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Ashoka Canada Induction 2010 - Social Entrepreneurs: Leading Transformative Change

Thursday, January 14, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

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Join us to celebrate the eleven new Canadian Ashoka Fellows.

January 14, 2010

5:30pm

MaRS Auditorium

These social entrepreneurs are leading transformative change in Canada and we want to celebrate their work with you, leading to a world where Everyone Can Be a Changemaker.


Featuring

The eleven new Canadian Ashoka Fellows

David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World

Célia Cruz, Ashoka Canada Director

Fellows Mary Gordon & Al Etmanski, Masters of Ceremonies

Guests will have the opportunities to engage with leading social entrepreneurs

 

Light refreshments will be served

 

Learn more by visiting www.canada.ashoka.org/induction

 

 

Event co-sponsors

Les Grands Explorateurs

 

 

Event supporters

Bruce Mau Design MaRS

When & Where



MaRS Centre
Auditorium
101 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7
Canada

Thursday, January 14, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)


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Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs with system changing solutions. Ashoka has elected over 2,500 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries. In Canada, 33 Fellows are leading transformative change and inspiring others nationally and globally to be changemakers.

SiG is a collaborative initiative seeking to address Canada's social and ecological challenges by creating a culture of continuous social innovation. SiG's focus is on fostering social innovation to achieve impact, durability and scale by engaging the creativity and resources of all sectors.

PLAN Institute have been using social innovation and social enterprise to mobilize the creativity of individuals with disabilities and their families and to scale up solutions to poverty and social isolation.

CAUSEWAY's objective is to fast track Canada's adoption of social finance. It wants to ensure that there is a healthy social finance marketplace supported by mainstream financial institutions serving a national constituency of social enterprises, social economy entities, community economic development institutions, cooperatives and social purpose businesses.

 

The Learning Strategies Group at SFU Business is internationally recognized for its leadership in developing, designing and delivering innovative and strategic learning solutions for organizations, associations, communities and industry groups.  Their mission is to educate and inspire global leaders in delivering their vision for change and continuous improvement to create and manage internationally competitive, locally responsive and sustainable organizations.

The CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement at SFU Business is committed to promoting research and knowledge on how organisations plan and execute strategic change and how best to measure the performance of organizations undergoing such change.  The Centre’s research is focused on four broad, multi-disciplinary and interrelated themes: 1. strategic change and its execution; 2. strategic performance measurement; 3. leadership and change management; and 4. social innovation.