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Seminars and Lectures

Posted August 29th, 2008 by Vivian

The following seminars and lectures are available in podcasts and were organized in partnerships between the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy with other faculties, institutes and organizations.

Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization

Date: Wednesday June 16th, Noon-1pm
Location: Bob Wright Centre
Distinguished guest lecturer Stefano Zamagni spoke about the fundementals of sustainability in his recently published book titled Cooperative Enterprise:Facing the Challenge of Globalization. More>>
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Flourishing with a Co-operative Economy: Re-infusing Social and Ecological Values into Economic Systems and Models 

Date: Tuesday April 20, 6pm - 9pm
Location: #1-City Hall Centennial Square 6pm. 
Guest speakers Noel Keogh “A Culture of Sustainability: Re-embedding the Economy in Community and the Ecosphere” and James Rowe presented “Profit, Growth, and Sustainable Economies”.  There was a  display of local co-operative businesses as well as a Citizen-led discussion on the economy. More>>
Facilitating Social Enterprise with James A. Powell April 9th, 2010
Date: Tuesday April 9, 2-4pm
Location: Bob Wright Centre 
James A. Powell, OBE & Professor of Academic Enterprise, University of Salford, UK will presentd co-designing community and social enterprise  – an experience from the North of England, UK.   James has forged innovative approaches to ‘place management, social capital and learning regions, improving the  partnerships and working relationships between academics, community and civic leaders.  This strategic collaborative engagement has resulted in significant increases in returns in sustainable third sector or social economy streams.
Listen to podcast of James Powell Lecture
In addition, Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, Director of CCCBE & Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Michael Litchfield,  MA Law student and Graduate Research Fellow at CCCBE co-presented: Fostering social enterprise and innovation in Canada.

Listen to podcast of Ana Maria Peredo and Michael Litchfield
Rupert Downing, Co-Director, Canadian Social Economy Hub presented his findings in Global Local Movement: An  international overview of the policy developments to strengthening the role of Social Enterprises in socio-economic development.
 
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Listen to the podcast of Rupert Downing Presentation.
Then the panel engaged in a discussion about the broader streams of understanding around the facilitation of Social Enterprise.
 Listen to the Q & A from all speakers
For more information on James A. Powell visit http://www.ae.salford.ac.uk/james-powell/




Transforming and Preserving Traditional Peruvian Mountain Cultures

Date: February 5th, 2010. 


Location: Ceremonial Hall First Peoples House, University of Victoria
Ashley Akins, Director of Mosqoy and President of the Q'ente Textile Revitalization Society and Rolando Auccapuri Iturriaga, Mosqoy Alumnus and 2010 Mosqoy Ambassador
 were guest speakers.
Ashley and Rolando shared their experience with indigenous traditions and lifestyles of Quechua communities in the Sacred Valley of Peru, and the perpetual challenges they face in trying to keep their culture alive. Rolando will share his experience as first generation alum from Mosqoy and how a changing globalized world has impacted his community. Ashley will discuss her views as an outsider who first visited Peru in 2006, and has since dedicated her life to doing what she can to help. 


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Financing Aboriginal Enterprise: Is there a role for Co-operative Models?
Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson, Associate Professor, Department of
Management and Marketing; Director, Centre for the Study of
Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan

Getting the Message Out: Successful Models for Co-operative Enterprise Development
Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson, Associate Professor, Department of
Management and Marketing; Director, Centre for the Study of
Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan

Co-operatives, Community Health Care and the Social Economy in Sweden:


Some Observations on their Current State and Legal Issues

Per-Olof Jonsson, Vice President, International Health Co-operative Organization (IHCO)

Socioeconomic Inequality, Social Capital, Wellbeing & Health - Casual Relationships with the Case of the Kibbutz Communities
Uriel Leviatan, PhD, University of Haifa

Organizational Committment
Uriel Leviatan, PhD, University of Haifa

 

2009 Spring Speakers Series: Ideas for a Grassroots Economy