After a whirlwind January where we held both our first Waterloo Region Workshop and Toronto Workshops, February saw L3 settling back into research and development mode.
Research
Research team Aleksandra Szaflarska and Sean Campbell dove into all the data we collected in Toronto to begin producing our first outputs, including a system map and a case study template. These first products will prove key to be able to use professionals’ knowledge of the system and past experiences to build the strongest system solutions to the challenges the social purpose conversion world is experiencing.
They also put together this snappy slide deck for participants to use to explain their experiences in Toronto.
On the road
L3 also spent a week out east to visit with some friends in Montreal and Ottawa. We visited with the Centre de transfert d’entreprise de Québec, the Chantier the l’économie sociale, and CEDEC in Montreal, and had a quick lunch with our partners at the Conseil de la cooperation de l’Ontario in Ottawa.
We also had the pleasure of attending NACCA’s Indigenous Prosperity Forum in Gatineau on February 26-27 and met up with an entire network of professionals committed to advancing the economic prosperity of indigenous communities.
It was a truly humbling experience to be welcomed and included in these discussions. A great turnout even during a thunderstorm!
Dates are confirmed!
Our upcoming Waterloo Region Workshop will be held on April 1, 2020.
As announced in January, our long-awaited Halifax Workshop will be held on April 22-23, 2020.
Invites have been sent out for both dates – if you would like to receive an invite, please email Meg Ronson, mronson@uwaterloo.ca. Space is limited.
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About Legacy Leadership Lab (L3)
L3 is an 18-month initiative by the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, funded by the Government of Canada’s Investment Readiness program. We are leading five Workshops from coast to coast to help build expert-driven solutions for Canada’s transitioning small business community. During these Workshops, the we will develop market interventions and prototypes that allow conventional and social finance players, business service providers, and community leaders to facilitate social purpose conversions of existing businesses in their own towns.
About Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR)
WISIR is a research institute at the University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Enterprise and Development committed to generating trans- and inter-disciplinary knowledge about social innovations and the social innovation process (the dynamics of learning, adaptation and resilience). Our approach is to pursue collaborative research and projects that bridge University of Waterloo departments, involve researchers from around the world, and engage those beyond academia. We seek to mobilize this knowledge through a range of new curriculum offerings and training opportunities - both within and outside of a university setting.