Latest Updates

• The SERNNoCa Research Program funding ended in February 2012. 
  We will continue to post final research reports and information to the website to support the dissemination of information.  A new northern social sciences research program is now underway involving many of the same partners in this research network. The new program "Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic" (ReSDA) examines the impacts of resource developments on northern communities. Details of the programs are available at http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/resda.
• New Magazine - Northern Public Affairs  http://www.northernpublicaffairs.ca/index/  Call for Submissions April 30
• Funding for applied research relating to the nonprofit sector through the Institute for Non-profit Studies, Mount Royal University.  Deadline for letter of Intent - April 13, 2012.
• HRSDC Funding available: Open Call for Proposals
  - Youth Homelessness: Promising Practices for Prevention and Reduction.
  Deadline to apply - February 29, 2012.
• Nunavik Symposium on the Social Economy, February 6-7, 2012 in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik.

Latest Research Reports

Under Review:

• "Social Capital an the Social Economy in the Canadian North: A Preliminary Analysis"
  by Danielle McLean, Chris Southcott and Jianye Liu.

Current:

• 2011.  Researching the Social Economy in Canada's North: Reflections on Node Partnerships and Processes  Chapter 9 in "Community-University Research Parterships: Reflections on the Canadian Social Economy Experience".  University of Victoria.  https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/3878
• Research Report RR#1 - 2010  
  The Social Economy and Nunavut: Barriers and Opportunities
  Chris Southcott, Valoree Walker, Jennifer Wilman, Carrie Spavor and Karen MacKenzie 
  Read RR#1 Summary
• Research Report RR#2- 2011
  Yellowknife's Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector: A Portrait of a Northern Social Economy
  Jerald Sabin
  Read RR#2 Summary

Upcoming Events

Local

Whitehorse, Yukon

May 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM  Research Networking Workshop at Yukon College Details at:  http://homelesshub.ca/ResourceFiles/Documents/workshop_poster_print.pdf

May 24, 2012  9:00 AM   Public Launch of Policy Report at the Old Firehall in downtown Whitehorse. Details at: http://homelesshub.ca/ResourceFiles/Documents/may24_launchposter_print.pdf

Regional

National

• Rural Research Workshop:  Policy and Research in Community Investment  Ottawa, ON May 24-25, 2012.
• Fifth Annual ANSER conference  The Changing Role of Nonprofits and the Social Economy
  Sir Wilfrid Laurier University & the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
  May 29 to June 1, 2012
• Cooperating for Change in the International Year for Cooperatives.   Université du Québec à Montréal  Montreal, Quebec June 24th-27th, 2012

International

• Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  January 10-12, 2012.
• Imagine 2012 - International Conference on Co-operative Economic
  Quebec City, Canada,
  October 6-8, 2012
• 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives
  Quebec City, Canada,
  October 8-11, 2012 

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