15 Jan 2013
This is an amazing organization based out of the U.K. Their purpose: ”We harness women’s skills to create robust social businesses, projects, and networks, that create a positive social and environmental impact. Together with the network members, we are building trading and learning platforms to break through mainstream supply-chains.” Worth the time to check into [...] More →
4 Jan 2013
We believe that the revival and development of a modern micro-food processing industry sector in Ontario, which complements the larger players in the food processing industry would be in the best interests of any local foods value-chain oriented, market growth strategy, food security strategy (diversify supply lines) and rural economic development strategy (strong multiplier effect). [...] More →
30 Nov 2012
On November 14th, Ryan Lock, Keddy Chandran and I collaborated on an open lecture on the subject of the definition, meaning and potential of social enterprise. Information on this event is attached. The event has passed but for details see: http://www.uoguelph.ca/cme/sites/uoguelph.ca.cme/files/Social%20Enterprise%20Poster_1.pdf The lectures were video taped. You can find them here! http://youtu.be/fvl2LXy28mg (Petra Kassun-Mutch) http://youtu.be/FCW6gfyQsN0 (Keddy [...] More →
22 Aug 2012
The Zugunruhe Project and the Queen’s Centre for Responsible Leadership is collaborating again to bring you another informative workshop on the emerging social enterprise space in Toronto on Friday, September 21st from 9-4pm! The goal of the workshop is to emerging social enterprise sector’s “for profit” segment, including an introduction to the players, metrics, and emerging [...] More →
30 May 2012
Well here is a brief summary of the day! See the official write up below! Insights from first Discovery Learning Workshop on Social Enterprise On May 23rd, the Centre hosted the first in a series of Discovery Learning Workshops on Social Enterprise. This workshop series is designed to help participants learn about how we [...] More →
29 May 2012
OK. I am a social enterprise nerd, among other things. And so it would not be surprising that I would leave a whole day spent learning and talking about the fast evolving social enterprise landscape with great enthusiasm. On May 23rd, I along with the wonderful people from the Centre for Responsible Leadership at the [...] More →
22 May 2012
For those of you who continually search for less confusing or constraining definitions of social enterprise, I wanted to direct you to www.socialtraders.com. This organization launched a seminal research project called FASES. The FASES research is a unique collaboration between Social Traders and the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) at Queensland [...] More →
30 Apr 2012
I have recently become interested in exploring historical views on the role of the entrepreneur in society. Questions like ”How have entrepreneurs been defined and viewed over the past two centuries?” And ”Are social entrepreneurs or social purpose enterprises really all that new? ” are a preoccupation these days. During my search, I [...] More →
25 Apr 2012
The Queens’ School of Business (QSB)’s Centre for Responsible Leadership and The Zugunruhe Project is proud to present a series of Discovery Workshops focused on the emerging social enterprise space. The first workshop in the series, entitled “UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: THE LANDSCAPE, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES” will be held Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at the Queen’s School of [...] More →
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