Latest Updates

• Dr. Chris Southcott will present the final results of the SERNNoCa Portraiture research of the social economy in northern Canada at Yukon College in Room A2103 on February 28, 2013 at noon.  Details of the presentation and social economy film showing here. Everyone is welcome to attend.
• 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.
• PovertyFreeNWT Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/PovertyFreeNWT/472164742815542   
• New Magazine - Northern Public Affairs  http://www.northernpublicaffairs.ca/index/  Call for Submissions April 30
• 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

Regional

• 2013 Northern Housing Conference: Housing Outside the Box. 
  Whitehorse, YT
  March 26-27, 2013
• 11th Annual First Nations Northern Housing Conference
  Thunder Bay, ON
  February 12-14, 2013
• October 19, 2012.  2012 Manitoba CD/CED Gathering. Keynote speaker - Raj Patel.  Churchil High School, Winnipeg Manitoba. http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/2012mbgathering

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

• Co-operatives United. World Festival and International Cooperative Alliance Expo. 
  Manchester Central, UK
  October 29 - November 2, 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 

Students