Research Units and ClustersPartnersResearch ProjectsResearch ParticipantsOpportunitiesResourcesBuilding a community doesn’t just happen
It is the result of carefully planned strategies that develop and sustain strong organizations and vibrant enterprises. Community building is most effective when initiatives are deliberately inclusive of all segments of the population and engage citizens in a genuine and meaningful fashion.
Please join us for this one-day conference featuring presenters [...]
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Sample panels from the exhibition
Co-ops & Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2
Engaged Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2
Enterprising Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2, Panel 3
Inclusive Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2
Sustainable Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2, Panel 3
April 27, 28 and 29, 2010
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Government that Works for People:
Policy Development and the Social Economy
A conference of the Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies and Sustainable Communities, the Northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan regional node of the Social Economy Research Suite
Hosted by The Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) program of [...]
Deadline for application: February 27, 2009
Link to Conference Website: http://www.impactyouthsustainability.ca/en/
September 24-27, 2009 Guelph, Ontario
180 university and college students from across Canada
Explore real sustainability solutions with national business and sustainability leaders
All conference expenses paid! Apply before February 27, 2009
Achieving sustainability requires a multi-disciplinary approach and a broad social commitment. It also requires the energy and passion [...]
Read More..>>On January 8, 2009, Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson (The LLL project’s principal investigator) visited Victoria, British Columbia where she gave the following two presentations, hosted by the University of Victoria Faculty of Business and the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies:
Getting the Message Out: Successful Models for Co-operative Enterprise Development
What resources are needed to [...]
Read More..>>On November 25, 2008, over 70 government representatives and Social Economy researchers came together in downtown Ottawa for a series of presentations and discussions regarding how Social Economy research is relevant to current government initiatives and policies. Representatives from each of the regional research centres of the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships spoke about specific [...]
Read More..>>Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies and Sustainable Communities and Community-University Institute For Social Research (CUISR) hosted the Saskatchewan Social Economy Workshop on May 2, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre in Saskatoon.
Approximately 40 academics, community partners and student researchers attended the workshop. It [...]
The PowerPoint slides and videos from this overwhelmingly popular workshop put on by CESD (Community Economic and Social Development) at Algoma University under the leadership of Gayle Broad can be found here. Scroll down to find the materials.
Hello and welcome to the Social Economy, Community Economic Development & Social Enterprises Workshop! What is [...]
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Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada / Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
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