Join ONN and your sector colleagues for what will be an action-oriented conference to build a common agenda to address the issues that confront us. This conference will give you an opportunity to network with new and old friends from across the province and participate in building a stronger, more resilient nonprofit sector.

Over the 2 days of the conference you will:

* Get updates on important sector issues
* Give your own update on your sector's challenges
* Work with colleagues to identify common issues
* Work together to shape a provincial strategy
* Visit Toronto's hub for social innovation and community change - The Centre for Social Innovation - for a reception with conference colleagues

Bonus: You can attend a free session to learn about the HR Council's work on our sector's human resource issues.

Regular fee: $125 (includes breakfast and lunch on May 28th)
Early Bird Rate: $109 (available until May 13th)

Limited travel subsidies available

The ANSER 2009 Conference 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.

Delegates should register through the website of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Congress website also includes information on accommodation, discounts for travel, and local information.

What is the social economy? Generally, the social economy is based on the belief of people before profits, and has arisen as an alternative to public and private sectors. The third social sector embraces a wide range of community, voluntary and not-for-profit activities. The social economy can be broken down into three sub-sectors; the community sector, the voluntary and the social enterprise sector.

The International Student Workshop on the Social Economy aims to network students, academics and practitioners, and offer participants a better understanding of issues and research that is being conducted around the social economy. The conference will include twelve social economy focused student presentations, in both French and English. Through this networking of ideas and knowledge, the Social Economy Student Network endeavors to strengthen the Social Economy among students in Canada.