International Conference of Management: Governance, Management and Firm Performance in Social and Solidarity Economy. What specificities ?

Thursday 4th of November and Friday 5th of November 2010.

The ambition of the conference is to federate the works of scholars in management who are interested in social and solidarity economy and to share knowledge with professionals of the sector.

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

For the podcast of the complete session, please click here. (Mp3 file, 29.4 MB, 1 hour, 4 mins)

Friday, January 15th 2010, 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern time)

1. What role does the municipal government play in the social economy sector?
2. What are the best practices in municipal support of the social economy sector?

The CSEHub has produced a new thematic newsletter on poverty reduction. Please click here to read about Canadian initiatives, projects and resources.

Published on Thu Oct 15, 2009 – thestar.com

What is most disturbing about Canada's food system is not the degraded quality, the impact on health, the devastation of natural resources from industrial fishing and farming, the impoverishment of food producers, the inequitable access that leaves so many Canadians undernourished, or even the safety scares that have us checking for recalls along with prices.

GUELPH, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 8, 2009) - Professor Jack Quarter has helped keep a spotlight on co-operatives and credit unions in education for more than 25 years.



Ontario co-operators will thank him at the Ontario Co-operative Association (On Co-op) 11th Annual Co-operative Spirit Recognition Awards at the Co-op Conference and Gala to be held Oct. 14 at Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, ON. He will receive the Outstanding Contribution to the Ontario Co-operative Association Award.

A year ago, a group of people, from the region of Eastern Ontario, has started a social enterprise in communication, so the newspaper the Musketeers was created. Democratizing the information, the community bilingual newspapers reveals activities, highlights, news and chronicles  reaching out more than 20,000 homes.

www.journaldesmousquetaires.com/

Thank you to all participants of December 3rd's Telelearning session titled Building a People Centered Economy and, and to those who shared your reflections.  Your thoughts will help us continue to offer sessions that are relevant and engaging to practitioners, to researchers and to civil society.

Participants who filled out our evaluation survey were entered into a draw. The winner of Level Ground Trading Inc. direct fair trade coffee is (drum roll please!)..