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Telelearning Session 19: The Long View of the Social Economy

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS SUCCESSFUL TELE-LEARNING SESSION!

For the podcast of the complete session, please click here. (Mp3 file, 28.5 MB, 1 hour, 2 min)

Tuesday March 30th, 2010, 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern time)

New Journal and Call for Submissions

Announcing the launch of the Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research / Revue canadienne de recherche sur les OSBL et l’économie sociale, ANSERJ.

First Issue: Fall 2010

For more information, visit the website: www.anserj.ca

Employment Opportunity: Assistant Professor, Community Economic Development

Assistant Professor, Community Economic Development
Cape Breton University
Posting Closes: Monday, March 29, 2010

Public Policy Thematic Newsletter

Building a People Centered Economy: Public Policy and the Social Economy

To find this informative newsletter about public policy in Canada, please click here!

March, 2010 Practitioner of the Month – Yvonne Chiu

Meet Yvonne Chiu, Co-Executive Director of the Multicultural Health Brokers Co-operative in Edmonton, Alberta. The co-operative is made up of immigrant community workers that support immigrants and refugees through health education, community development, and advocacy.The co-op offers various services to newcomers in many languages and at no cost.

Telelearning Session 17 Survey Winner!

Congratulations to Gloria Rendell from Northern Savings Credit Union, Prince Rupert BC!

She participated in Telelearning Session 17: Municipal Government Supports for the Social Economy and completed our online evaluation survey.

Gloria will receive a bag of coffee beans from Level Ground Trading Ltd.

Thank you for participating!

Telelearning Session 18: The Role of the Social Economy in Meeting Diverse Housing Needs

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS SUCCESSFUL TELE-LEARNING SESSION!

For the podcast of the complete session, please click here. (Mp3 file, 28.1 MB, 1 hour, 1 min)

Tuesday February 16th, 2010
9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern time)

SPEAKERS:

Global feminist conference launches 'Call for participation'

18 January 2010, Ottawa

A 'Call for Participation' was launched today for Women's Worlds 2011, a global feminist conference being held in Ottawa-Gatineau in July of 2011. (http://www.womensworlds.ca/call-participation)

$1 million SSHRC grant awarded for research on co-operatives

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is expected to announce in early February that Canada's co-operative sector, in partnership with four Canadian universities, has been awarded funding of $1 million over five years  to conduct research on the social, economic and environmental impact of co-operatives.