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Social Enterprise: Building Opportunities Webinar

Submitted by dfoolen on January 9th, 2018 9:04 AM
Date: 
Thursday, January 18th, 2018 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

In this webinar, you will hear about how three social enterprise organizations are empowering and creating opportunities for adults across Canada, through a rural, regional, and urban approach. The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) is a national member-led organization committed to strengthening Canadian communities by creating economic opportunities that enhance social and environmental conditions. The Learning Exchange is a community resource for adult support, individualized learning, skill development, and access to employment in Saint John, New Brunswick. Empowering adults to achieve their education and employment goals through responsive programming and training supported by our social enterprises. Co-operatives First is a business development organization focused on increasing awareness and understanding of the co-op business model in rural and Indigenous communities across western Canada. Their goal is to help groups build new businesses and support community development.

The webinar is hosted by the Rural Policy Learning Commons [1].  The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is a member of the Rural Policy Learning Commons. To register for this free webinar click here [2].  

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The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) brings together major academic fields concerned with creating strong communities, in Canada and around the world. The four highly respected programs in SEDRD share many common goals but approach them in different and complementary ways. This model reflects the imperatives in building authentic communities where planners, landscape architects, communicators, and citizens all play important interdependent roles in community strength.

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Academic Programs

  • Capacity Development and Extension
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Rural Planning and Development
  • Rural Studies

Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/sedrd/events/2018/01/social-enterprise-building-opportunities-webinar

Links
[1] http://www.rplc-capr.ca [2] https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nPxbvRUhRSuB7BuK4YUmVg