Events & Features - Speakers
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 19:00 - 21:00
Open Source Economics Looking for Meaning in a Throwaway World with Stephen Quilley
For two hundred years, people have experienced the flip-side of material prosperity as a loss of meaning – alienation, the loss of a sense of self-sufficiency, the feeling of being a cog in a vast machine. Stephen’s talk explored the significance of this quest for meaning – a meaningful relationship with other people, with our environment and with the products that we make, use and consume. In his talk, he...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 19:00 - 21:00
Fostering Platforms for Youth Led Social Innovation
with Chris Kang and Violetta Ilkiw
As part of SiG's speaker series, we hosted Violetta Ilkiw, of the Laidlaw Foundation and Chris Kang, Executive Director of Schools Without Borders. Chris and Violetta are widely respected experts in designing, implementing, and evaluating award winning approaches to education, community health and youth engagement. Chris, co-founded Schools Without Borders, an organzation that has raised over $4 million,...
Monday, May 16, 2011 (All day) - Thursday, May 19, 2011 (All day)
We are excited to share with you that Frances Westley, the J.W. McConnell Chair in Social Innovation at SiG@Waterloo, led a discussion at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden.
The discussions at the Symposium culminated in a memorandum signed by key Nobel Laureates. This memorandum was communicated and handed over to the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability appointed by the UN Secretary General to reflect on and formulate a new vision for...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 19:00 - 21:00
SiG@Waterloo's Innovators in Action Speaker Series will feature applications of social innovation on various issues within complex systems - this year's series focuses on education, youth social infrastructure, vulnerable populations, social technologies, community resilience and social finance. Each of the keynote speakers will share their experiences in working to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each presentation will be followed by a discussion with...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 (All day) - Thursday, June 9, 2011 (All day)
SiG@Waterloo's 2011 Innovators in Action Speaker Series featured applications of social innovation on various issues within complex systems - this year's series focused on education, youth social infrastructure, vulnerable populations, social technologies, community resilience and social finance. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences in working to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each presentation was followed by a discussion with local...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 17:45 - 20:00
Accelerator Centre, 295 Hagey Boulevard, Waterloo, N2L 6R5, Canada
Register at: http://cwrinvestingforimpact.eventbrite.com/
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INVESTING FOR IMPACT: Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good
Join Capacity Waterloo Region and Social Venture Partners for Investing for Impact, a conversation with Tim Jackson and Bill Young about where social finance needs to head in Canada in order to grow a social economy that bridges profit and social good. Tim and Bill are members of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance, a group that has set out to play a catalytic role in accelerating and raising awareness of...
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 12:00 - 13:00
Centre for International Governance Innovation, Seagram Room (57 Erb St. West, Waterloo)
For more information - Call: 519.885.2444 ext. 299 Or visit: policymakersshaxson.eventbrite.com
Recently policymakers have begun to recognize that Governments face ‘wicked’ challenges – complex problems without a clear ‘optimal’ solution because the issues are not well bounded and policy interventions often give rise to new (sometimes worse) problems. Recognizing these challenges is one thing, but are we equipping policymakers to deal with this increasing complexity? Using examples from her experience of working with policymakers throughout the UK Government, Louise will present a simple...
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
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Social Innovation Generation was delighted to host Michael Quinn Patton, pioneer of developmental evaluation, in Waterloo Region on the evening of Monday, October 4th, 2010 for a speaking event to coincide with the release of his latest book, Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use (Guilford Press, 2010).
A Powerful Approach for Tracking and Adapting Innovations in...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
The SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series, applied the ideas of social innovation to a number of specific sectors and issues - education, youth mentorship, inclusion, collaboration and cultural change. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences of operating at the national level to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each keynote lecture was followed by a local panel discussion who shared their reflections on the presentation and...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline St North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
The SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series, applied the ideas of social innovation to a number of specific sectors and issues - education, youth mentorship, inclusion, collaboration and cultural change. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences of operating at the national level to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each keynote lecture was followed by a local panel discussion who shared their reflections on the presentation and...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
The SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series, applied the ideas of social innovation to a number of specific sectors and issues - education, youth mentorship, inclusion, collaboration and cultural change. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences of operating at the national level to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each keynote lecture was followed by a local panel discussion who shared their reflections on the presentation and...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
The SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series, applied the ideas of social innovation to a number of specific sectors and issues - education, youth mentorship, inclusion, collaboration and cultural change. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences of operating at the national level to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each keynote lecture was followed by a local panel discussion who shared their reflections on the presentation and...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 19:00 - 22:00
The SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series, applied the ideas of social innovation to a number of specific sectors and issues - education, youth mentorship, inclusion, collaboration and cultural change. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences of operating at the national level to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each keynote lecture was followed by a local panel discussion who shared their reflections on the presentation and...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 (All day) - Wednesday, June 23, 2010 (All day)
The SiG@Waterloo 2010 "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series, applied the ideas of social innovation to a number of specific sectors and issues - education, youth mentorship, inclusion, collaboration and cultural change. Each of the keynote speakers shared their experiences of operating at the national level to identify and address the root causes of intractable social challenges. Each keynote lecture was followed by a local panel discussion who shared their reflections on the presentation and...
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 17:00 - 18:30
295 Hagey Blvd., 1st floor, West Entrance Research and Technology Park, University of Waterloo
http://changeagentseries.eventbrite.com/
Tal Dehtiar survived the Dragon's Den on CBC and is coming to Waterloo to share his strategies and story of building social ventures. His company, Oliberté, is the first to market premium urban-casual footwear that is exclusively made in Africa. Africa is more than just poverty and Oliberté footwear demonstrates its pride, power and liberty.
Also the co-founder of MBAs Without Borders, Tal will tell you why Oliberté is not a charity and why he believes you can create change - and help build...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), 57 Erb St. West, Waterloo, Ontario
The Waterloo Lecture on Social Innovation highlights world-class thinkers with new ideas on how to achieve significant, durable social change for our most pressing problems. Social Innovation Generation (SiG@Waterloo) and our partners, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Capacity Waterloo Region, Region of Waterloo, and Musagetes, were pleased to have internationally acclaimed facilitator and author, Adam Kahane, join us on January 27, 2010, as our featured speaker.
“Power properly...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 19:00 - 21:00
Free Online Live Webcast of Waterloo Lecture on Social Innovation
SiG@Waterloo is pleased to announce that we will be live webstreaming the Waterloo Lecture on Social Innovation, featuring Adam Kahane, free of charge beginning 7PM EST, January 27, 2010.
The live webcast of the Waterloo Lecture on Social Innovation has now ended.
Video Archive of Waterloo Lecture on Social Innovation 2010
Video archive of the lecture is now available here.
Read introduction to Power & Love: A Theory & Practice of Social Change
Tech Requirements for Live Webcast...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 19:00 - 22:00
River Run Centre Guelph Ontario
Tickets are available online at www.riverrun.ca or by calling 519-763-3000 or toll free 1-877-520-2408.
This year's keynote speaker is John Ralston Saul, whose most recent book -- A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada -- is certain to inspire debate about what it means to be Canadian. Saul describes our federalism as a "harmony through balanced relationships" -- and links it directly to what Europeans found when they arrived in Canada, and what they adopted for themselves in so many ways. In fact, he makes the case that we must re-integrate the Aboriginal perspective into the core of how we...
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 17:00 - 18:30
Accelerator Centre, Research and Technology Park, University of Waterloo
http://capacitywaterlooregion.eventbrite.com/
Ten years ago, recent University of Waterloo grads George Roter and Parker Mitchell saw the untapped potential of young engineers to help in the fight against global poverty. They founded Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by pushing their credit limits and working from a broom closet. In 2001 they sent their first volunteer engineering student overseas. Today, EWB is a global organization with thousands of volunteers and 35,000 members.
In 2001, Time Magazine featured Roter as a member of Canada’...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 17:30 - 19:30
RCH 103, University of Waterloo
Fairtrade is building new business models for international trade that respond to the urgent needs of our global society. Learn how simple purchase choices by consumers help shape the global economy for a better world.
About Ben Ramsden and Pants to Poverty
Ben Ramsden launched underwear brand, Pants to Poverty in 2005 off the back of the ‘Make Poverty History’ Youth Movement, which sold 11 thousand pairs of pants in just 5 months. Ben played an integral role within this campaign. He was also...
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 18:30 - 20:00
MaRS Discovery District, Toronto
Ric Young, SiG@Waterloo Fellow and President of E-Y-E The Social Projects Studio™ speaks about profound social innovation and the shock of the possible, as part of Net Change Week, hosted by our partners at SiG@MaRS.
Eric Young, President, E.Y.E. | The Social Projects Studio™
For over twenty-five years, Eric Young has been at the vanguard of social marketing, a discipline focused on the development of strategies and campaigns to promote social change. He is the founder and president of E.Y.E...
Friday, May 29, 2009 - 15:00 - 16:30
Room 2002, Environment 2, University of Waterloo main campus (near Ring Road entrance)
The Local Economic Development Program in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, in partnership WPIRG, and supported by The Working Centre, SiG@Waterloo and REEP, is proud to present the following guest speaker:
Jane Buchan on Transition Town Culture: The next step for building Sustainable Communities
You may have heard the buzz around local food that has arisen in recent years, but what would some of the broader “localizing” changes we could be making look like? There is a...
Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 13:00 - 15:00
The Wax, 25 King Street West, Downtown Kitchener
Tickets to the lectures are $10 per person. Purchase your tickets today! http://www.webstore.thechildrensmuseum.ca/
SiG@Waterloo is proud to support the Warhol Sunday Speaker Series, part of Andy Warhol's Factory 2009 hosted at the Children's Museum.
Tom Sokolowski, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA will speak about 'Andy Warhol: Camouflage Man'.
For a complete listing of the Warhol Sunday Speaker Series, please click here.
Speaker Profile
Tom Sokolowski is an art historian. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago, and earned his master's degree and did doctoral work in art...
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 19:00 - 21:00
City Hall, City of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by SiG@Waterloo and rare Charitable Research Reserve
David Buckland, UK artist, founder of Cape Farewell and international ambassador to rare, and Frances Westley, J.W. McConnell Chair in Social Innovation, shared a conversation with the 28 global youth participants who embarked on the Cape Farewell Voyage on September 7, 2008. Frances and David focused on the topic of the need for social innovation in order to alter established social systems to effect change in areas such as the...
