Featuring Al Etmanski & Vickie Cammack

October 28, 2008 | 12 Noon - 1:00 pm ET

Learn the secrets of successful social innovations with two of Canada's leading social innovators!

Al Etmanski has been a leading advocate for people with disabilities and their families in Canada for more than two decades. He is widely recognized as a visionary thinker in areas of social policy, community development and individualizing services for people with disabilities.
Al is an author, advocacy consultant and social inventor who specializes in finding innovative, non-governmental solutions to social problems. He was the Executive Director of the BC Association for the Mentally Retarded (now BCACL - the BC Association for Community Living) for eight years before joining with Jack Collins and Vickie Cammack to found PLAN.

Vickie Cammack is the Executive Director of the PLAN Institute and is also a co-founder of PLAN and co-author of Safe and Secure - Six Steps to Creating a Personal Future Plan for People with Disabilities. She is a recognized Canadian source of inspiration, innovative ideas and demonstrable solutions related to community, citizenship and disability. Her innovative approaches to leadership development, social network facilitation and social accounting are key ingredients in her work of taking social inventions to scale.

Join us at noon on Tuesday, October 28th, for this practical and inspiring conversation as Al and Vickie share the six elements of successful innovation. It's a conversation you won't want to miss!

For more information and to register for this seminar, please visit us
at:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Tamarack/fdd3dec8b2/10d5ffab2f/1f2e50a6f7.

Canadian Social Forum 

The Canadian Council on Social Development is creating the space for 750 people from across the country to meet face-to-face and participate in a program that meets poverty head-on.

You'll hear about how poverty reduction is being accomplished in ways that are innovative, inspiring and workable. You'll have the opportunity to create new connections with people from every part of the country, help build momentum for real action, and collaborate for effective social change.

This event will connect the new wave of leaders who know that reducing poverty is the only strategy for real prosperity.

More information about the Canadian Social Forum, including the preliminary program, is available on the Forum website (http://www.ccsd.ca/).

All Together Toward Dignity and Peace: Eliminating Poverty in Saskatchewan

The Saskatoon Anti-Poverty Coalition invites you to join us for our 5th Annual 2008 Poverty Awareness Week

To download the schedule of events click here>>

For more information please contact the SAPC office @ 955-5095

Luncheon Talk- Guest Speakers:
Liz Weaver "Tackling Poverty in Hamilton"
Poverty Awareness Week

Sheraton Cavalier
Canadian Room
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch will be provided

Liz is the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction (HRPR) - a cross sectoral community collaboration focusing on tackling the issue of poverty in Hamilton, Ontario. Liz was the Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Hamilton, an innovative service organization supporting individuals through health and wellness programs.

Liz also provided leadership to Volunteer Hamilton, Bay Area Leadership and Volunteer Canada and was instrumental in writing and designing a number of resources including the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement and the Volunteer Management Audit, which have been circulated widely to organizations across Canada.

Liz completed a Masters of Management for National Voluntary Sector Leaders through
McGill University and her thesis ‘Storytelling and the Voluntary Sector' was accepted for publication. Liz was awarded a Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2002 for her leadership in the voluntary sector, was an Athena Award finalist and in 2004 was awarded the Women in the Workplace award from the City of Hamilton.

Some of Hamilton's Progress on Poverty Reduction

• The number of individuals living below the Low-Income Cut Off (LICO) in Hamilton decreased to 18.1% from 20% according to Statistics Canada 2008 census release
• 900 Hamilton businesses, organizations, government departments, and educational/research institutions are linked through HRPR. The result: new health services in low-income neighbourhoods, new early years programming, school-based and after school programs, mentoring supports for at-risk youth, employment for new immigrants, home ownership and affordable housing programs
• 2,253 backpacks were filled with school supplies and given to low income students in September 2008 representing a community donation of $225,000 to local school boards
• Increased government investments including a focus on youth ($765,000) delivered throughout the Hamilton school boards

Please RSVP by Friday October 9th, to CUISR Community Research Liaison at 966 2136 or by e-mail at maria.basualdo@usask.ca