The first pan-university gathering around social innovation at UofT conclusion report was published this week, here some facts and highlights:
What type of social are you: SOCIAL INNOVATION An activity that profoundly changes social relations or interactions, deeply challenges or shifts our existing paradigms, and significantly changes resource flows within an existing social system (Demming, 2016) SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR Social entrepreneurs drive social innovation and transformation. A social entrepreneur, similar to a business entrepreneur, builds strong and sustainable organisations, which are either set up as not-for-profits or companies. (The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship) SOCIAL INTRAPRENEURSHIP People within a large corporation who take direct initiative for innovations that address social or environmental challenges while also creating commercial value for the company. (Forbes) Conference Goals
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Speakers at the conference: Ilse Treurnicht, CEO MaRS Discovery District Zahra Ebrahim, Co-lead Doblin/Deloitte Josh Folkema, World Vision Conference sponsored by: Hart House, University of Toronto Mississauga, Institute for Global Health Equity & Innovation, Dalla Lana School of Pubic Health, Student Life, School of Graduate Studies, New College , Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Conference facilitators: Alex Jadad, Andrew Do, Angela Chen, Hannah Girdler, Helen Kontozopoulos, Igor Samardzic, Jenifer Newcombe, Jon Bray, Julia Smeed, Liam O'Leary, Linzi Manicom, Lisa Lalande, Renee Devereaux, Richard McAloney, Shauna Brail, Ushnish Sengupta Conference team: Aditya Patel, Angela Chen, Cindy Ross Pedersen, Claudia McKoy, Cristina Goncalves, Donna Heslin, Edwin White Chacon, Hazem Danny Al Nakib, Igor Samardzic, Jesse Han, Jon Bray, Julia Smeed, Keita Demming, Lissette RosadoFerrari, Nikki Sigurdson, Paula Paunic, Quinn Underwood, Sam Dumcum, Yara Abuhudra, Zainab Abbasi For more information see: www.theagencyuoft.ca Contact: Keita Demming [email protected], Cindy Ross Pedersen [email protected] Full report here: http://theagencyuoft.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TheAgency_Its-Time-to-be-Bold_Final_12072016.pdf
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