors Vibrant Communities Canada, active in cities across the country and that has so far reduced the impact of poverty for more than 200,000 people.

Prior to Tamarack, Paul was the Executive Director and co-founder of the Community Opportunities Development Association one of Canada’s leading community economic development organizations that was recognized by the United Nations as one of the top 40 projects in the world. Paul was elected into the world’s largest network of social innovators, as a Senior Ashoka Fellow in 2013.

An Author of four books, Paul is a motivational speaker who loves the power of stories.

Learn more about Tamarack at www.tamarackcommunity.ca or about Paul at http://www.deepeningcommunity.org/about

Take a Step Towards Justice
Take your first step.  From charity to justice.  We’ll show you how.

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Canada Without Poverty would like to invite you to join us this November for a four-week Economic and Social Rights Education online course. As part of our human rights program, the course will give you an opportunity to learn about the UN human rights system and how to apply a human rights framework to social justice work in Canada.

Ending poverty is about justice, not just charity and economic and social rights are the foundation.  Canada has international obligations regarding the human right to food, adequate housing and an adequate standard of living.  This course will walk you through the meaning of economic and social rights in Canada; where they have been applied, what has been successful, and why it is important to recognize  human rights are at the root of addressing social challenges. Leading human rights experts will help you walk through the materials and discussions.

CWP's online course will introduce you to a new world. One where human rights are the foundation of social change.

Ending poverty.  Ending homelessness.  Ensuring equality.  Respecting dignity.

What you GET:  

• a 4-week online course on human rights and poverty…and so much more!
• Information, advice and practical tips from human rights experts
• CWP course materials on poverty, homelessness, food insecurity and women’s rights (not available elsewhere)
• An interactive community of social justice advocates from across the country
• And most importantly – the tools to MAKE CHANGE in your community

What you GIVE:

• Just 5-7 hours per week for 4-weeks
• Join us from Monday, November 11 until Sunday, December 8 in our online classroom.  Participate on your own time (weekdays, evenings or weekends! The classroom is open 24/7).
• Cost - $95.00  Registration is happening NOW!  Don’t miss out!

Registration closes November 8th

 *Course will not run without full participation