2017/2018 Annual Report by Institute for Community Prosperity

2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT

MARKING A YEAR OF MILESTONES One of MRU’s Strategic Priorities is to “develop

moderator at city-wide events convened by the

new partnerships with community organizations, the private and not-for-profit sectors and post-

United Way, the Chamber of Voluntary Organizations, Young Rotary and Community

secondary institutions across Canada”, while another is to “promote [the] growth of

Foundations Canada. We have also held workshops and learning experience for many

economic, environmental and social sustainability.” The Institute for Community

different groups, ranging from nationwide audiences - the Conference Board of Canada’s

Prosperity is in lock-step with these exciting goals.

Community Investment Council, Canada-wide SHAD Fellows and Map the System Educators –

Our commitment is to ensure that students

and citizens have access to learning opportunities and research that will help them lead transformative change in their communities. The Institute reports through

to local audiences, including for participants in our new Economics of Social Change community course series, students from high schools south of Calgary in the Livingstone Range School Division, and many others.

the Office of Research, Scholarship and

The Institute is focusing less of its energies on producing original research, and more of its

Community Engagement, and is financed exclusively from community-raised philanthropic

energies on mobilizing existing research, connecting knowledge to students and the

and earned revenue.

community. Our annual scan of community trends – this year entitled Terra Cognito - has

This past year bore witness to a string of major milestones and successes for the Institute,

become of an indispensable planning, discussion and provocation tool, not only for

punctuated by the opening of the Trico Changemakers Studio, and Nursing Student Roisin Dillon’s spectacular winning presentation at the 2018 Oxford Map the System Challenge. The Institute is increasingly recognized as a “thoughtleader” on social innovation, philanthropy, and systems leadership topics. This past year, I served as a keynote speaker or

our formal partner on this project – The Calgary Foundation – but also for many others in Calgary and across Canada. As we make this transition, we also bid a fond farewell to retiring Senior Research Associate Dr. Peter Elson, who has led the Institute’s research on the non-profit sector, social enterprise and philanthropy for more than a

decade. Peter is one of Canada’s pre-eminent scholars on the social economy, making important contributions to our collective understanding of philanthropic foundations, charity regulation and policy, communitybased research, and the scale and scope of social enterprise in Canada. Among his many scholarly accomplishments, Peter led the creation of the open-access Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research Journal (ANSERJ), the only academic periodical in Canada focusing on the voluntary/non-profit/charity sector issues. He also served as founding Editor of the journal. I know I am not alone in valuing Peter as a peer and colleague, but also as a mentor. His insight, wisdom and boundless enthusiasm made the Institute team stronger in so many ways. Peter will continue to have an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Victoria and will serve in an advisory role to the Institute. Even in retirement, he continues to learn and write prodigiously. Among his current projects is leading the first edited volume of writings on Indigenous philanthropy in Canada.

The Institute benefits from an extraordinarily talented and dedicated team, including staff members Tracy Pfeifer (Administrative Assistant), Anna Johnson (Community Engagement Strategist) and, Tash Calf Robe (Indigenous Prosperity Builder), Changemakers-in-Residence Cathy Glover, Lena Soots and Walter Hossli, and student employees Ashleigh Metcs, Alexandra Daignault and Mason Benning. I want to acknowledge and congratulate all members of the MRU community – students, staff, faculty, administration and alumni – who contribute making this unique place an authentic Changemaker Campus. We look forward to continuing to support MRU as a Changemaker Campus, through 2019 and beyond, in creating an exceptional student experience, facilitating community engagement, citizenship-focused learning, and creative knowledge mobilization.

James Stauch, Director, Institute for Community Prosperity

TABLE OF CONTENTS Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Report: Marking a Year of Milestones

Oxford Map the System Challenge

Trico Changemakers Studio

Building a Social Innovation Ecosystem

Corporate Social Innovation

Rethinking the Public Sphere: Pathways to Post-Secondary

High School Students and Changemaker Education

Social Change and the New Economy

Philanthropy and Understanding Public Trends

Publications

Civil Society Research

New Conversations

MRU: A Changemaker Campus

The Team

Institute Learning and Involvement

Service

OXFORD MAP THE SYSTEM CHALLENGE The Oxford Map the System Challenge, hosted by the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, requires students to showcase their understanding of system-level social and environmental challenges. Unlike a pitch competition, students in the Global Challenge are evaluated based not on a ‘solution’ to a problem, but rather on the depth of understanding of the problem, as well as the nature, diversity, efficacy and relationships of current interventions (whether by governments, NGOs, social movements or the marketplace). The Challenge is also open to students of all levels, programs and disciplines. MRU’s participation in the Oxford Map the System Challenge was co-sponsored on campus by the Institute for Community Prosperity and the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and hosted by the Institute for Community Prosperity. Dr. Katherine McGowan also provided an optional creditbased curricular support for students in the Challenge, through the course Social Innovation 3303: Storytelling and Systems. While twelve MRU student teams initially registered to do the challenge, six ultimately completed the challenge, covering issues ranging from traffic congestion in Manila, global textile waste and carbon emissions, and teacher and student stressors in Alberta early secondary schools, to Canada-wide challenges such as sedentary lifestyles and education, to

g e n d e r - b a s e d d i f f e r e n c e s i n fi l l i n g prescriptions. The winner of the MRU challenge was Roisin Dillon, a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Nursing program. Roisin’s examination of the systemic epidemic challenge of opioid use in Canada, particularly with respect to fentanyl, also earned her one of the top placements at the Canadian finals in Vancouver, which in turn earned her a chance to compete globally in Oxford. For the second year in a row, since the Oxford Challenge MRU students placed among the top two teams in Canada, and in the top six globally. This year, Roisin went on to win the top prize at the global finals, in the company of strong teams from University of Melbourne (2nd), Simon Fraser University (3rd), Oxford University, and other schools, including students at masters and doctoral levels. Roisin was honoured for her savvy analysis of the many systems that interact and overlap when it comes to this issue: the role of public policy and all 3 levels of government, pharmaceuticals, market dynamics, frontline emergency workers, healthcare workers, nonprofit service providers, the illicit black market and legal supply chains, and even the mindsets and stereotypes that exist in the community.

She was able to demonstrate how all these dynamics conspire to paint a grim picture of the crisis in Canada, with 4,000 preventable deaths last year alone (a higher death toll than automobile accidents). But also, she offered a thorough analysis of the 'landscape' of solutions available, based on scattered but hopefully practices, and, in particular, the experience of Portugal, a country that completely turned its approach to narcotics addiction around. The profundity and timeliness of the issue, combined with Roisin’s grasp of the topic from a research standpoint, clinical nursing practitioner viewpoint, as well as a personal perspective, having lost a close friend who accidentally ingested fentanyl, meant that she combined analytical rigour, passion, humanity and real-world experience. Her submission revealed that the chronic overprescription of opioids, the growing consumer-culture of medicine and the Canadian practise of pain eradication, vs. pain management (vis-a-vis Europe, for example), are all factors behind the acuteness of the

problem in Canada. She was also able to make the case that it is a problem that can affect people of every socioeconomic stratum and walk of life. Many people on campus have helped make MRU an exemplar campus with respect to the hosting and support for the Challenge. Thanks in particular to Information Design student and ICP student employee Ashleigh Metcs, ICP Community Engagement Strategist Anna Johnson, to guest judges and mentors Lourdes Juan, Jill Andres, Ray DePaul and Ben Kunz, as well as faculty members Kelsey McColgan, Ruth Murdoch and Katharine McGowan. James Stauch and Anna Johnson designed and facilitated a workshop for educators at the Canadian finals in Vancouver. Following Roisin’s victory, she was interviewed by the BBC, as well as local media outlets. Participation of Canadian teams in the Challenge is supported by the McConnell Foundation’s Recode program and the Trico Charitable Foundation.

TRICO CHANGEMAKERS STUDIO

Formed as a major multi-year collaboration with the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Trico Changemakers Studio was opened in May of 2018. The Studio will help MRU develop a dynamic community of students, social entrepreneurs, activists, artists and leaders from across sectors who are making a difference for people and the planet. Former Changemaker in Residence Jill Andres was hired in the role of Director of the Studio. Jill is a certified executive coach and facilitator. She is well-known to many on campus, having led MRU's successful effort to achieve the Ashoka U Changemaker Campus designation – the leading designation for social innovation in higher education. She also brokered a partnership between MRU and MacEwan University in the creation of a province-wide Social Innovation Extension Certificate program. The Trico Changemakers Studio will be providing a separate Annual Report to the MRU community this year. ICP and the Studio will have a synchronous and complementary programmatic relationship, partnering directly on speaking events, social innovation learning, fellowships, student placements, Changemakers in Residence, and, of course, supporting MRU’s campus-wide culture of changemaking. Find out more at www.tricochangemakersstudio.ca

BUILDING A SOCIAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM Supported through the McConnell Foundation’s RECODE program, the Institute has made significant investments in building the social innovation learning infrastructure at MRU, and in playing a leadership role in social innovation education locally, provincially and nationally. A few highlights are provided below:

Alberta Social Innovation (ABSI) Connect Alberta Social Innovation (ABSI) Connect is a collaborative experiment crafted in response to cross-sector provincial interest in social innovation. Started in 2015, ABSI Connect strengthens, connects and accelerates social innovation in the province by addressing the question: “How can we do better at solving complex social and environmental problems in our province?" In pursuit of the answer, ABSI Connect seeks to bridge and amplify social, economic and ecological impact initiatives that are (a) successfully shifting the status quo in Alberta and (b) transforming how we develop solutions to our province’s most complex challenges. It is the first such provincial network in Canada, and in many ways the template for an emerging national network. The Institute has been involved as a host and advisor to ABSI Connect from day one, and with support from the Suncor Energy Foundation, we are now deepening our involvement with ABSI Connect to ensure growth and success: From 2015-2017, SiG National, operating out of the MaRS Innovation hub in Toronto, served as the backbone administrator of ABSI Connect. With the sunset of the SiG National

initiative in December 2017, the backbone administration formally shifted to the Institute for Community Prosperity at MRU. Accompanying this shift, we are also thrilled to announce the appointment of Naomi Mahaffy as the new Facilitator of ABSI Connect. . While based for now in Fort McMurray, Naomi is part of the Institute team, though accountable to the broader social impact community throughout Alberta. In this role, she will guide, lead, inspire, deepen and grow the next phase of this Alberta-wide initiative. This includes the following objectives:

and enhance the existing strengths ‣ Support o f , a n d m o m e n t u m a ro u n d , s o c i a l innovation in Alberta.

and help connect the voices of the ‣ Amplify people, social impact organizations, businesses, government, philanthropy, and academia that are tackling complex challenges in Alberta.

an enabling environment for a ‣ Foster culture of innovation where Albertan social

impact initiatives have the capacity to ignite, test and implement innovative solutions together.

Alberta as a social impact leader in ‣ Position Canada and abroad.

Alberta-wide Extension Certificate in Social Innovation As reported last year, we have partnered with the the Faculty of Continuing Education and Extension at MRU and the School of Continuing Education at MacEwan University, to create, advise on and help deliver a 4course, 60-hour Extension Certificate in Social Innovation. This program is designed to respond to the question, “How can we do better at solving complex social and environmental problems?” and provides those working to address these challenges with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skill set in social innovation and changemaking. The unique EdmontonCalgary partnership and the blended learning format (face-to-face and online learning) also supports the development of an Alberta-wide network of practitioners from all sectors, enhancing our province’s social innovation ecosystem.

Participating in the Global Conversation James Stauch joined two plenary panel discussions at the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX) Wayfinder gathering in Istanbul, Turkey in May, 2018. At the annual AshokaU Exchange in Boston, Canada had the strongest per capita representation, including eight MRU participants (admin, faculty, staff and alumni). These events provided further evidence that there is growing international recognition of Canada’s leadership in social innovation education. Within Canada, MRU is increasingly recognized as a vital node and leader in social innovation higher learning, with outstanding undergraduate programming, complemented by strong co-curricular and community-involved supports.

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Contributing to a Canada-Wide Social Innovation Ecosystem J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, ‣ The through its RECODE program, have contracted the Barcelona-based social impact firm UpSocial to conduct a global scan of innovations that have demonstrated impact in supporting post-secondary institutions to more actively contribute to positive social change. They are interested in exploring the feasibility of implementing some of these best practices in Canada, and have convened a national Stakeholders Panel tasked with assessing the innovations and exploring the feasibility of implementation in Canada. James Stauch serves on this Stakeholders Panel.

national network of people and ‣ Aorganizations have come together to explore the creation of a social innovation network for Canada. James Stauch and other members of the Institute have participated in these consultations, and ABSI Connect is poised to serve as a regional partner and node for the network.

November, 2017, the first pan-Canadian ‣ Insocial innovation exchange took place in

Toronto. Entitled Spark!, a number of Institute and MRU personnel and students were able to participate.

Stauch participated in a July, 2018 ‣ James retreat on Wasan Island in Ontario’s

Muskoka country, co-convened by RECODE and Ashoka Canada, about strengthening the presence of social innovation and social impact learning and operations in postsecondary institutions.

Trico Charitable Foundation has ‣ The commissioned the Institute to complete an

analysis of post-secondary supports across Canada for students on social entrepreneurship pathways. Specifically, we are investigating the degree to which undergrad and graduate students are encouraged and guided to test and revisit their assumptions and biases as they pursue a social venture or intervention. The report will be published in Fall of 2018.

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CORPORATE SOCIAL INNOVATION The Institute for Community Prosperity, working in partnership with the Trico Changemakers Studio and the Bissett School of Business, appointed a new Changemaker in Residence as a 2-year part-time position, focused on the very new topic area of corporate social innovation. We were thrilled to announce the appointment earlier this year of Cathy Glover to this post. Cathy recently retired from a 16+ year career as leader of the Suncor Energy Foundation, and who brings a wealth of experience in corporate community investment, social innovation leadership, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder/community relations and sustainability in the natural resource sector, among many other competencies, has taken up this post. As a strong proponent of social innovation, Cathy and her team at Suncor Energy Foundation created a corporate community investment program that brought together unlikely partners to address complex social issues and transformative change at regional and national levels, while at the same time supporting employee initiatives and local priorities. She also co-led the team that designed Suncor’s organizational commitment to reconciliation. Cathy has also worked in charitable and non-profit organizations in Calgary, ranging from the Alberta Children’s Hospital and Children’s Cottage to the XV Olympic Winter Games and Junior Achievement. Cathy has also been recognized and gifted with the name Aahpii Pitahgii (White Eagle Woman) by Elder Casey Eaglespeaker, who has remarked that he chose this name because of her ability to have a system-wide view, to see unique interconnections and to bring people together to create space for collaboration and change. While at MRU, Cathy will devote her time and energies to mentoring, guest lecturing, writing and developing new learning on this topic. She will be based out of the Trico Changemakers Studio. We are working to ensure that Cathy’s position is just the start of an important Canadian node for original, collaborative, action research and writing, and as a platform for knowledge dissemination and thought leadership on corporate social innovation.

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RETHINKING THE PUBLIC SPHERE: PATHWAYS TO POST SECONDARY The Department of General Education approached James Stauch and Jill Andres (Director of the Trico Changemakers Studio) to jointly develop and deliver an interdisciplinary community service learning (CSL) credit course experience, under the banner Rethinking the Public Sphere. The aim of this course is for students to gain a deeper knowledge of societal issues, learn to evaluate public debates, and apply theories and concepts through collaboration with community partners. The course introduces students to the public sphere as a place for democratic discourse and action, and uses a “deep dive” approach into a contemporary social issue. In our case, we chose the topic of access to post-secondary and its relationship with a functioning democratic society. The questions that guided this CSL course were as follows: 1. Education is assumed to be one of the foundations of a “good society”, providing opportunities to learn and thrive. Canadians have universal access to primary (elementary and junior high) and secondary (high school) education. But what role does post-secondary education play in providing opportunities to learn, thrive and build a “good society”? 2. To what extent do Canadians have equal access to post-secondary education? 3. How might we think and act more broadly in order to increase access to postsecondary education?

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Students considered these through three lenses – those of rural, newcomer and Indigenous populations. They engaged with one of three community partner organizations that have an interest in the issue of accessibility of post-secondary education to marginalized high school students. The major deliverable in the course was a Pathways to Post-Secondary Engagement Framework, which included the design and hosting of an on-campus experience for high school students with each of the following community partners:

‣ Livingstone Range School Division (high schools in Pincher Creek, Crowsnest and Nanton) ‣ Tsuut’ina High School Me” Identity-Based Wraparound Intervention (IBWI) project (partnership between the ‣ “Real Centre for Newcomers, the Calgary Police Service, the U of C Faculty of Social Work and others)   Students also engaged in reflective practice throughout the course, culminating in a public expression of students’ in-class and community-based learning. Aside from its value to students, the course gave us a much deeper appreciation of access and equity issues that different populations of students face, and the systemic barriers that result in talented, high-potential students being excluded from the post-secondary experience that we too often take for granted. It also taught us that including students from marginalized places and lives is a necessary building block of community prosperity. Our thanks to our outstanding community partners, as well as to faculty members Karim Dharamsi, David Ohreen and Heather Nelson for their phenomenal support and guidance throughout this course.

GNED 2302 COURSE OBJECTIVES: WAYS OF KNOWING: Students critically engage with different perspectives on access to post-secondary education and its relationship to the public sphere. WAYS OF DOING: Students develop and practice skills to engage in community-partnered action. WAYS OF BEING: Students develop self-awareness, self-efficacy, and an expanded sense of agency.

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND CHANGEMAKER EDUCATION The previously-described GNED course experience focused on “pathways to post-secondary” gave rise to a new interest area for the Institute, working in partnership with the Trico Changemakers Studio, with additional support from Residence Services, the MRU Library and the Department of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Social Innovation in the Faculty of Business and Communications Studies. In the spring of 2018, we designed and hosted a changemaker-focused experiential ‘taster’ of university for high school students for two very different groups of students:

Experiential Learning Week, Livingstone Range School Division Th e d i v i d e b e t w e e n r u ra l a n d u r b a n Canadians, in terms of post-secondary enrollment and completion, is welldocumented; Rural Canadians face significantly more barriers to attending postsecondary, from geography to familial and social pressures, to the intimidation of city living. One of the simmering social chasms in Canadian society, more broadly, is between urban and rural Canadians. Working with the Livingston Range School Division, we created MRU’s first ever experiential learning week for rural students, in this case from high schools in Nanton, Pincher Creek and the Crowsnest Pass. This week grew directly out of the GNED community service learning class experience. The Mount Royal University (MRU) Changemaker/Leadership Camp was thus born as a program that invites high school students to develop their knowledge and skills to become a successful student, citizen, and leader in an increasingly globalized world. Involving faculty, practitioners and cultural and community guides, all working on complex

challenges, the week included workshops, presentations by student clubs and various student and campus life supports, a film night, blanket exercise, and field trips to TELUS Spark and the East Village. It culminated in teams of students presenting a system map of the challenge in their community or region that is keeping them awake at night. The student evaluations of the week were exceptionally strong, and numerous students followed up with testimonials about how this profoundly affected their educational pathway and their attitude toward university education. As one student wrote in a subsequent blog post,

“This Youth Leadership & Changemaker Camp was truly life changing for me, as cheesy as that sounds. I came away from it feeling incredibly inspired and enlightened and with new, invigorating excitement for the future and the bright opportunities which it holds. I hope to be able to continue to be a changemaker in both big and small ways and to one day be able to use my writing to change the world.”

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SHAD Social Innovation & Systems Thinking Workshop SHAD, named after a creek in Aurora Ontario where the first program began, is an enrichment and entrepreneurship program offering high-achieving high school students the opportunity to partake in an immersive summer program of lectures, workshops, projects and activities based in the science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) fields. SHAD empowers exceptional high school students – at a pivotal point in their education – to recognize their own capabilities and envision their extraordinary potential as tomorrow’s leaders and changemakers. Each year, over the month of July, SHAD selects 1000 Grade 11 and Grade 12 students Canada-wide and disperses them across 16 Canadian host universities. As part of the program, students are challenged to solve a

complex social or environmental issue that encourages them to realize their important role as tomorrow’s innovative leaders and changemakers. This year’s challenge was centred on helping Canadian communities be more resilient in the face of natural disasters. This year’s cohort of 64 Calgary-based SHAD students also visited MRU for a one-day workshop which, for SHAD, marked the first time two campuses in the same city collaborated for the program. MRU’s expertise came in the form of social innovation professor Katharine McGowan. McGowan conducted a workshop on the social innovation side of systems thinking, and observed that students were thinking more in terms of linear solutions to problems and less about systems. The SHAD day was organized by Anna Johnson and Joel DeWiel.

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SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE NEW ECONOMY “Community economic development” refers to action by people locally to create economic opportunities that improve social conditions, particularly for those who are most disadvantaged. With the faltering petroleum base of Alberta’s economy year has seen a dramatic spike in local activity and interest around the topic of community economic development, or CED, which supports locally-rooted, citizen-driven alternatives to the standard economic development model. Changemaker in Residence Walter Hossli, who founded the organization Momentum, Calgary’s bestknown CED organization, also a founding board member of the Canadian CED Network (CCEDNet), brings significant experience, wisdom and knowledge to the Institute, helping position MRU as a logical partner on many CED-related learning initiatives. Walter’s position is a generous in-kind contribution from Momentum to MRU. This past year saw the Institute partner with Thrive, Calgary’s community economic development network (co-housed at Momentum and MRU’s Trico Changemakers Studio) on three successful initiatives:

Reconciliation and the New Economy This 2-day workshop, led by nationally-recognized social entrepreneur and Ashoka Fellow Shaun Loney, was designed and launched at MRU in 2017. 25 MRU students and community members took part in this inaugural workshop, modeled after the book An Army of Problem Solvers, which chronicles Loney’s successes in starting numerous Indigenous-run community enterprises, in critiquing the Indian Act as an instrument of under-development and economic marginalization, in constructively engaging with local, provincial and federal governments, and in arguing persuasively for a universal basic income. Since then, Loney has provided workshops to over 20 communities from coast to coast to coast. He is back in Fall of 2018 to launch an updated edition of this workshop.

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Econous 2017  Led by Thrive, Momentum and CCEDNet, the Institute joined in a partnership with Calgary Economic Development, the Calgary Regional Partnership and Respect the Earth and All Peoples (REAP) business association, to host ECONOUS 2017 in September. ECONOUS is the first national conference on community economic development ever to take place in Calgary, and it turned out to be – by far – the best attended in Canadian history. ECONOUS 2017 showcased a side of Calgary that most out-of-towners seldom discover or appreciate: A burgeoning craft brew scene, robust cycling infrastructure, inner city revitalization, ecologically- and socially-oriented business enterprises, and the thriving local economies of Olds and Cochrane. Funding for the conference has been secured from ATB Financial, the United Way, Trico Charitable Foundation, the Calgary Foundation, the Government of Alberta, Hotel Arts and many other sponsors. The Institute hosted, with Director James Stauch serving as MC, the second evening of the conference, which includes the awarding of the national Social Enterprise from Trico Foundation. ECONOUS 2017 profiled how strongly engaged with community MRU is, as a national exemplar of a post-secondary genuinely interested in social impact and the future of the economy, and was recognized at the Calgary Event Awards 2018, and was awarded with “Best Conference” under the community & not-forprofit category.

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The Economics of Social Change This new 5-part workshop series is designed as an economically accessible informal learning series for individuals passionate about community that are curious how to apply an economic lens to social issues. Participants, who come from many vocations and backgrounds, develop an understanding of the connections between the local economy, community development and social change in areas such as food security, affordable housing and local job creation. The five modules in the series are: 1. The Solutions Economy (historical background and overview) 2. The Changing Nature of Business (business models such as B-Corps, social enterprise and coops) 3. Strengthening Systems for Community Economies (the public policy environment) 4. Reconciliation and an Inclusive Economy (Indigenous economic models and concepts) 5. Financing Social Change (social finance and innovative community investment methods)  The series also features “living libraries”, where local storytellers are invited to provide perspective on creating social change through their own lived experiences. Hannah Cree, cofounder of CMNGD – a laundry company that hires Calgary’s disenfranchised at a living wage, shared insight The fourth workshop, will bring in Roy Bear Chief, Tribal Manager of the Siksika Nation – in addition to being taught by Tash Calf Robe, Youth Chief of the Blood Nation. The Institute has also been working with University Advancement to pursue sponsorship opportunities from cooperatives and credit unions to develop learning opportunities related to those fields specifically.Many people who work in the non-profit or public sectors who work on community issues generally have a small budget for professional development. Economics of Social Change is targeted primarily at those in social work and related public-facing industries.

Many people who work in the non-profit or public sectors who work on community issues generally have a small budget for professional development. Economics of Social Change is targeted primarily at those in social work and related public-facing industries

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PHILANTHROPY AND UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC TRENDS The shift away from a research to a knowledge mobilization role was most pronounced this past year in the topic area of philanthropy. While the Institute remains interested in understanding how philanthropic and private sector institutions invest effectively in community, we have pivoted away from a formal research partnership, which has defined much of our involvement over the past few years, toward a more community- and learner-centric approach.

Grantmaking Foundations in Canada Retiring Senior Research Research Associate Dr. Peter Elson was instrumental in garnering a multi-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership grant for a research project that he served as co-lead investigator on, alongside Jean-Marc Fontan of Université du Québec à Montréal UQAM (the recipient of the grant). MRU’s Dr. Katharine McGowan will be involved with this project as a research collaborator, the Institute has chosen to step away from this initiative. Being a significant net funder, not a net recipient, of the project, with little tangible benefit to MRU, we prefer to recirculate those funds into the MRU learning ecosystem, for example through sponsorship of student research and MRU field school community reflection events. We have also maintained or strengthened our connection with such organizations as Community Foundations Canada and the Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, as well as with numerous individual philanthropic foundations.

Philanthropy 2.0 The Institute was approached by Young Rotary Organization, a city-wide group of millennials eager to re-define and reinvigorate how philanthropy is practiced, including the role and function of a ‘service club’ in the 21st century. Our partnership began with a design of a half-day event for young emerging philanthropists and community builders in Calgary, structured around three themed discussions: The philanthropy of place, Indigenous philanthropy and technology and philanthropy. James Stauch provided the keynote address/provocation at the start of the dialogue. The event, involving over 50 guests, garnered excellent enthusiasm and an appetite to continue and deepen the discussion.

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Terra Cognito: In March of 2015, at the request of The Calgary Foundation, the Institute provided a scan of major current socio-economic trends and developments, at local, provincial, national and international scales, relevant to the work of the Foundation. The Scan was updated in subsequent years, each year surfacing a series of new themes. The themes for the new 2018 Scan each use multiple lenses – social, cultural, political, economic, environmental and technological. The sections of the 2018 Scan are as follows: NAFTA? Is the Recovering Economy ‣ After About to Hit the Skids? of the DAOs: Blockchain and Internet ‣ Dawn 2.0 Impact to Learning: ‣ From Philanthropic Evaluation

Trends in

Big Data to Collective Intelligence: ‣ From The rise of social R&D

‣ ‣

From “Charitable Sector” to “Social Infrastructure” Dwelling Affordably, and in New Ways

‣ The Future of Food ‣ Let’s Text: Youth and Mental Health ccess, Equity and 21st Century ‣ ADisruptions in Education ‣ #WelcomeToCanada rom Land Acknowledgement ‣ FAcknowledgement on the Land Carbon ‣ Cannabis, Identity Crisis

and the Conservative

‣ Red Pill Citizenship

This 2018 Environmental Scan plays on the term terra incognita, first employed by the Greco-Roman geographer Ptolemy to refer to regions that have not been mapped or documented. It is an apt phrase to describe the Twenty-first Century, and particularly this past year: The theme of last year’s Scan, written on the heels of the Trump presidential victory, was Into the Unknown. Some of the earliest cartographers illustrated the terra incognita regions with fierce, serpentine mythological figures. “Here be dragons” is how many, many people see not merely the future, but the present.

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Corporate Community Investment Beyond the now-widely recognized (and unique in Canada) Community Investment Professionals Extension Certificate, which the Institute developed in partnership with (and now delivered through) the Faculty of Continuing Education and Extension, we remain involved in a variety of other fronts with respect to “field building” in community investment. We significantly deepened our partnership with the Conference Board of Canada, which hosts a nation-wide Community Investment Council. This partnership consisted of:

findings and insights for a publication entitled Corporate Community Investment. A ‣ Sharing Profile of the Profession in Canada, released in early 2018. The publication provides a context for additional field-building efforts in corporate community investment, and the Institute is credited as a partner and in-kind sponsor. As a condition of our partnership, the document is open access and free to download.

Stauch is part of the Leadership ‣ James Responsibility & Sustainability Institute.

Faculty to the Conference Board’s Corporate

The Institute designed and facilitated a day-long professional development workshop in Vancouver for the members of the Community Investment Council on the topic Investing in Community through a Social Innovation Lens. Cathy Glover also led a separate innovation workshop for the same group.

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PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATION (Book Chapter) Les Dons des Fondations au Canada et aux États-unis : Une Analyse Comparée des Données Authors: Nicole Rigillo, Mirle Rabinowitz-Bussell, Nazita Lajevardi, James Stauch (2017) This review, appearing in J.M. Fontan & P. Elson (Eds.) Les fondations philanthropiques: de nouveaux acteurs politiques?, examines the available grey and white literature to compare the contemporary Canadian grantmaking landscape to that of the United States across four key areas: 1) Historical and cultural influences; 2) Current grantmaking landscape (institutional forms, assets and expenditures, areas of investment); 3) Legislation (legal and tax frameworks); and 4) Challenges and opportunities (obstacles to grantmaking, relevant impacts, areas of innovation). Published by Presses de l'université du Québec à Montréal. PUBLICATION (Journal Article) Foundations in Canada: A Comparative Perspective Authors: Peter R. Elson, Jean-Marc Fontan, Sylvain Lefèvre, James Stauch (2018) Published in American Behavioural Scientist, this article provides a comparative historical and contemporary overview of foundations in Canada, in relation to the United States and Germany. Similarities include the number of foundations per capita, a similar range in size and influence, a comparable diversity of foundation types, and an explosion in the number of foundations in recent decades (although the United States has a much longer history of large foundations making highimpact interventions). This analysis also highlights some key differences among larger foundations in the three jurisdictions: German foundations are generally more apt to have a change-orientation and are more vigorous in their disbursement of income and assets. U.S. foundations are more likely to play a welfare-replacement role in lieu of inaction by the state. Canadian foundations play a complementary role, particularly in the areas of education and research, health, and social services. At the same time, there is a segment of Canadian foundations that are fostering innovation, social and policy change, and are embarking on partnerships and acts of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. PUBLICATION (Textbook chapter) New Frontiers in Corporate Community Engagement and Investment Authors: Cathy Glover, James Stauch and Kelli Stevens (forthcoming) Part of a volume edited by Susan Phillips and Bob Wyatt as the first comprehensive textbook on the non-profit sector in Canada, jointly initiated and supported by the Muttart Foundation and Carleton University.

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PUBLICATION (Report, Commissioned by The Calgary Foundation) Terra Cognito: 2018 Environmental Scan Author: James Stauch and Anna Johnson (2017) This 2018 Environmental Scan plays on the term terra incognita, first employed by the Greco-Roman geographer Ptolemy to refer to regions that have not been mapped or documented. It is an apt phrase to describe the Twenty-first Century, and particularly this past year: The theme of last year’s Scan, written on the heels of the Trump presidential victory, was Into the Unknown. Many of the themes covered in this year’s Scan cover aspects of awareness, from the machine-based algorithmic, immutable awareness of blockchain, to civic journalism as a response to the frightening erosion of trust in media, to shifts in how we understand community impact, to the insights to be gleaned from investments in social research and development (or, social R&D). All of this on a bedrock of understanding the facts of our history and territory. PUBLICATION (Book) Philanthropic Foundations in Canada: Landscapes, Indigenous Peoples and Pathways to Change (forthcoming) Editor: Peter Elson This edited volume will be the first comprehensive overview of the nature, scope and activities of grantmaking foundations in Canada. The purpose of the book is to present an analysis of foundation history, regulation, funding and their influence in Canadian Society. At the same time, Indigenous ways of giving span centuries and is embedded in their worldview. This too is Canada's history and contemporary reality. The book will be divided into three parts: Historical and Contemporary Landscape of Foundations in Canada; Indigenous Peoples and philanthropy in Canada; and Pathways to Change (case studies). Confirmed authors include Roberta Jamieson, Kris Archie, Bruce Miller, Marilyn Struthers, Gladys Rowe and Cathy Glover (Changemaker in Residence at the Institute, writing a chapter on corporate foundations). PUBLICATION (Journal Article) Room to Flourish: Lessons for Canadian Grantmaking Foundations from Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands Authors: Nicole Rigillo, Mirle Rabinowitz-Bussell, Nazita Lajevardi, James Stauch (forthcoming) This review, to be published in Voluntas, outlines the key lessons arising for grantmaking foundations in Canada arising from analysis of foundations and philanthropy in three contexts with very different ‘social contracts’ and relationships between the state and civil society: Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.

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PUBLICATION (Conference Paper) Reflections on a journey: Decolonization, teaching, research, and the social economy Author: Peter Elson (2018) Chronicles Peter’s path as an academic researcher, teacher and community development practitioner, toward self-decolonization. The paper explores the initial experiences and consequences of this journey – both personal and professional – together with the challenges and opportunities it represents for a privileged white male settler living and working on unceded territory (in Victoria, BC). Personal reflections and the challenges to nonprofit and social economy education, teaching, and research are explored. PUBLICATION (Conference Paper) Training the Archer: Accelerating Changemaking Through Testing Assumptions Author: Alexandra Daignault (forthcoming) This report sets out to understand if, and how, post-secondary students across Canada might be using tests, experimentation and effective learning to advance their chosen social or environmental cause.

CIVIL SOCIETY RESEARCH The Institute continued to explore research topics in civil society, the nonprofit/voluntary sector and the social economy, particularly with regard to its relationship with the modern welfare state. This research was led by retiring Senior Research Associate Peter Elson.

PUBLICATION (Journal Article) Student-Centered Case Studies in a Nonprofit Leadership and Management Course Author: Peter Elson (2018) Published in the The Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership (JNEL), the article reflects on the development of a student-centered case study scheme for an in-class and online course as an alternative to intense service-learning activities or prescribed volunteering. The paper posits that such an approach appears to be a viable and practical way for students, instructors, and nonprofit administrators to mutually benefit.

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PUBLICATION (Journal Article) Scaling up community-based research: A case study Authors: Peter Elson, Priscilla Wamucci, Peter Hall (2018) Published in the open-access journal Research for All, this case study profiles the six-year evolution of a community-based social enterprise sector survey across Canada. What started as a class project, and then a one-time study of two provinces, grew, over time, to become a pan-Canadian social enterprise sector survey. The evolution of the survey was led by social enterprise intermediary organizations within provinces who recognized the potential value of the initial survey in their own context. This case study demonstrates that with time and commitment, the core values of community-based research can be successfully scaled-up. PUBLICATION (Briefing Note) T20 Civil Society Brief: Canada Authors: Peter Elson, Jean-Marc Fontan, Sylvain Lefèvre, James Stauch (2018) Think 20 (or T20) is the global gathering of civil society groups attached to the G20 Summit. This briefing helped inform delegates to this year’s T20 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the status of civil society in Canada. PUBLICATION (Journal Article) Canadian Social Enterprises: Who Gets the Non-Earned Income? Author: Catherine Liston-Heyes, Peter Hall, Nemanja Jevtovic, Peter Elson (2017) Published in Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, this article looks at the role of non-earned income in financing social enterprises (SEs) (which many assume to be wholly reliant on earned income). As well, the recent professionalization of the broader third sector and the use of accounting frameworks that favour short-term measurable results—a trend which SEs exemplify—are having an impact on who and what gets funded. The authors test this hypothesis by investigating whether the distribution of non-earned income to SEs located in three different Canadian provinces can be explained by donor preferences for the following: (i) culture and arts-related social goods; (ii) SEs that are located in wealthier neighbourhoods; and (iii) SEs that are ‘visible’ beyond their locality.

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NEW CONVERSATIONS New Conversations is a series of community dialogues involving citizens, leaders, innovators, students, and story tellers to discover, dream and design a prosperous community for all. It is a chance to surface or connect disparate topics which may be under-profiled, or around which there is an urgent craving for conversation.

MIND THE GAP (September 27, 2017) This Glencoe Club breakfast event, coh o s t e d w i t h M R U ’s I n s t i t u t e f o r Environmental Sustainability and the Pembina Institute, focused on how to overcome our divisions and create a balanced energy-climate narrative in Alberta. The event was facilitated by UKbased climate change communicator George Marshall, with an address from Glen Murray. The event featured guests from many walks of life, including business leaders, Indigenous leaders, newcomer organizations, clergy, farmers, ranchers, law enforcement, environmentalists and two former mayors.

SYSTEM CHANGE LEADERSHIP (September 28, 2017) This event, the first to be held in the rooftop events area of C-Space arts hub, was cohosted by RECODE. Featuring renowned social innovation educator Daniela PapiThornton, former Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, and founder of the Map the System Challenge, the event involved educators from numerous post-secondaries and training institutes throughout Alberta. W H Y D I V E R S I TY A N D I N C LU S I O N MATTERS (October 11, 2017) World class business leaders understand that a diverse and inclusive workplace shapes a strong employee focused workplace culture, allows for recruitment from a diverse pool of candidates, reduces turnover and fosters a creative and innovative workplace. This event, part of Disability Employment Awareness Week, involved Michael Bach (CEO, CCDI), Andrea Van Vugt (Disability Self-Advocate), Stuart Young (New Grad Recruiter, Shell), and Nikki King (Plant Manager, Iron Mountain Secure Shred) as panel speakers.

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EMPATHY TOY (November 14, 2017) Presentation and mini-demo with founder of Twenty One Toys and award-winning social entrepreneur Ilana Ben-Ari. Twenty One Toys is an award-winning social enterprise that uses toys to teach empathy, failure and other key 21st century skills.

A SILENT TRANSFORMATION (March 14, 2018) This was the Institute’s inaugural ‘film night’, featuring a Canadian documentary film on the history and recent resurgence of cooperatives as a more democratic, equitable and empowering means of addressing economic vulnerability of people and communities. JUMP MATH (May 2, 2018)

RE-IMAGINING A NEW ECONOMY (March 1, 2018) This conversation, featuring the Honorable Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and Parks, engaged students and recent alumni from MRU and other post-secondary institutions in Calgary in a roundtable-style discussion about Alberta’s economic transition to a lower carbon, more diversified economy. The conversation focused on how to create a public policy framework supportive of green business opportunities, social entrepreneurship, community reinvestment, and communitybased energy, among other topics.

This breakfast and keynote with JUMP Math founder and Ashoka Fellow John Mighton was an opportunity to explore how this internationally-recognized Canadian innovation and social enterprise is transforming academic and life opportunities for children in Canada and around the world.

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MRU: A CHANGEMAKER CAMPUS

In 2017, MRU became Alberta’s first campus, and the fourth in Canada, to receive accreditation as one of about 45 AshokaU Changemaker Campuses globally. A Changemaker Campus operates in socially and environmentally conscious w a y s t o a d d re s s l o c a l a n d g l o b a l challenges. On July 24, 2017, Elder Miiksika'am blessed the Changemaker Ca m p u s Ro a d m a p, a n a rt i f a c t t h at represents a component of Mount Royal’s growing knowledge bundle. Frank and Darcy Turning Robe of the Siksika Nation were invited to sing a traditional song to initiate the University’s journey as a Changemaker Campus, as well as a victory song. Then, in April, 2018, Provost Lesley Brown was in Boston to officially accept this tremendous honour on MRU’s behalf. The award will remain on permanent display in the Riddell Library and Learning Centre.

The Institute has served as an on-campus “backbone” for this initiative, championing this as both a true reflection and important distinguisher of MRU’s value in the postsecondary milieu in Canada. The Institute has also led the fundraising, application process, evaluation framework development and travel support for MRU personnel to attend the annual AshokaU Exchange. As Changemaking becomes embedded as an institutional operating norm, we are thrilled to see the active leadership around changemaking from such critical campus-wide nodes as the M R U L i b r a r y , O f fi c e o f R e s e a r c h , Scholarship and Community Engagement, and support from the Provost to create an Academic Director of Changemaking. The Institute will continue to participate on the campus-wide Changemaker Council and as required to help ensure momentum continues and MRU is well-supported on this exciting journey.

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THE TEAM

The Institute’s work and accomplishments were made possible in 2017/18 by an outstanding team of individuals, including a core of three full-time staff and a group of social entrepreneurs who bridge their (part-time) work at ICP with their work in community as respected practitioners and agents of change. Latasha Calf Robe, Summer Student (cross-appointed with the Office of Academic Indigenization) Peter Elson, Senior Research Associate (cross-appointed with University of Victoria) UNTIL JUNE, 2018 Anna Johnson, Community Engagement Strategist Naomi Mahaffy, ABSI Connect Facilitator Tracy Pfeifer, Administrative Assistant James Stauch, Director Kelli Stevens, Practicum Student (University of Calgary, Masters of Social Work) Changemakers in Residence: Jill Andres, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation) UNTIL OCTOBER, 2017 Cathy Glover, Corporate Social Innovation Walter Hossli, Leadership and Community Economic Development Lena Soots, Community Innovation Student Employees: Mason Benning (Journalism) Alexandra Daignault (English)

Ashleigh Metcs (Information Design)

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INSTITUTE LEARNING AND INVOLVEMENT In addition to the “New Conversations” described previously, the Institute has been involved in either delivering or participating in a wide variety of community or scholarly events locally and nationally in order to communicate our learning to a wider audience of practitioners, citizens and academics as well as to ground our thinking in feedback, experience and application.

Government Relations and Communications

of the voluntary sector in Canada”, ‣ “Impact Senate Special Committee on the Charitable Sector (Peter Elson, invited submission)

Institute-Led Workshops

Issues in the Nonprofit and S e c t o r ”, A l b e rt a C u l t u re Community Development Branch (James Stauch, speaker)

The Institute designed and delivered the following workshops and ‘think tank’ discussions over the past year:

‣ “Emerging Vo l u n t a r y

consultation with Alberta Finance ‣ Budget Minister Joe Ceci, convened by CCVO, Calgary (James Stauch)

of Alberta Ministers’ ‣ Government University of Calgary (James Stauch)

Retreat,

in Community through a Social ‣ “Investing Innovation Lens”. Conference Board of

Canada, Community Investment Council, Vancouver (James Stauch and Cathy Glover)

Conference Board of Canada, ‣ “Innovation”. Community Investment Council, Vancouver (Cathy Glover)

of Social Change: The Solutions ‣ “Economics Economy”. With Thrive and Momentum, MRU (James Stauch)

Workshop for Educators”. RECODE/ ‣ “McConnell Foundation, Vancouver (James Stauch and Anna Johnson)

You Belong… Here?” Workshop on ‣ “community engagement, MRU Student Affairs and Campus Life (SACL) Annual Retreat (James Stauch and Jill Andres)

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Presentations by Institute Personnel

United Way of Calgary and Area – Partnership Gathering (James ‣ “Collaboration”, Stauch, keynote speaker)

2.0”, Young Rotary Organization, Calgary (James Stauch, keynote ‣ “Philanthropy speaker)

Anticipating the role of Community Foundations beyond 2018”, ‣ “Futurecasting: Community Foundations Canada – Finance Officers and Donor Development Peer Gathering (James Stauch, keynote speaker)

Next 10 Years of Social Innovation: The Role of Universities”, SIX Wayfinder, ‣ “The Istanbul, Turkey (James Stauch, panelist) Canadian Social Innovation Ecosystem”, SIX Wayfinder, Istanbul, Turkey (James ‣ “The Stauch, panelist) “Reflections on my 16 years in Community Investment”. Volunteer Canada, Calgary ‣ (Cathy Glover, speaker) is no Them and Us: The Nature of Paradox”, Suncor Energy Foundation 2018 ‣ “There Gathering, Banff (James Stauch, plenary moderator)

“Reconciliation on Uneven Ground”, Vital City 2017, Calgary Foundation’s AGM and ‣ Report to Community (James Stauch, panelist)

Celebration of Social Entrepreneurship”, Econous 2017, Calgary (James Stauch, ‣ “A host and MC) and the New Economy”, Econous 2017, Calgary (James Stauch, session ‣ “Leadership designer and moderator) Differently About Caring – the foundation for social change”, CCVO ‣ “Thinking Connections, Calgary (James Stauch, plenary moderator)

and Teaching Social Innovation”, AUTM Canadian Meeting and Director’s ‣ “Learning Forum, Montreal (James Stauch, panelist) Investment and Social Innovation @MRU”, Calgary ‣ “Community Investment Council (Cathy Glover, Jill Andres and James Stauch)

Community

and Social Innovation”, Victoria Forum, University of Victoria (Peter ‣ “Philanthropy Elson and James Stauch Tale of Five Cities: Key ingredients for successful campus-city partnerships that ‣ “A make a difference”, AshokaU Exchange, Boston (Lena Soots, panelist)

Students in Institutional Strategy - Escaping Post-Secondary Bureaucracy ‣ &“Engaging Becoming a Changemaker Campus”, AshokaU Exchange, Boston (Anna Johnson, panelist)

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Presentations Continued

Inside-Out Campus: How a Changemaker-in-Residence Model can Disrupt, ‣ “The Challenge and Transform Higher Education”, AshokaU Exchange, Boston (James Stauch, panelist)

Research: Fostering collaborative relationships”, ‣ “Community-Engaged Academic Development Centre and ORSCE (James Stauch, panelist)

MRU

on a journey: Decolonization, teaching, research, and the social ‣ “Reflections economy”, ANSER Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Regina (Peter Elson, chair and presenter)

lecturing in various SINV, FNCE and GNED courses (James Stauch, Lena ‣ Guest Soots, Cathy Glover, Walter Hossli)

J. Trump Goes to Leadership School”, Nerd Nite Calgary (James Stauch, ‣ “Donald featured speaker)

Training & Professional Development Attended James Stauch

‣ Ashoka U Exchange (conference), Boston ‣ CCVO Connections Conference, Calgary ‣ Discover the Secrets of Successful Community Engagement (workshop), Calgary ‣ The Future of Good (conference), Ottawa ‣ imagiNation150 Conference: Possible Canadas (mini-conference), Calgary ‣ Indigenization at MRU, OAI/ ULG workshop ‣ MRU Philanthropy Summit ‣ Nihisgaka Ogha: For Our Children (tour and learning event), Tsuut’ina Nation ‣ RECODE/Ashoka Gathering (think tank/retreat), Wasan Island, Ontario ‣ Singularity U Summit (conference), Calgary ‣ SIX Wayfinder (conference), Istanbul ‣ Spark! Social Innovation Summit (conference), Toronto ‣ Soul of the Next Economy (conference), Ambrose University ‣ Stretch Collaboration Workshop, CCVO feat. Adam Kahane, MRU ‣ Victoria Forum (conference), Victoria Are Nature: Social Innovation and Inclusion (mini-conference), MRU Nursing ‣ We Department

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Anna Johnson

‣ Ashoka U Exchange, Boston ‣ CCVO Connections Conference, Calgary ‣ Discover the Secrets of Successful Community Engagement (workshop), Calgary ‣ Environmental Gathering: Create the Future (conference), Calgary Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Innovation, (online ‣ From certificate), Babson College ‣ NextUp Leadership Program, Calgary for Systems Change (online ‣ Mobilizing Certificate

course), Social Innovation Extenstion

‣ Soul of the Next Economy (conference), Ambrose University ‣ Sustainable Food Security: The Value of Systems Thinking (online course) ‣ The Post Forum, (conference), Calgary  Peter Elson:

Canada: Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. ‣ Decolonizing Continuing Education Course. University of Victoria. Institute 2017: Reconciling Indigenous Research Relationships, University of ‣ Learning Victoria

‣ Victoria Forum (conference) Lena Soots:

‣ Ashoka U Exchange, Boston ‣ CONVERGE: Canadian Lab Practitioners Exchange (multi-day workshop), Vancouver Cathy Glover:

‣ CCVO Connections Conference, Calgary Responsibility and Sustainability Institute and Corporate ‣ Corporate Investment Council, Conference Board of Canada (workshop), Calgary.

Community

‣ Indigenization Symposium, MRU  Walter Hossli:

Economics - How can Alberta succeed in a low carbon world? (panel and ‣ Climate workshop), University of Calgary

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SERVICE Institute personnel also volunteer or serve on many other boards and committees, and are encouraged to find synergies between these involvements and their work at the Institute:

‣ Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society, Foster Volunteer, (Anna Johnson) ‣ Alumni Advisory Council, (Anna Johnson) ‣ Alberta Coalition for Community Energy, founder/chair (Walter Hossli) ‣ Ambrose University, Soul of the Next Economy Advisor (James Stauch) ‣ CalgaryCAN, Board (Anna Johnson) Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), board member ‣ Canadian (Walter Hossli)

‣ Common Good Retirement Plan, Champion’s Group (James Stauch) ‣ Community Mobile Market, Co-Founder (Anna Johnson) Board of Canada, Leadership Faculty – Corporate Responsibility and ‣ Conference Sustainability Institute (James Stauch) ‣ FARE Community, Advisor (Anna Johnson) ‣ Harry G. Schaefer Mentorship Program, Mentor (Anna Johnson) ‣ Lab Practitioners Community (Lena Soots and Cathy Glover) ‣ Leftovers YYC, Volunteer (Anna Johnson) ‣ Metcalf Foundation, Advisor (James Stauch) ‣ MRU Changemaker Council (Anna Johnson, James Stauch) ‣ MRU Classification Committee/MRSA (Tracy Pfeifer) ‣ MRU Research and Scholarship Advisory Committee (James Stauch) ‣ MRU Women in Leadership Advisory Committee, (Anna Johnson) ‣ SAMRU Community Garden Horticultural Program (Anna Johnson) ‣ Social Innovation Network of Calgary (Anna Johnson, James Stauch) ‣ UpSocial / RECODE Stakeholders Group (James Stauch) ‣ Urban Matters, Advisor (Cathy Glover) ‣ Volunteer Canada, Canopy Group (Cathy Glover)

Photos Credits: Â Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford; James Stauch; Mason Benning; CCEDNet; Anna Johnson; Tracey Ross