International Conference Call For Papers - Creating and Diffusing Social Innovations, November 8-9, 2007 (Francais)

Bonjour,

Nous sommes heureux de vous rappeler que le Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES) organise présentement son Deuxième colloque international qui se tiendra les 8 et 9 novembre 2007 à l'Université du Québec à Montréal (Québec, Canada) sous le thème de Créer et diffuser l'innovation sociale. De l'initiative à l'institutionnalisation.

La date limite pour soumettre une proposition de communication a été fixée au 31 janvier 2007 à 17h00. Pour de plus amples renseignements, nous vous invitons à consulter l'appel à communications en pièce jointe. Par ailleurs, cet appel à communications est également disponible à la page suivante du site Internet du CRISES : www.crises.uqam.ca/pages/fr/activites.aspx. L'appel est disponible en français, en anglais et en espagnol.

Le comité organisateur de ce Deuxième colloque international du CRISES vous invite également à faire suivre cet appel à toutes les personnes susceptibles d'être intéressées de votre réseau, équipe, département ou centre de recherche.

Le comité organisateur :

The Organization Committee:
Denis Harrisson, (UQAM)
Paul Leduc Browne (UQO)
Guy Bellemare (UQO)
Judith Lapierre (UQO)
Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University)
Pierre-Joseph Ulysse (Université de Montréal)

Très cordialement,

Mélanie Fontaine
Agente de recherche, coordination
CRISES
Courriel: fontaine.melanie@uqam.ca
Téléphone: (514) 987-3000 poste 1647
Télécopieur: (514) 987-6913

Adresse postale:

CRISES
Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, succ.
Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec)
H3C 3P8

International Conference Call For Papers - Creating and Diffusing Social Innovations, November 8-9, 2007 (English)

The Center for Research on Social Innovations (CRISES) is proud to announce its Second International Conference which will be held on November 8th and 9th, 2007 at Université du Québec à Montréal (Québec, Canada) under the theme Creating and Diffusing Social Innovations: from Initiative to Institutionalization.

With regard to the Conference, please take note that all communication proposals must be sent prior to or on January 31st, 2007 – before 5 o'clock. For further information, we invite you to consult the call for papers in attachment. This call for papers is also accessible on the CRISES Website: www.crises.uqam.ca/pages/fr/activites.aspx. It is available in French, English and Spanish.

The Organization Committee of this Second International Conference of CRISES also invites you to transfer this message to anyone from your network, team, department or research center likely to be interested.

The Organization Committee:
Denis Harrisson, (UQAM)
Paul Leduc Browne (UQO)
Guy Bellemare (UQO)
Judith Lapierre (UQO)
Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University)
Pierre-Joseph Ulysse (Université de Montréal)

Cordially,

Mélanie Fontaine
Agente de recherche, coordination
CRISES
Courriel: fontaine.melanie@uqam.ca
Téléphone: (514) 987-3000 poste 1647
Télécopieur: (514) 987-6913

Adresse postale:

CRISES
Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, succ.
Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec)
H3C 3P8

Building Co-op Futures Conference, University of Guelph May 23-26, 2007

Up to 150 young co-operators from around the world are expected to gather at the University of Guelph May 23-26, 2007 as On Co-op hosts the Fifth Annual Building Co-op Futures Conference.

Issues to be discussed include Renewable Energy, Conservation, Organics and Food Supply, and Ethical Trading.

This is the first time the BCF conference has been held in Ontario. Will your organization be sending someone to this influential conference?

For more information, please contact:

Cynthia Lushman

Education Officer

clushman@ontario.coop

Calandar of Upcoming On Co-op Events

Mark your calendars now for these important 2007 dates:

February 15 - On Co-op mid-year members' meeting
April 30 - Deadline to submit Spirit Award nominations
May 5 - CYL 40th anniversary celebration
May 23-26 - Building Co-op Futures Conference
June 1 - Early bird deadline for submitting applications to Co-op Young Leaders camp
June 15 - On Co-op AGM
June 27-29 - CCA AGM and national congress
June 30-Aug 18 - CYL 2007 sessions
October 17 - Co-op Conference and Gala and presentation of Spirit Recognition Awards

For more information contact:

Mark Ventry
Member Services and Marketing Officer
The Ontario Co-operative Association
#101-450 Speedvale Ave. W., Guelph ON N1H 7Y6
mventry@ontario.coop
Tel 519.763.8271 or 1.888.745.5521
Fax 519.763.7239
www.ontario.coop

Lunchbox Speakers' Series - Slow Food Movement: January 17, 2007

The Social Economy Centre (OISE/UT) Lunchbox Speakers' Series Presents

Slow Food Movement: Building a Global Social Economy for Good, Clean and Fair Food

Debbie Field,
Executive Director, Foodshare

Wednesday, January 17, 2007, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto.
Room 12-199

The Slow Food Movement started in Italy a decade ago as a protest against "Fast Food" as McDonald’s moved to establish an outlet in Rome near the Spanish steps. Now it is a global movement which encompasses food producers and community food activists. Debbie Field, the Executive Director of FoodShare, an innovative nonprofit dealing with issues of food security, was one of the Canadian delegates who attended Terra Madre, the second world meeting of food communities. Held in Turin, Italy in October 2006, Terra Madre brought together almost 9,000 people in Turin: 4,803 farmers, breeders, fishers and artisan food producers from 1,583 food communities and 150 nations; 953 cooks; 411 professors and representatives from 225 universities; 2,320 observers and guides; 776 volunteers. Debbie will be talking about the Slow Food Movement and what we as social economy activists can learn from this multi-class international alliance.

This event will be webcast and we will accept questions via e-mail from remote participants. Go to the following webpage for detailed instructions to set up for and view the webcast: http://sec.oise.utoronto.ca/english/webcast.php

For more information, go to http://sec.oise.utoronto.ca/english/lectures.php or contact
Sherap Winn at swinn@oise.utoronto.ca or (416) 923-6641, extension 2087