Title: Reducing Poverty in Ontario: A Place-Based Approach
Event Type: Three-day leadership workshop
Speakers: Minister Deb Matthews, Sherri Torjman, Tim Brodhead, Robin Cardozo, Frances Lankin, Liz Weaver, Mark Chamberlain, Paul Born
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Date: June 10 - 12, 2009
Details: Seize the opportunity being offered by Ontario's first-ever comprehensive, poverty-reduction strategy and translate it into effective action in your community. Be inspired by successful poverty-reduction initiatives from across Canada and learn specific concepts and tools you can use to advance your own community's agenda.

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Title: The Promise and Paradox of Community
Series: Seeking Community in Chaotic Times
Speakers: Margaret Wheatley, Paul Born
Location: via conference call
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:00:00 PM, Eastern
Details: Paul will talk with internationally acclaimed speaker and writer, Margaret Wheatley, who is widely credited with giving the world a whole new way of thinking about organizations with her revolutionary application of the natural sciences to business management.

Margaret Wheatley is the co-founder and President emeritus of The Berkana Institute, and the celebrated author of many books, including Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World and Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time.

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Title: Comprehensive Strategies for Deep and Durable Outcomes
Series: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Poverty
Speakers: Eric Leviten-Reid, Mark Cabaj
Location: via conference call
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 12:00:00 PM, Eastern
Details: What are the different ways to pursue comprehensive approaches to poverty reduction? What are the strengths and limitations of such approaches for achieving deep and durable outcomes? Mark Cabaj will interview Eric Leviten-Reid about a new paper exploring these questions. The paper offers a lens for thinking about comprehensive approaches that will be developed more fully through a series of case studies conducted with Vibrant Communities partners.

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Attend this dyamic and comprehensive workshop and put your organization on the path to Mastering Aboriginal Inclusion. Discover proven tactics and tools to recruit, retain and advance Aboriginal talent while building a work culture that flourishes through diversity. Tap into the expertise delivered by Canada's leading innovators in Aboriginal human resource development. This two-day workshop is limited to 20 registrations so don't delay.

The registration fee of $1495 includes refreshments and a complimentary five-volume set of Mastering Aboriginal Inclusion self-study modules (a $560 value).

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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the University of Western Ontario and the National Association of Friendship Centres have joined forces once more to bring together researchers, students, policy makers, Aboriginal leaders and other interested parties nationally and internationally to present, consider and debate exciting new research. The goal is to provide Aboriginal leaders and policy makers a chance to become aware of the implications of this research for both public policy and Aboriginal peoples across Canada.

Dates: March 9-12, 2009 , Location: Westin Hotel, Ottawa, ON
For more info visit:

www.aprc-crmpa.ca/welcome.htm