Inner City Renovation on CBC June 30

CBC Televsion news "the National" has been preparing a feature on Inner City Renovation, its employees and general manager for the past week. The feature will be aired on June 30 as part of their series (Canadians making a difference). It will be on at 10PM on local CBC channel and on newsworld at 8 and 9 PM. You can also see it the next day on CBC website.

New book on the social economy

The Social Economy: Working Alternatives in a Globalizing Era
By Hasmet M Uluorta
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 17/12/2008
Pages: 256

About the Book

Critically examining economic developments within the last sixty years, this book argues that a crisis in global social reproduction is altering existing understandings of work, labour and the economy.

The author of this original volume, Hasmet M. Uluorta, contends that the crisis in the global economy is triggering a potential paradigm shift from one defined under the rubric of Employment to an alternative theorized as Work. Discussing the Employment paradigm that formed the dominant mode of development after the Second World War through to the 1970s, the author considers the economic and political forces that resulted in its eventual decline.

Focusing on already existing practices of organizations and workers in Toronto, Canada, the book goes on to consider the shift to Work and the consequent rise in the social economy which has broken down conventional categories of work and leisure. The author concludes that the social economy presents fundamental challenges to understandings that underpinned the previous economic order.

Building on insights from a range of disciplines, The Social Economy will be of interest to students and scholars of international political economy, international relations, labour studies, sociology, and globalization studies.

Link: http://www.routledge.com/9780415775939

Causeway Employment Opportunity (Social Finance)

Causeway is hiring a full time, 2 year contract position with a particular focus on building a social finance marketplace in Ontario. More information can be found here.

Causeway is a project of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) National, hosted at SiG@MaRS in Toronto

Who we are

Causeway is a national collaboration working to accelerate a social finance marketplace in Canada
This Initiative is being founded with the values of:
• Focusing on measurable, durable, scaling contributions;
• Building on the wisdom and m! omentum of the pioneering Canadian Social Finance Community; and,
• Serving the community from a comprehensive community interest perspective.

Job Description – Associate Coordinator - Causeway

24 month contract position, with Causeway Social Finance

Details of the position

• Full time contract position until September 2011
• Compensation type: salary
• Amount: Commensurate with experience. Range $41,000-$51,000 inclusive of MERC (mandatory
employment related costs)
• Applications due June 1st, 2009.

Just Published: Social Economy Stories

The Canadian CED Network has published 7 Social Economy stories designed to provide practitioners' perspectives on what the Social Economy means to them and their communities. These stories capture the human face of the sector and demonstrate the Social Economy as a real movement that is addressing the social, economic and environmental challenges of today in integrative and innovative ways.

These stories were developed by the Canadian CED Network as a partner in the Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub), with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. To download these stories and to learn more about CSEHub and the Canadian CED Network's involvement in this community university research alliance click here: www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/?q=en/our_work/socialeconomy/stories!

Speakers' Series: Green Collar Jobs

APRIL22 - GREEN COLLAR JOBS

When: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, noon - 1:30 pm.
Where: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto , 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Room 5-280.

Speakers:

John Cartwright (Labour Council, Toronto & York Region)… will discuss how a green economy must combine sustainability with equity and social justice. Can a green jobs strategy be developed that respects workers and communities in the face of corporate globalization?

Chalo Barrueta (Banyan Tree Community Initiatives)…will speak about a number of exciting projects the Banyan Tree Community Initiatives group is currently involved in. This discussion will focus on youth training and youth-led projects that work toward green, affordable housing solutions.

Melinda Zytaruk (The Fourth Pig Worker Co-Op Inc., Green Construction and Education Specialists)... will talk about why the Fourth Pig Worker Co-op chose the worker co-operative structure as an innovative economic model. She will discuss the opportunities for good green jobs in the growing natural, green building and renewable energy industries.


Bring your lunch and a mug – coffee, tea and water will be provided.

For more information, contact Lisa White at <secspeaker@oise.utoronto.ca> secspeaker@oise.utoronto.ca, or visit our website at http://socialeconomy.utoronto.ca

This event will also be webcast live on the Internet. Please see our website for detailed instructions.