Innoweave is pleased to partner with Accelerating Social Impact to host an Introduction to Social Enterprise webinar.
The webinar will provide an overview of the Social Enterprise module, and will review concepts and basic approaches associated with social enterprise. It will also provide an overview of the Innoweave Social Enterprise workshop. Upcoming workshops can be found by visiting Innoweave's Events Page.
The Developmental Evaluation webinar will provide an overview of module, including how DE helps community organizations increase the impact of their work by providing real-time data and feedback to help them develop and adapt an intervention as it unfolds.
It will also provide an overview of the Innoweave National Developmental Evaluation Workshop which will be hosted on June 7th and June 9th, 2016. Please visit Innoweave's Events Page to find out more.
The workshop on November 7th and 9th, 2016, which builds on the Introduction to Developmental Evaluation webinar, will help leadership teams of 3-4 (including board members) get greater clarity on:
Further explore the purpose and major characteristics of developmental evaluation (DE)
Assess the suitability of their intervention and the readiness of their organization to using DE
Develop a preliminary DE scope of work for their initiative.
Identify possible next steps for developing a budget and implementing DE.
This webinar highlighted key findings from Enterprising Change: Report of the2015 Social Enterprise Survey for Ontario. We shared many of the most relevant sector-wide results with a particular focus on the role social enterprise plays in reducing poverty through generating employment. This survey is the first research of its kind in Canada to include analysis of both for-profit and nonprofit social enterprise. Comparisons between the two models will be shared. The webinar also featured comments on the survey findings by the Government of Ontario’s Social Enterprise Branch.
We invited practitioners, policymakers, and enthusiasts from across civic, public, and private sectors to take part in the webinar.
This webinar was brought to you as part of ECONOUS2016, the National CED Conference, that took place in Montréal on May 18-20, 2016.
Enterprising Change provides a snapshot-in-time of Ontario’s social enterprise sector in order to increase awareness and inform actions to support its development. This report builds on previous research that the Canadian CED Network conducted in 2012, titled Inspiring Innovation: the Size, Scope and Socioeconomic Impact of Nonprofit Social Enterprise in Ontario. Enterprising Change also contributes to the national profile being created through similar surveys that have been conducted across the country. All of these reports contribute to a better understanding of a national entrepreneurial movement within the nonprofit sector.
SPEAKERS
Paul Chamberlain, Ontario Regional Director with the Canadian CED Network
Before joining CCEDNet, Paul spent 18 years working as a department director with Dixon Hall, a multi-service neighbourhood centre in downtown east Toronto. Paul also initiated and chaired the Downtown East Community Development Collaborative in Toronto, which created an inclusive, integrated and comprehensive model for the delivery of employment services. With CCEDNet Paul's work has focussed on both national and Ontario-based projects, demonstrating the effects of CED on poverty, youth peer mentoring and immigrant social enterprise. Currently he supports the development of the Ontario network through involvement on the Ontario Social Economy Roundtable, managing seontario.org, and conducting the provincial survey on social enterprise in 2012 and 2015.
Muska Ulhaq works on reporting, policy issues, updating finance records and contact management for the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing. She also provides the MCII team with events and covening support. Muska is also the Co-Chair of MaRS Social Committee and manages various initiatives and leads the team on organizing events for MaRS staff. Prior to joining MaRS, she worked as a Policy and Research Analyst with Humber Bay Shores Condominium Association and as a Policy Analyst with the Ontario Ministry of Revenue. Muska has a master’s degree in Public Policy from University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance, and an undergraduate degree in Political Studies and Psychology from Queen’s University. Muska is passionate about social policy and is an active volunteer with TAIBU Community Health Centre. She is fluent in Farsi (Dari), Hindi, Pashto and Urdu.
Katie is a lawyer and MBA graduate with extensive Canadian and international experience in consulting, advocacy, and social innovation. She worked with the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing from 2013 to 2015, building and leading the Community Finance Solutions program. Katie has been involved in social change and innovation for over 15 years, including serving as the Deputy Director of an international advocacy organization. She previously ran a consultancy in Cambodia helping local and international non-governmental organizations increase their impact. She has also practiced law and clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. Katie studied Anthropology at Harvard University and received her law degrees and an M.B.A. from McGill University.
Over the last 30 years Ethel has assisted the development of numerous social enterprises in a variety of sectors, including agricultural, agrifood, cultural, housing and childcare. In addition to teaching college and university, Ethel has mentored hundreds of communities and social entrepreneurs throughout Canada, is a member of the Canadian CED Network, and founding member of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada. She supported capacity building missions in Mali, Niger, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Romania and Morocco and is involved in the International Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy-North America (RIPESS- NA) and the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF). A few years ago, Ethel joined the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal (CCCR), committed to crafting solutions and adaptations to the critical challenges stemming from climate change and peak oil.
On February 10th, join an exciting webinar with Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz and Stan Greenberg for an in-depth look at Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy.
Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy (www.rewritetherules.org), authored by Roosevelt Institute Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz and other Institute staff, provides:
The story of how we got to this point of severe inequality,
An evidence-backed economic frame to combat trickle down and the idea of perfect markets, and
A comprehensive policy agenda.
Senator Elizabeth Warren called Rewriting the Rules groundbreaking. Vox lauded it as "a far-reaching indictment of economic policy as it’s been conducted in recent decades, which have resulted in sluggish growth and booming inequality, with wealth growing considerably faster than incomes."
Learn about the report first hand from Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz, and get briefed on how to talk about the key messages within the report from pollster Stan Greenberg, who has conducted focus groups and polling on the report. Elected officials are expected to be particularly interested in some of the findings of the poll.
The presentation will focus on messages relevant to state and local elected officials.
Think that the New Economy smells like the Old Economy? Then check out this super cool + informative webinar featuring voices from emerging economies is northern BC.
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WHY WE ARE HOSTING THIS WEBINAR:
We are tired of hearing the same old story that pipelines, mines, and yer creepy ol' uncle, Site C, are going to save the Northern BC economy! We are tired of leading economic organizations ignoring legitimate concerns of area Indigenous land defenders who have inherent rights to lands typically used for exploitative economic practices and decision making power over those lands. We are tired of an economy that disregards real concerns about climate change.
PERKS:
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear voices from those working in emerging economies across the region – people who have multiple experiences based solidly in community. It's an opportunity for new information + hearing about new opportunities and ideas!
The "People, Power, Planet Partnership (P4): Best Practices and Knowledge Mobilization in Community Energy Development" was formed to assess, document and share the experiences and lessons of community energy developments across Canada and beyond, with the goal of increasing the level of awareness and rate of implementation of such projects nation-wide. Launched in May 2014, P4 is a two-year research and knowledge mobilization initiative generously funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The project's co-leads are Dr. J.J. McMurtry from York University and Dr. Judith Lipp, Executive Director of TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative.
On behalf of P4, you are invited to join a presentation of recent research, analysis and strategic discussion about community energy as part of the launch of the P4 website. P4 was formed to assess, document and share the experiences and lessons of community energy developments across Canada and beyond, with the goal of increasing the level of awareness and rate of implementation of such projects nation-wide.
The latest status of Renewable Energy (RE) and Community Energy (CE) project and policy developments in each jurisdiction across Canada
Indigenous communities’ involvement in RE and CE projects in each jurisdiction across Canada
Different ownership models under which CE projects are developed
The intersections between Social Finance (SF) and CE
The community of practice, policy and research around community-ownership of energy projects is growing across Canada and P4 has been contributing to that work as well as creating a hub for it, through the P4 website.
This launch and following discussion comes at a very exciting time for renewable and community energy in Canada with:
New Federal leadership committed to addressing climate change;
Aggressive provincial renewable energy target announcements;
Fast moving clean technology advances and falling costs; and
Growing interest and participating by by citizens and Indigenous peoples in taking charge of their energy needs for social, environmental and economic gain.
Join this important discussion and help spread the word to others in your network.
If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to Derya Tarhan, P4's Project Co-ordinator at derya at trec.on.ca
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Paul Chamberlain, Ontario Regional Director with the Canadian CED Network
Muska Ulhaq, Program Coordinator with the 
Katie Gibson, Director with the Social Enterprise Branch at the 
Ethel Côté, 
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