• Do you have questions about the Social Economy?
• Are you interested in Social Economy research and practice?
• Do you believe that we can better provide economic and social well-being to peoples around the globe?

CSEHub and BALTA are pleased to invite your participation in two upcoming telelearning sessions!

Session 8: Prospects and Challenges of the U.K Community Sustainability Act

March 19, 2008 - The fourth guest in Co-operation and the Social Economy: The 2008 BCICS/CSEHub Winter Speaker Series was Vanessa Hammond, member of the local co-op developer's co-op, The First Ownership Co-op (www.ownership.coop). Vanessa presented a lively lecture on her work helping to provide development and marketing assistance to women's co-operatives on behalf of the Co-operative Development Foundation.

The BC Institute for Co-operative Studies/Canadian Social Economy Hub and the School of Public Administration present...

Bridging the Gap: Between the Ideal and Reality in the Governance of Non-Profit Organizations

with Vic Murray, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria

Thursday, March 6th
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Collard Room, Swans Hotel

CSEHub, CCEDNet, RIPESS, Économie solidaire de l'Ontario, and BALTA are pleased to invite your participation in an upcoming telelearning session!

• How does civil society influence public policy?
• How does it compete with private and public services on employment issues?

February 7, 2008 - The second guest in Co-operation and the Social Economy: The 2008 BCICS/CSEHub Winter Speaker Series was Jorge Sousa, assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Jorge presented on his work with the Atkinson Housing Co-op in Toronto, and discussed the challenges and rewards of co-operative housing development by using examples of conversion processes and new developments.

How do students become engaged in studies related to the Social Economy? What support do they require? How do they access information and resources? How do they make the transition from researchers to practitioners, or vice versa? Do student researchers at social economy organizations view their work as simple employment, or as training for their future careers, or... both?

January 24, 2008 - Robin Tunnicliffe was the inaugural lecturer in Co-operation and the Social Economy: The 2008 BCICS/CSEHub Winter Speaker Series, and presented on her research and practical experience as a farmer and member of a co-operatively-run organic product marketing group. If you would like to listen to the podcast of this talk, please click here.

The BC Institute for Co-operative Studies and the Canadian Social Economy Hub presents our

2008 BCICS/Canadian Social Economy Hub Winter Speakers Series

This series features presentations by UVic academics, graduate students, visiting faculty, and practitioners discussing topics related to Co-operatives and the Social Economy. These presentations are free and open to all members of the public and university community.
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Co-operating for Local Food Security: The Story of Saanich Organics

The Social Economy Centre of the University of Toronto invites you to the next event in our speaker series on Wednesday, January 16th, from noon to 1:30 pm (EST):

Mapping The Social Economy: Three Views
with
David Lasby, Mark Ventry&Sherida Ryan

The event will also be webcast live on the internet.

Please see our website for detailed instructions: HTTP://SOCIALECONOMY.UTORONTO.CA