Public sector leaders and key practitioners will take turns spending three to four minutes identifying their three key public policy “must do’s” to help social enterprise maximize its potential. This is followed by a free flowing discussion and then a twenty minute Q&A with the audience.
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Too often practitioners and researchers find themselves on either side of a linguistic, technical, and cultural divide. Building on a pre-SEWF 2013 research day at Mount Royal University, this session looks at how then can this relationship be explored in a way that honours the contribution of both researchers and practitioners.
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This session will look at social enterprise policy development with a rural lens. Policy leaders and practitioners in rural social enterprise from across Canada and internationally will share their experience. An international panel of intermediaries and practitioners will present and discuss the features of a social enterprise policy framework to meet the needs of rural communities.
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In many ways Quebec is a leader in developing social enterprises and its social impact sector. Lessons learned from a jurisdictional leader in the field.
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Rural communities have unique ways of addressing key challenges such as distance, size of market, lack of infrastructure and services, out-migration of youth, and the devastation brought about by branch closings, whether it be a grocery store or a manufacturing plant. Learn how various intermediaries and rural social enterprises from around the world have risen to these challenges, and helped preserve the viability of their communities.
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Building healthier communities and a stronger non-profit sector through social enterprise using research to show non-profit social enterprise success.
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A look at the many ways purchasing policies can influence social enterprise including Community Benefit Agreements, purchasing policy, impact of trade agreements and more. The session will include an overview of Scotland (commonwealth games), Pan Am Games and the Olympic games.
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The capacity for social enterprise must be understood in the context of local ecosystems – an area’s particular concentration of interconnected organizations, institutions and capacities. This session looks at the latest insights that will help you understand your ecosystem and maximize your impact.
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There are significant differences in public policy and practice as different jurisdictions around the world seek to support the development of social enterprise. Yet there are also common patterns that practitioners and policy makers can learn and benefit from. This session captures the key common insights from these international experiences while reflecting on how these common insights can, and should, be modified to take particular local dynamics into account.
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