Social Economy Initiative /channels/taxonomy/term/12597/all en Datadive for Social Impact /channels/channels/event/datadive-social-impact-270787 <p>On <strong>November 11-12, 2017</strong>, the <a href="/siil">Social Innovators' Integration Lab (SIIL)</a> and <a href="http://lesalon1861.com/en/impact-hub-montreal/">Impact Hub Montreal</a> welcome students, data enthusiast</p> Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:33:52 +0000 webfull 131578 at /channels Taking your knowledge outside the classroom: Creating social impact in the Montreal community /channels/channels/event/taking-your-knowledge-outside-classroom-creating-social-impact-montreal-community-270128 <p><span>Learning how to work within complex social contexts can reap huge personal and professional benefits. But, it’s not always easy to step into a community that’s facing challenges, especially as a representative from ƽ岻.</span></p> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:17:26 +0000 webfull 130890 at /channels SIIL Workshop: Legal forms for registering socially innovative projects /channels/channels/event/siil-workshop-legal-forms-registering-socially-innovative-projects-269704 <h2>What are the options and considerations for registering a socially innovative project? A focus on urban agriculture.</h2> Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:54:02 +0000 webfull 130349 at /channels Pay it Forward Initiative Puts Smiles on Hundreds of Faces /channels/channels/news/pay-it-forward-initiative-puts-smiles-hundreds-faces-232041 <p>Over the years, the end of final exams has inspired any number of spontaneous displays of pure happiness, including high fives, chest bumping and uncontrollable giggling. But what was up with the 100 or so students boogying in the streets at the crossroads on lower campus on Tuesday, Dec. 3 – two days before finals kicked off?</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:10:39 +0000 webfull 100331 at /channels Social Innovators’ Integration Lab Welcomes Post-Doctoral Research Fellow /channels/news/%E2%80%A2-social-innovators%E2%80%99-integration-lab-welcomes-post-doctoral-research-fellow-260635 <p>The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management’s <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/integrated-management/mdiim-initiatives/social-economy-initiative">Social Economy Initiative</a> is pleased to welcome Dr. Julie Rijpens as the new Post-Doctoral Fellow for the <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/channels/news/mcgill%E2%80%99s-social-innovators%E2%80%99-integration-lab-siil-awarded-major-development-grant-25511">Social Innovators’ Integration Lab (SIIL)</a>. </p> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:34:38 +0000 webfull 118536 at /channels Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Youth Can Take Hold of the New Age of Social Enterprise /channels/news/talking-management-karl-moore-how-youth-can-take-hold-new-age-social-enterprise-226129 <p>Professor <strong>Karl Moore</strong> of the Desautels Faculty of Management at ƽ岻 reports from the <a href="/channels/event/research-social-enterprise-are-we-asking-right-questions-2624" target="_blank">Social Economy Initiative</a>'s flagship event, where former primer minister Paul Martin speaks about how youth can take hold of the new age of social enterprise.</p> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:15:23 +0000 webfull 96019 at /channels ƽ岻’s Social Innovators’ Integration Lab (SIIL) Awarded Major Development Grant /channels/news/mcgill%E2%80%99s-social-innovators%E2%80%99-integration-lab-siil-awarded-major-development-grant-255117 <p>September 10, 2015</p> Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:58:42 +0000 webfull 112273 at /channels Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition - An evening with Charles Eisenstein /channels/event/sacred-economics-money-gift-and-society-age-transition-evening-charles-eisenstein-224696 <p><em>This event is co-sponsored by the<strong> <strong>Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences</strong> </strong>and the<strong> <strong>Social Economy Initiative of the Marcel Desautel Institute for Integrated Management.</strong></strong></em></p> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:03:10 +0000 webfull 94409 at /channels Internship Opportunity with the Social Economy Initiative in partnership with the ƽ岻 Quartier de l’Innovation /channels/news/internship-opportunity-social-economy-initiative-partnership-mcgill-quartier-de-l%E2%80%99innovation-244876 <p>The Social Economy Initiative in partnership with the ƽ岻 Quartier de l’Innovation (QI) team invites ƽ岻 student (graduate and undergraduate) applications to a part-time 6-month internship developing a case study on ƽ岻’s partnership and involvement with the Salon 1861 (Gestion immobilière Quo Vadis). </p> <p>The project will be co-supervised by Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Ruthanne Huising with support from Ms. Isabelle Péan of the ƽ岻 QI team.</p> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:45:45 +0000 webfull 109237 at /channels Applications for 2017 SEI Impact Internship Program /channels/event/applications-2017-sei-impact-internship-program-264705 <p><strong>Applications for the 2017 SEI Impact Internship Program are now open! </strong></p> Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:27:24 +0000 webfull 123627 at /channels SEI Impact Internship Program - Call for 2014 Student Applications /channels/news/questions-about-program-contact-mdiim-project-coordinator-arianeguay-jadahmcgillca-sei-impact-intern-232740 <h2>Introduction</h2> <p>The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is an important vehicle through which ƽ岻’s Desautels Faculty of Management integrates social entrepreneurship and social innovation into its teaching, research and outreach activities. The SEI is an undertaking of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The Institute’s mandate is to foster an integrated approach to management.</p> <p>The goals of the SEI are threefold:</p> Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:04:38 +0000 webfull 100946 at /channels ƽ岻 Management Students Focus on Helping Syrian Refugees /channels/news/mcgill-management-students-focus-helping-syrian-refugees-260636 <p><i>By Karen Seidman, Montreal Gazette, April 26, 2016 :</i></p> <p>"<span>Every semester, ƽ岻 faculty lecturer Anita Nowak challenges her students to come up with projects for her social entrepreneurship and social innovation class based on a theme that she finds particularly timely and relevant.</span></p> <p>For this semester, it was helping Syrian refugees integrate into Canadian society.</p> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:45:06 +0000 webfull 118537 at /channels Second SEI Annual Homecoming Keynote /channels/event/second-sei-annual-homecoming-keynote-226956 <p><em><strong><img class="frame" style="float:left" src="/desautels/sites/mcgill.ca.desautels/files/imagecache/large/images/sei_championing_homecoming_final.jpg" alt="" title="" />Championing Social Entrepreneurship</strong></em></p> Fri, 31 May 2013 15:05:31 +0000 webfull 96842 at /channels Social Entrepreneurship Workshop: Designing your career, your enterprise, and your impact /channels/channels/news/social-entrepreneurship-workshop-designing-your-career-your-enterprise-and-your-impact-256884 <p>On November 13, 2015, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) and the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship co-sponsored a half-day workshop on social entrepreneurship. Entitled “Social Entrepreneurship: Designing your career, your enterprise, and your impact”, the event featured a broad range of attendees – from those new to the concept of entrepreneurship to established entrepreneurs.</p> Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:24:57 +0000 webfull 114143 at /channels SEI Inaugural Flagship Event /channels/event/sei-inaugural-flagship-event-225271 <p>The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is proud to host its inaugural flagship event <strong><em>Strengths of the Social Economy</em></strong> on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Centre Mont-Royal (2200 Mansfield Street).</p> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:34:54 +0000 webfull 95020 at /channels