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Title | Canadian economic development plan for OLMCs |
Contracting Authority | Jean Léger, RDÉE Canada |
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Join us on Thursday, December 5, 2013 from 1-2 pm ET (noon-1 pm CT) for a webinar featuring a case study of Ecotrust Canada, a charitable society whose mission is to build the conservation economy - a model of reliable prosperity in which sustainable financial returns enhance environmental resilience and champion social equity. In this webinar, you'll learn more about their innovative economic model at the intersection of conservation, community economic development, and community service.
Deb Markley
Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
919-932-7762
deb@e2mail.org
http://ruralwealth.org/
Growing evidence shows that agroecology WILL feed the world.
"Business as usual" will NOT!
On November 19th, Miguel Altieri (University of California, Berkeley) - a world leading authority on agroecology - will speak on ecological agriculture as a key solution to food insecurity, hunger, and climate change. He'll be joined by panelists:
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 from 12-2 pm EST
Across Canada via webcast
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To register for the webcast or to organize a private or public screening, go to: usc-canada.org/feedingtheworld.
For more information, please contact genevieve@usc-canada.org.
This event is organized by USC Canada, Inter Pares, Food Secure Canada, School of International Development and Global Studies, Sierra Youth Coalition, Meal Exchange, ETC Group, CBAN, Ram's Horn,National Farmers Union, and Development and Peace.
This is a free event, but space is limited.
Book Early!
CFTN is proud to be holding the second annual fair trade National Conference
The event will take place from
Canada’s 2014 fair trade conference will be a meeting of leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs from across the fair trade movement and ethical trade sector. It will strengthen existing ties and increase collaboration in working towards a shared vision for fair trade.
Delegates of the conference will include business representatives, certifiers, non-profit partners, government institutions, Fairtrade Towns and Campus representatives, and advocacy campaigners from across the country.
Follow this link for a detailed conference schedule.
The CFTN conference and AGM (9-11 January) is being held alongside EWB National Conference 2014 which will run from 10-12 January 2014. On the 10-11 (Friday and Saturday) there will be integrated activities between the CFTN and EWB National Conference. Follow these links to find out more about: Engineers Without Borders Canada | EWB National Conference 2014
See more at: http://usaskstudies.coop
The 2013 F.J.H. Fredeen Memorial Scholarship Seminar
Monica Juarez Adeler, PhD
Winner, 2009 Fredeen Memorial Scholarship
Exploring Organizational Frameworks and Policy Environments to Support Co-operative Development:
A Comparative Experience
Monday, December 2
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Canada Room, Diefenbaker Building
U of S Campus
Reception to follow
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This interdisciplinary presentation explores the remarkable co-operative development experience in Spain over the last 50 years, and compares it with the experience in Manitoba. To better understand the nature of an effective co-operative development process, this presentation explores the evolution of one particular organization in Spain, the Mondragon Group. This model reveals the importance of institutional frameworks and systems for co-operative development along with the development factors. Analyzing this well-known development story forces us to rethink assumptions found in much of the literature on co-operative and policy development, particularly with regard to the extent to which Mondragon's development is deeply embedded in and shaped by the cultural and institutional contradictions of its own unique environment. By paying particular attention to institutional frameworks (and the economic and socio-cultural conditions that shape them and are shaped by them), the presentation will analyze the conditions necessary for creating, sustaining, and developing co-operative businesses and the potential for creating those conditions in Manitoba.
In spring 2013 Monica earned her PhD in the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Co-operative Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. She is most appreciative of the Fredeen family for the scholarship that helped her complete her studies. Monica lives in Winnipeg with her partner, Brendan Reimer, and their two young children.
See more at: http://usaskstudies.coop
Rose Olfert
Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Centre Scholar, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
How Do Co-ops and Credit Unions Contribute to Rural Community Viability?
Monday, November 25
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Canada Room, Diefenbaker Building
U of S Campus
Light refreshments to follow
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Many co-operatives in rural areas of Canada had their beginnings in providing services to communities that were under-served in terms of marketing and processing products, accessing inputs, and in the provision of mutual insurance and co-operative banking services. Over time, other players performing similar functions have left rural communities, while co-operatives remain to a much greater extent. Co-operatives provide access to goods and services for small businesses, producers, and households in rural areas, as well as representing access to networks within and beyond the community. This presentation investigates whether the presence of credit unions and other co-operatives in rural communities has a positive impact on the community's ability to retain and attract population. Although our quantitative results do not support the hypothesis of a positive influence, limited qualitative results suggest that credit unions do perform a different function in communities than commercial banks.
Rose's research and teaching interests are in regional economics, rural development and the role of public policy in regional/rural restructuring and growth. She has published on topics including off-farm employment, occupational segregation, urbanization trends and rural community evolution, cities as engines of growth, location choices of professionals, State Trading Enterprise impacts on International trade, co-ops and credit unions, the changing role of distance, migration patterns, equalization payments and commuting patterns and their determinants. Rose's current research is focused on the distinction between people-based and place-based public policy and the conditions under which place-based policy may be appropriate.
Note: This event will take place in Saskatoon, with a video link to the Window Room (second floor, Gallery Building), Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, in Regina. Individuals with mobility difficulties in Regina should contact us at 306.966.8506 or audra.krueger@usask.ca at least one week prior to the event.
