SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Upcoming Workshops (Registration required)
January 22, 2010: Marketing for Nonprofit Organisations (waitlist only)

February 19: Human Resource Management in Community Organizations(full day)

March 26: Strategic Planning for Non-profits, Co-operatives and Other
Community Organizations (full day)

April 30: Fundraising in Non-profits and Community Organizations (full day)

May 21: Managing Change in Community Organizations (full day)

** Certificate offered for completion of 5 or more workshops **

Upcoming Lunchbox Speakers (No registration required and you can even see it via webcast)
January 20, 2010: Participatory Budgeting

February 17: Entrepreneurship in Worker Co-operatives

March 24: Social Capital Financing

April 14: Community Foundations/Innovative Foundations

May 19: Green Energy Act

See the University of Toronto Social Economy Centre website for more info.

Social Economy Student Network (SESN) Student Conference on the Social Economy

Exploring the Role of the Social Economy in a Changing World,
June 1st 2010

This one-day Social Economy Student Network conference will be held at Concordia University in Montréal June 1st, 2010 (with a social event to follow). The Deadline for abstract submissions is March 1st, 2010. We invite anybody who has had experience working with and researching various aspects of the Social Economy to submit an abstract.

More info

Marketing for Social Economy

All day workshop in social economy marketing at OISE. Registration and fee required. More details go to:

http://sec.oise.utoronto.ca/english/pdfs/workshops/5woodkrause.pdf

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

Daniel Schugurensky, University of Toronto

Elizabeth Pinnington, Neighbourhood Support Coalition of Guelph

Steve Floros, Toronto Community Housing

January 20, 2010, noon - 1:30 pm

OISE 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto
Room 12-199
Bring your lunch and a mug. Water,
coffee and tea will be provided.

ANSER Graduate Student Research Award

The purpose of the ANSER award is to foster and acknowledge graduate research excellence in the field of nonprofits and the social economy in Canada.

Please note the timelines: Nomination Deadline: November 20, 2009
Review and award announcement: January, 2010
Presentation and research profile by recipients: ANSER Conference, June 2 - 4, 2010 at Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

Eligibility:

• Any full-time Landed Immigrant or Canadian graduate student who is focusing on nonprofit and social economy research

• Applications may be submitted in French or English

Selection criteria:
a. Research scholarship
b. Quality of research
c. Relevance to nonprofits and the social economy
d. Contribution to policy, governance, or sustainability of nonprofits and the social economy

Application process:
Submission of the following by the deadline date:

i. A two page outline of the research question/ methodology/ research partners/ expected contribution/ relationship to nonprofits and the social economy/ research timetable

ii. A CV (4 pages maximum) to include stage of study/ expected completion date/ bursaries or funding/ publications/ research experience

iii. Letter of support from supervisor or other to comment on quality of research scholarship and relevance to nonprofit and social economy

Awards: There will be two annual awards of $2,500 each with an additional $2,500 (total) to support Award recipient travel to the ANSER Conference. Award recipients will be asked to profile their research at the ANSER Conference.

Funds for the ANSER Graduate Student Award have been made possible by the Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Mount Royal College.

For more information contact:

Peter R. Elson

ANSER Awards Committee
c/o Institute for Nonprofit Studies
Mount Royal College
4825 Mount Royal Gate SW,
Calgary, AB T3E 6K6
(403) 440-8722
pelson@mtroyal.ca

Best of luck!

Suzanne Cook

Scholarship Opportunity

The Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub) is inviting proposals for research scholarships from practitioners and students under 30‐years old1 who are working in the Social Economy. This scholarship program is intended to promote original research by “emerging leaders” in the Social Economy that will advance knowledge for the sector, and enhance the capacity of successful candidates to further strengthen the Social Economy in academic and practitioner sectors in Canada.

The Program will provide scholarships of up to $3,000 per recipient towards salary replacement, national/international travel, or other actual costs of conducting research and producing a research report for publication by CSEHub. A review panel will assess proposals and make recommendations to the CSEHub Co‐Directors who will select the scholarship recipients.

The following is due Sept 19, 2009:
1. Completed application (found on CSEHub website under ‘Sharing Your Research’) 2. CV listing all publications, previous research experience, and two references 3. Letter of application outlining interest in continued work in strengthening the Social Economy, the rationale for the research proposal, its relevance to the policy priorities of CSEHub, the arrangements that have been or can be made to ensure sufficient time for the research and writing process, a proposed budget (including costs to be covered by the award), and a description of how the report and research data/findings will be put to use by practitioners/actors in the Social Economy 4. Two letters of support

For more information, or to submit a proposal, please email secoord@uvic.ca, or visit the website: www.socialeconomyhub.

Funding for Nonprofit Research

The Institute for Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal College has announced its second call for applied research funding proposals. You do not have to be affiliated with Mount Royal for your application to be considered.
A total of $40,000 is available for university researchers in two funding programs:

• a total of $15,000 is available in the applied research program; and

• up to $25,000 is available in the first partnership research program. Proposals must focus on nonprofit governance, sustainability, or policy.

DEADLINE for submitting a letter of intent is September 23rd, 2009. For complete details check out this LINK