The Association for Non-Profit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) June 2-4, 2010, Concordia University, Montreal www.anser-ares.ca/index.html
ANSER held its annual conference as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University, June 2 to 4, 2010. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University was the keynote speaker on Wednesday, June 2nd.
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences May 28 – June 4th, 2010 Concordia University, Montreal www.congress2010.ca
Organized under the supervision of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, this will be an opportunity for the more than 9 000 delegates from more than 70 universities and 70 scholarly associations to come and experience everything Concordia and Montreal has to offer.
This 30-page document produced by the Canadian Co-operative Association features a collection of profiles that provide examples of how Canadians have used the co-operative model in innovative ways. It shows that, far from being powerless, we can, through co-operation, forge new futures for ourselves, our communities and our country. Click here to find the document.
The Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub) and the Steering Committee for the 2010 National Summit on a People-Centred Economy are offering a series of telelearning sessions based on two series of papers that cover four important themes within Canada. One series is being developed as Knowledge Mobilization papers by CSEHub researchers, and the other series has been prepared as issue papers for the 2010 National Summit on a People-Centred Economy.
Phil Ferraro est cofondateur et codirecteur de l’Institute for Bioregional Studies de Charlottetown, Î.-P.-É. L’institut organise des forums sociaux environ toutes les deux semaines à Charlottetown. Phil Ferraro a joué un rôle central dans le projet et l’organisation de ces forums communautaires.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOLDS CO-OP POLICY FORUM More than 40 co-op leaders, consultants and social enterprise experts from across Canada gathered in Ottawa on March 23-24 to talk to the federal government about policies and programs in support of co-operatives. "Towards 2012: Building a Conducive Environment for Co-operatives" was the first in a series of dialogues organized by the government's Co-operatives Secretariat aimed at shaping federal policy and setting the stage for the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives.
The Social Economy Student Network
Phil Ferraro est cofondateur et codirecteur de l’Institute for Bioregional Studies de Charlottetown, Î.-P.-É. L’institut organise des forums sociaux environ toutes les deux semaines à Charlottetown. Phil Ferraro a joué un rôle central dans le projet et l’organisation de ces forums communautaires.
