Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network

Partenariat sur l’économie sociale et la durabilité

Bridging, Bonding, and Building / Renforcement des liens et des capacités

 

 

 

Mobilizing Knowledge and Action: Social Economy Research in Atlantic Canada

 

October 17-19, 2008

 

The Battery Hotel and Conference Centre

 

 

 

·        Celebration of accomplishments to date

 

·        Bridging and bonding across team and progress on synthesizing research findings

 

·        Dissemination to audiences beyond our team

 

·        Building basis for action – using research as a foundation for informed policy discussions

 

·        Strengthening foundation for future collaborations for years 4, 5 and beyond

 

 

 

Co-Chairs:  Dr. Leslie Brown (Network Director) and Ms. Penelope Rowe (Network Co-Director)

 

 

     Programme

 

FRI.

Oct. 17

Location

Activities

Comments

1:30 – 3:00pm

Fairmont Hotel (KIM site)

 

 

Session # 1

KIM Sessions D and E

 

David Upton’s SN3 and Colleen MacQuarrie’s SN2 session at KIM

 

KIM session D. Role of Teaching in Outreach  -  (Penton, Upton)

 

KIM Session E. Best Practices in KMb - Communication to facilitate knowledge transfer  -  (Kearley, Gutberlet, MacQuarrie)

 

 

3:30-5:00pm

Fairmont Hotel (KIM site)

 

 

Session # 2

KIM Session D

 

Omer Chouinard’s SN4 session at KIM

 

 

 

KIM Session D. Influencing Public Policy   -  (Marland/Williams, Rietmanove, Chouinard)

 

After this session, our team and KIM participants will be asked to move over to the Battery for our team’s poster session

 

3:30 – 6:30pm

Battery

Session # 3

Open information and Poster Session

Reception

 

Note:  all posters will be on display from 3:30-6:30; researchers will be available for discussion at their posters as follows:

4:30-5:15 – Poster Displays

(Mapping ;  Policy; Immigration Research )

 

5:00-5:45 – Poster Displays

(Co-operatives ;  Communications)

 

5:15 (approx) - welcoming remarks from Co-Chairs and Co-op Week highlights

 

5:30-6:15 – Poster Displays

( Management/Governance ;  Research with Aboriginal Communities;   Mobilization Research)

Opportunity to talk with and learn from team members and invited guests

 

Co-op Week Displays – featuring Co-op Survey poster and related materials

 

HUB display booth with information from other regional nodes and national SE Student Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAT.

Oct. 18

Location

Activities

Comments

9:15 – 10:45

Battery

Session #4

The Social Economy in Atlantic Canada:  An Emerging Portrait

 

Chair:  Leslie Brown

 

Team Presentations:

- Co-operatives (Luc Thériault)

- Social Enterprises (George Karaphillis )

- Non-profit and Voluntary sector (Penelope Rowe)

 

Discussant and View from outside the region:

- Jean Marc Fontan, Director, ARUC

 

Group Discussion – 25 minutes

 

NOTE:  This session will be audio cast live to website and video-taped for later podcast on our Network’s public website – please ensure you complete consent form in registration package

 

 

11-12:30

Battery

Session #5

Conceptualizing the SE: What’s in a Definition?

 

Chair:  David Daughton

 

Team Presentations:

Omer Chouinard

Seth Asimakos

Leslie Brown

Group Discussion

NOTE:  This session will be audio cast live to website and video-taped for later podcast on our Network’s public website

 

1:30 – 3

Battery

Session #6

Team Workshop - Communicating in the Social Economy

 

Facilitators:  Penelope Rowe and Ivan Emke, SN6 Co-Coordinators

What we have learned and how to apply our knowledge about innovative communication and dissemination.

3:30 – 5

Battery

Session # 7

Team Workshop – Research Product Evaluation

 

Facilitator:  Irené Novaczek, SN2 Coordinator and member Mobilization Working Group

 

Presentation - Kim Kienapple – Network Self-Evaluation research

Group Discussion

Review various ways we are evaluating our activities and processes (Node and SNs).

 

We will decide on process for moving forward with self-evaluation products.

 

 

 

SUN.

Oct. 19

Location

Activities

Comments

9:15 – 11:00

Battery

 

 

 

Session # 8

Team Workshop: Planning for collaborative research and dissemination

 

Introduction and Description of the Process (Leslie Brown)

Jointly chaired and facilitated by team members

 

At least one person from each SN to participate in each theme group:

  1. Portraiture (facilitated by Luc Thériault)
  2. Policy (facilitated by Peter Hough)
  3. Mobilization (facilitated by David Upton)
  4. Measurement and Financing (facilitated by Elizabeth Hicks)

 

What have we learned and how do we mobilize that knowledge?

 

Discussion topics:

A.  Key contributions so far to knowledge about the SE in each of these four areas?

B.  Collaboration in dissemination (What venues? Who will do what?)

C.  Contribution to our policy agenda and build-up to 2009 Policy Conference (Possible discussion papers, other plans?)

 

Contributions to Knowledge Worksheet