PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise extends an invitation to their Grow and Glow series, a weekly workshop featuring speakers of various expertise.

The next speaker series features one of Canada’s leading expert in networking, Donna Messer. Donna has been a renowned expert on and promoter of the often overlooked, true currency of business – personal relationships. She will discuss how to forge, nurture and leverage personal relationships to enable those who properly cultivate these relationships to put them to mutual benefit. Donna will also talk about professionalism, how to achieve it, and how it can help you and your business ‘glow’.

If you can't make it to the PARO Centre, a teleconference phone-in has been arranged so that you can still attend without being in Thunder Bay. 

PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise extends an invitation to their Grow and Glow series, a weekly workshop featuring speakers of various expertise.

Join PARO for a special presentation by Aboriginal consultant Cindy Crowe. She will share her experience with self-employment and talk about how she found the determination to put herself through school while being a single mom with 5 kids, managing daycare issues, health challenges, being without a place to live, and dealing with mental health issues. It’s an inspiring story about the ups and downs of life, and how one woman made a deal with the universe to create her own version of paradise. Cindy Crowe has more than twenty years of comprehensive experience as an Aboriginal consultant throughout Northern Ontario.

If you can't make it to the PARO Centre, a teleconference phone-in has been arranged so that you can still attend without being in Thunder Bay. 

The Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) invites you to attend their 4th Annual Developing Aboriginal Renewable Energy Projects Conference: Powering Up Aboriginal Energy. The event will take place April 26th - 27th at the Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto. 

With the new Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development, the Government of Canada committed to diversify and leverage partnerships supporting Aboriginal businesses in order to maximize access to capital. Over $350 billion in major resource and energy developments have been identified in or near Aboriginal communities in Canada. In this context there are an increasing number of tools available for small, medium, and large-sized Aboriginal businesses supporting advice, equity, and debt financing.

Who Should Attend:

- First Nation Chiefs, CEOs, COOs, CFOs

- Energy Industry Analysts

- Oil & Gas development engineers

- Venture Capitalists and Investment Bankers

- Investment Advisors

- First Nation Administrators, including legal counsel

- First Nation Economic Development Officers

- Tribal Council Technical Advisors

- Municipal Officials in Public Works

- Civil Engineering Firms – Project Managers and Consulting Engineers

- Environmental and Lawyers in the Energy/Power Sector

What you can expect from this conference:

- Cross country representation in delegates and speakers

- Opportunities to network and learn from others in the business

- Lengthy workshops that provide both information and the opportunity to discuss issues

- An important mix of attendees that includes government officials, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and First Nation representatives.

For more details on this event and registration information, please click here.

The Social Economy Centre (OISE/UT) presents the next talk in their Lunchbox Speakers' Series centred on "Social Capital Financing", featuring Joanna Reynolds (Causeway Social Finance), Anne Jamieson (United Way Toronto), and Karim Harji (Social Capital Partners).

Joanna Reynolds will discuss how social capital financing is proving to be a successful way to leverage private capital, providing resources and flexibility needed to maintain and expand enterprising initiatives.

Anne Jamieson will focus on the challenges that non-profit, charitable social enterprises have in accessing finance - including their internal capacity, the regulatory environment, and the availability of social finance.

Karim Harji will explore the key trends, issues, and opportunities for investors seeking a combination of economic, social, and environmental ("blended value") returns.

The talk will take place on Wednesday, March 24th from noon - 1:30p.m. at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto (Room 5-250). This event will also be broadcast live on the Internet. Please click here for details.

To view the series' flyer, please click here.

Strategic Planning that Works with Jane Garthson, President of Garthson Leadership Centre.

This interactive workshop will provide opportunities to ask questions and tailor the information to your own organization. The event will take place on Friday, March 26th  from 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.

Join this workshop to learn:
• How to set direction in a way that focuses the tireless efforts of your volunteers (and
staff, if any) on what really improves your community
• How to oversee the development of a strategic plan that gets results, attracts
supporters and funds, builds enthusiasm, and stays relevant
• 12 great tips to make strategic planning worthwhile, effective, and fun

To register for this event, please click here.

The Ontario Co-operative Association invites you to attend the annual MPP/Queen’s Park Reception taking place on April 21^st from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. at Queen’s Park. It’s a great opportunity to showcase the strength and diversity of the sector and create awareness of the much needed provincial Cooperatives Secretariat.

The day will include delicious food and wine from Ontario’s own co-operatives, as well as a chance to mingle with MPP’s, Cabinet Ministers, public policy makers, and other co-op representatives. Last year, the event attracted over 30 MPP’s and more than 100 co-op representatives.

Pre-registration is required for this event. Online registration will be available after March 1st by clicking here.