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Congress 2007 – Thursday Schedule

Last Updated on September 19th, 2008
 

THURSDAY, MAY 31

CONGRESS 2007 SOCIAL ECONOMY THEME DAY

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Tuesday
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Thursday
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Additional Papers
and Presentations

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

The More We Get Together – The Happier We’ll Be
John Helliwell
Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of British Columbia

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Quebec’s Social Economy
Nancy Neamtan
President, Chantier de l’economie sociale

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Social Economy Sector Panel
Donna Heimbecker, Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company
Flo Frank, Common Ground Resource Group
Roger Spear, Open University U.K.

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Session 11A – Panel: Social Economy in Canada
Rupert Downing, chair



    

  1. Anne McKitrick and others
    
 
    
The Social Economy Suite: The Challenges of Innovation – Updates and Findings from the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnership
    2. 



Session 11B – Social Co-operatives

Kathy Lang, chair




Session Cancelled

Session 11C – Public Policy

Leslie Meade, chair




    

  1. Brendan Reimer
    
    The Role of Public Policy in Strengthening Communities
    2. 

  2. Jean-Pierre Girard
    
Multi-Stakeholder Co-operatives and Social Cohesion: Some Lessons from the Recent Quebec Experience
    3. 









2:30 PM – 3:30 PM






Session 12A – Panel: In the Social Economy, Money Isn’t Everything

Brendan Reimer, chair




    

  1. Jack Quarter
    
Nancy Linley
    
Laurie Mook
    

    2. 



Session 12B – Methodology

Lorraine Salt, chair




    

  1. Claire Gagnon 
    

    
The Culture Gap in Co-operatives
    2. 

  2. Gayle Broad and Jose Agustin Reyes
    
    Speaking for Ourselves: Participatory Action Research in a Cross-Cultural Context
    3. 

  3. Daniel Macfarlane
    
    Screening Co-operatives: Film, Interviews, and the Social Economy
    4. 



Session 12C – Social Capital

Rod Kelsay, chair




    

  1. Gwangseog Hong and Thomas Sporleder 
    

    
Applying and Measuring Social Capital among Agricultural Co-operatives
    2. 

  2. Kama Soles and Robert Dobrohoczki 
    

    
Empowering Community through Co-operatives: The Need for Progressive Legislative Change in Saskatchewan
    3. 









4:00 PM – 5:00 PM






Session 13A – Co-operatives and the Social Economy

Jack Quarter, chair




    

  1. Roger Spear
    
Some Theoretical/Empirical Comments on the Co-operative and Social Economy
    2. 

  2. J.J. McMurtry
    
Creating a Movement by Definition: Lessons for the Social Economy from the Co-operative Movement
    3. 

  3. Morris Altman
    
Modeling the Social Economy: Economic Theory and the Sustainability of Social Economies
    4. 



Session 13B – Social Economy and Education

Laurie Mook, chair




    

  1. Jorge Sousa and Natasha Goudar
    
Initial Explorations into Service Learning and Social Economy Organization
    2. 

  2. Beatriz Diaz 
    

    
An Innovative Experience in Co-operative Education: Training Multipliers for the Cuban Agricultural Co-operatives
    3. 



Session 13C – Social Economy Organizations

Annie McKitrick, chair




    

  1. Azam Rahimi Nik
    

    
The Role of Co-operatives’ Macro Marketing in Developing Social Economy
    2. 

  2. Mitch Diamantopoulos, Robert Dobrohoczki, and Isobel Findlay
    

    
Exploring The Changing Social Economy in Saskatchewan
    3. 

  3. Zane Hamm
    

    
Education Policy and Research Directions: Promoting Rual Social Economy through Intergenerational Co-operatives
    4. 









5:00 PM – 6:30 PM








Co-operative Innovation: Influencing the Social Economy (Revisited)  

William Nelson

President, CHS Foundation, St. Paul








6:45 PM – 9:15 PM








Are We There Yet?

Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company

Saskatoon Indian & Metis Friendship Centre, 168 Wall Street