2011 PRI-Mistra Academic Conference

Tessa Hebb and three 3ci graduate students, Heather Hachigian, Gabriel Huppe and Hugues Letourneau present 4 new papers on responsible investing at the Annual Principles for Responsible Investing Academic Network Conference held September 26th to 28th in Sigtuna, Stockholm.  3ci had the single largest contingent of students at the conference, marking the important role that graduate students play in our research.  Abstracts and presentations are available.

• Tessa Hebb 
• Heather Hachigian  
• Gabriel Huppe and
• Hugues Letourneau

(Photos courtesy Hugues Letourneau)

3ci Team to Attend SERNNoCa’s Northern Summit on the Social Economy

The Social Economy and Research Network of Northern Canada (SERNNoCa) will hold its final summit meeting in Yellowknife on November 21-23, 2011. The summit will involve northern community activists, researchers and teachers, as well as researchers from the rest of Canada. Among the presenters and panel discussants are 3ci’s Academic Director Frances Abele, and 3ci researchers Nick Falvo, Joshua Gladstone, Sheena Kennedy and Jerald Sabin.

Frances Abele is the director of The State and the Social Economy in the North research theme, one of the four research themes guiding SERNNoCa’s work.  She will present an overview of the findings of research in this theme. Nick Falvo will present on Housing and Being Homeless in Yellowknife. Joshua Gladstone will cover Northern Economic Development and the Social Economy: Public Policy Questions for Nunavut. Sheena Kennedy will discuss The Igloolik Socio-Economic Baseline Study (2009-2010). Jerald Sabin will present twice, on different aspects of the social economy in Yellowknife.

To learn more about SERNNoCa and the Yellowknife summit, please click here.

Improving Access to University Education in the Canadian Arctic

Thierry Rodon and the ArcticNet research project Improving Access to University Education in the Canadian Arctic: Learning from Past Experiences and Listening to Inuit Student Experiences will be holding a worshop in Kuujjuaq on November 22nd, 2011 with representatives from Northern and Southern institutions involved in Inuit post-secondary education. This workshop follows the one held at Carleton University in March, which focused on sharing experiences. The Kuujjuaq workshop will discuss the issues of sustainaing successful programs and developing the best model for a university in Northern Canada. For more information on the ArcticNet research project please visit the following link: http://www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca/research/summary.php?project_id=77

Frances Abele and BEACEN collaborator Ian Mauro to participate on a panel at the 3rd Canadian Science Policy Conference

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CBERN/ UBC Symposium on SRI and the Extractive Sector

3ci presented new work on the Impact of Engagement at CBERN/ UBC Symposium on SRI and the Extractive Sector.  Rupert Allan and Tessa Hebb presented their research paper (second author Hugues Letourneau) Shareholder Engagement in the Extractive Sector at the symposium Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and Canadian Extractive Industries hosted by the University of British Columbia and CBERN on September 10-11th 2011.  The symposium brought together one dozen speakers from the legal, investment, NGO, academic and industry communities to discuss a range of legal, policy and financial issues concerning how investors attempt to influence the social and environmental performance of extractive industries and to consider potential reforms. For paper abstract click here. For presentation click here.

3ci Welcomes a Visiting Researcher from Brazil

Thales Speroni is a master's student in Sociology. at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The university's campus is located in Porto Alegre, in the southern region of Brazil. Thales's researches probes the construct of subjectivity in the workplace. He is currently studying the solidarity economy and the impact on the relationship of workers and their labour. With support from his Alma Matter (UFRGS), Thales will arrive at Carleton University in mid October and collaborate with experts interested in understanding the Brazillian Solidarity Economy. The primary objective of this cooperative exchange is to build strategic networks between the Sociology Graduate Program at UFRGS and the 3Ci. From March to August of next year (2012), Thales will be part of 3ci team through the program "Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program" (ELAP). This program is promoted by the Canadian Bureau for International Education, which encourages research collaborations in disciplines that promote good governance, prosperity, peace and security and economic development. Thales plans to capitalize on this unique opportunity to obtain a greater grasp of Canada's social economy.

Social Gold: Financing Strategies for Non-Profits in a Turbulent World

On September 22, Public Policy Professor Ted Jackson addressed 100 delegates at the 52nd annual general meeting of Community Living Quinte West in Trenton, Ontario. Professor Jackson's mother, Ann Jackson, also a Carleton alumna,was a leader in the community living field in the North Grenville area. And his sister is on the board of CLQW.  He spoke on the need for non-profits to diversify their revenue sources by mining new veins of "social gold:" high-value assets that take the form of donations, legacy gifts, innovation, technology, leadership and volunteer skills.  Especially in a time of turbulence in the world economy, non-profits must work harder to find and deploy these assets as they navigate forward.  To read Professor Jackson's presentation, click here.