Social Procurement generates a social value from existing purchasing

Buy Social Canada is hosting its National Summit November 27-28 in Gatineau, QC on the theme “Exploring the Future of Social Procurement.” The Summit will bring together a collection of purchasers from government and business, as well as representatives of social enterprise suppliers to engage in a full day of discovering their common goals, identifying barriers, and seeking solutions that will contribute to the future of social procurement.

Register for the Buy Social Summit

Around 200-250 participants are expected at the Summit.  Social enterprises that wish to promote their products and services are offered two options for engagement:

• For $25, an item from a social enterprise can be placed into the tote bag provided the social enterprise delivers the item to the conference location at its own cost
• Social enterprise exhibitor tables are available for the discounted price of $100 + the price of 1 Summit pass.

If you are interested in learning more about the Summit, please visit: https://www.buysocialcanada.com/buy-social-canada-summit/. If you are interested in either of the promotion options above, or if you have any questions, please contact Maija Fiorante at Maija at buysocialcanada.com.

1:00 - 2:00pm Eastern Time

This webinar will share developmental stages, challenges and key learnings of establishing a province wide initiative within a pan Canadian collective impact effort to end youth homelessness.  A Way Home – a national collaborative for youth homelessness was one of the Ontario Trillium Foundation's first collective impact grantees and they will share their experience using a collective impact approach.

Register for the Collective Impact Stream Action Area: Prosperous People webinar

Facilitator

Tracey Robertson
After spending the last 25 years in strategic philanthropy, community development, higher education and the voluntary sector, Tracey has learned that the most innovative solutions are developed when people from diverse perspectives and disciplines come together to look at an issue in a new light. Over the last 10 years, Tracey has focused her work on investing and fueling social innovation at the grassroots, community and systemic levels.

Guests

Melanie Redman
Prior to becoming the Executive Director of A Way Home, Melanie was the Director of National Initiatives at Eva’s. In that role she directed the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness, the Eva’s Awards for Ending Youth Homelessness, and the Mobilizing Local Capacity to End Youth Homelessness Program, which works with communities across Canada to craft, implement, and sustain plans to end youth homelessness. She currently serves as the Chair of the Youth Homelessness Research Priority Area at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. Her passion for addressing the root causes of complex social issues drew her to co-develop A Way Home with partners across Canada.

Dr. Stephen Gaetz
Dr. Gaetz is a leading international researcher on homelessness, and is director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University.  He focuses his efforts on conducting research and mobilizing this knowledge so as to have a greater impact on solutions to homelessness. Stephen has played a leading international role in knowledge dissemination in the area of homelessness through the Homeless Hub.

8:30am - 5:00pm
Hyatt Regency Montreal

Learn from Henry Mintzberg, Philip Kotler and  experienced practitioners on accelerating social change during this one day event. You will explore what works and gain insight on what you can do in your organization or through your social sector organization.

Register for Rebalancing Society

The will of people is there; an appreciation of what is happening, and how to deal with it, is not. We are inundated with conflicting explanations and contradictory solutions. The world we live in needs a form of radical renewal unprecedented in the human experience. In this unique one-day event Henry Mintzberg presents an integrative framework to suggest a comprehensive way forward. You will learn from key thinkers and practitioners on accelerating social change, exploring what works and figuring out what you can do in your organization or through your social sector organization.

We are bringing together leaders from public, private and plural (non profit) sectors to help one another figure out the adaptive moves which will benefit our organizations, our sectors, and hopefully our society as a whole. This conference will provide you with new perspectives, practical ideas, and a great opportunity to network with others working on social change.

This Rebalancing Society event will run parallel to the CoachingOurselves Reflections Conference. Participants will be able to attend either event with their registration.

Learn more about Rebalancing Society

Check out Henry Mintzberg's blog Citizenship, Communityship, Ownership & Leadership

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time

Over the past decade alone, web technology has vastly increased data availability, and community innovators have created new tools for accessing, visualizing, analyzing, and sharing relevant data to advance equity-focused policies and investments. From local tools like the Metro Atlanta Equity Atlas, which connects local leaders to timely data across eight key areas of community well-being, to national tools like Mapping Police Violence, which provides interactive maps and charts on officer-involved deaths of community members, online data tools are equipping advocates, policymakers, funders, and the public with relevant data to advance health equity and move policy across a range of issue areas.

Register for Designing Data Tools for Health Equity and Community Action

Join us, live from Portland, for a panel discussion with national leaders who are using and designing data tools to drive health equity and community action.

Featured Speakers:

• Sarah Treuhaft, Senior Director at PolicyLink (moderator)
• Nathaniel Smith, Founder and Chief Equity Officer/CEO of the Partnership for Southern Equity
• Sam Sinyangwe, Co-Founder of Campaign Zero and Mapping Police Violence
• Julia Sebastian, Research Associate at Race Forward
• Cat Goughnour, Founder and Principal at Radix Consulting and Right 2 Root
• Antwi Akom, CEO of Streetwyze; Co-Founder of ISEEED; Associate Professor at San Francisco State University

This convening is generously supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.