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Impact: The Co-operators Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership

Deadline for application: February 27, 2009

Link to Conference Website: http://www.impactyouthsustainability.ca/en/

September 24-27, 2009 Guelph, Ontario
180 university and college students from across Canada
Explore real sustainability solutions with national business and sustainability leaders
All conference expenses paid! Apply before February 27, 2009

Achieving sustainability requires a multi-disciplinary approach and a broad social commitment. It also requires the energy and passion of youth.

That's why The Co-operators has launched an unprecedented partnership of business, academia and non-government organisations to bring together students from all fields of study from across Canada to develop and implement real sustainability solutions for their current lives and their future careers.

If you are between 19-25 and attending a Canadian university or college in any discipline, apply now for this extraordinary opportunity.

All conference, transportation, accommodation and meal expenses will be fully covered.

CASC Fall 2008 Newsletter and Call for Papers

The CASC (Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation) Fall 2008 Newsletter is available in English & French.

Please also see the CASC call for papers for 2009: English or French. The CASC Conference will take place at Carleton University in
Ottawa from May 27th to 29th, and abstracts are due January 30th.

Note that we will be celebrating CASC's 25th anniversary at this upcoming conference, and will also be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Co-operative Association.

Co-operative Health Care Conference

The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan, and the Community Health Co-operative Federation hosted a day-long conference on the topic of:

The Role of Co-operatives in Health Care; National and International Perspectives

October 30, 2008
TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

This event attracted researchers, health care administrators, practitioners, policy makers, elected officials and students.

Please see the attached Conference Agenda to link to conference presentations. Here is the Final Report.

For additional resources on the topic of co-operatives in health care check out the following links:

We would like to once again thank the sponsors whose generous support made this event possible.

A New Class from the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives

Beginning January 2008 / Fridays / Time TBA

Interdisciplinary Studies 898.3: Special Topics in Co-operatives and Sustainable Development

More information

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 27th International Congress of CIRIEC (International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) - that will take place in Seville on 22-24 September 2008.

The general theme of the congress is:
"Innovation and Management. The responses of public, social and co-operative economy enterprises to major challenges".

Here you will find information on the congress, including the call for papers.

We have the pleasure of informing you that Prof. Joseph Stiglitz will be with us as keynote speaker at the inaugural session.
The official Web site of the congress is www.congresociriec.es (which will shortly also be in English, French and German).

Happy 2008 and hope to see you in Seville

The Organizing Committee, CIRIEC
www.ulg.ac.be/ciriec and www.ciriec.es

CO-OPERATIVES AND INNOVATION: INFLUENCING THE SOCIAL ECONOMY.
SASKATOON, CANADA, 28 MAY – 1 JUNE 2007

Information on our upcoming hosted conference, a part of Congress 2007, is now available.

Saskatchewan Co-operative Youth Program

Saskatchewan Co-operative Youth summer seminars are an opportunity for 14-18 year olds to get away from it all, learn new things, make new friends, develop leadership skills and grow as an individual. For more information, see the website.

Centre Director, Lou Hammond Ketilson, is Principal Investigator on the SSHRC-funded project,

Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies and Sustainable Communities / Réseaux, connaissances, synergies : Entreprises sociales, économies intelligentes et communautés durables

Please visit our project website at the link above.

Deadline Extended Call for Papers

Économie et Solidarités: CIRIEC Canada Journal Special Edition on Social Economy, Public Economy, and Aboriginal Economic Development

Deadline for submissions is: 15 July 2007. For submission details and instructions, see Call for Papers.