Northern Summit on the Social Economy, Whitehorse

A Northern Summit on the Social Economy was held on November 2-4, 2010 in Whitehorse, Yukon

Over the past 4 years, the Social Economy Research Network has been working to create partnerships with organizations, university and college researchers and students to engage in exciting research collaborations to examine the social economy in Canada's North. As part of these activities we hosted a Northern Summit on the Social Eocnomy in order to share research information and hear from social economy organizations. Building sustainable, vibrant communities is the result of careful planning with information and resources that supports their development. We discussions ways social eocnomy groups current address some of the pressing social and economic issues facing communities and how it might be applied further in a northern context.

Thank you Air North, First Air and Canadian North for providing special airfares to support participants attending this event
 

Summit Information and Materials

Final Report     

   Background information

           Final Agenda

PowerPoint Presentations, Podcasts and Audio FilesPodcasts from the Summit available at: http://sernnoca.posterous.com/

Audio and Video Files

Wednesday November 3rd

• The Social Economy in Canada - What is it? - Rachelle McElroy, Canadian Social Economy Hub, University of Victoria
• The Northern Social Economy - Chris Southcott, Lakehead University (audio) (Video - YouTube link)
• The Importance of the Social Economy in the North - Ed McKenna, Nunauvt Anti-Poverty Secretariat, Iqaluit, NU (audio) (Video - YouTube link)

        Panel Discussions - representatives from Northern Social Economy organizations speak

• Past, present and political impact of resource extraction, Roger McMillan presents work of Brenda Parlee, University of Alberta
• Indigenous Communities and the Social Economy (Video - YouTube link)- David Natcher, University of Saskatchewan
• Social Economy Summit Streeters: What surprised you? Participants at the Summit were asked what surprised them as they heard the presentations.
• Why so few Co-operatives in the Yukon Territory: Kim Hardy, Cape Breton University
• The Alaska-Yukon border and its effect on food security in the North - Tobi Jeans, University of Saskatchewan and Glenna Tetlichi, research assistant from Old Crow.
• Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the NWT - Nick Falvo, Carleton University (audio) (Video - YouTube link)
• Women and the Northern social economy - Tomiko Hoshizaki, Lakehead University
• What do hard times do to the social economy?  Jerald Sabin, University of Toronto (audio) (Video - YouTube link)
• Northern approaches government connection to, and supports for the social economy and community economic development - Michael McCann, Yukon Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Office and Ed McKenna, Nunavut Antipoverty Secretariat
• Social Economy in the not-North: approaches form other parts of Canada - Brendan Reimer, Canadian Community Economic Development Network (audio) (Video - YouTube link)
• The Roles of Tourism, Recreation and Sport in the Social Economies of the Canadian North (Video -YouTube link)- Margaret Johnston, Lakehead University

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Powerpoint Presentations
Wednesday November 3rd

• Social Economy in Canada, Rachelle McElroy, Social Economy Hub, University of Victoria and Canadian CED Network
• The Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada, Chris Southcott, Lakehead University

• Indigenous Communities and the Social Economy: Theme IV, David Natcher, University of Saskatchewan
• The Roles of Tourism, Recreation and Sport in the Social Economies of the Canadian North, Margaret Johnston, Lakehead University
• Northern Resource Regimes and the Social Economy: Theme II, Roger McMillan and Brenda Parlee, University of Alberta
• Co-operatives in the Yukon, Kim Hardy and Doug Lionais, Cape Breton University
• Food Security, traditional economies and border issues for food sharing practices in the North. Tobi Jeans and Glenna Tetlichi, University of Saskatchewan
• Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the NWT. Nick Falvo, University of Ottawa
• Women at the Heart of the Social Economy: What motivates women to work in the social economy in Whitehorse, Yukon. Tomiko Hoshizaki, Lakehead University
• State and Society in a Northern Capital: Yellowknife's social economy in hard times. Jerald Sabin, University of Toronto.

• • Feasibility Study for Service Centre to support the social economy in the Yukon. Richard Runyon / Bruno Bourdache, Volunteer Yukon
  • Working together - Government connections and supports for the social economy and community development. Michael McCann, Yukon Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Strategy Office and Ed McKenna, Nunavut Anti-Poverty Secretariat.
  • Approaches to SE development examples from other parts of Canada - The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet). Brendan Reimer,Prairies Regional Coordinator, Canadian Community Economic Development Network.

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