CSEHub, CCEDNet, RIPESS, Économie solidaire de l'Ontario, and BALTA are pleased to invite your participation in an upcoming telelearning session!
This special telelearning session features David Francis Thompson, CEO of Jobs Australia Limited, a national peak organization for more than 250 non-profit providers of employment and related services for the unemployed. With facilitation by Mike Lewis of the BC-Alberta Research Alliance on the Social Economy (BALTA), practitioners and researchers will discuss David's experiences within the Australian context and will be exposed to innovative ways of building effective and empowered communities. Please join us!
TELELEARNING SESSION PODCAST Click on the link below to listen to the telelearning session. MP3, 10.3 MB (We apologize for the below par sound quality!) |
Call Logistics:
Session Format: 1 Hour
Welcome: 5 minutes
Presentation: 20 minutes from the speaker
Discussion: 35 minutes
Registration: By Email or by Phone
Register by e-mailing telelearning@socialeconomyhub.ca with your name, location, and work or volunteer position. We will provide instructions on how to access the telelearning forum. Unfortunately, the session is only open to those residing in Canada. To register by phone call 1-250-472-4976.
Limited number of phone lines for session – so register soon!
Background readings:
David Francis Thompson
David Thompson is CEO of Jobs Australia Limited, a national peak organization for more than 250 non-profit providers of employment and related services for unemployed and is a founding Board member, current Director of NESA.
David is also Chair of the National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organizations Limited, Deputy President and Executive member of the Australian Council of Social Service, Chair, Jobs Australia Foundation, Chair, COMMACT International and President of its Australian Chapter, Chair of Community 21 Limited, a member of the federal government’s Welfare to Work Consultative Forum, Chair of DEWR’s Employment Services Disability Advisory Group and Representing Australia at RIPESS.