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Mobile Journalism in Chinatown by Wayne MacPhail

Submitted by Tonya Surman on March 9, 2010 - 11:36am

Great little video by Wayne McPhail and his students discovering the vibrancy of Chinatown and learning how to capture the essense with new media...  You never know what will be happening at the Centre for Social Innovation. Check out the video.

 

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Catherine Porter's article in The Star today is an inspiration to us all

Submitted by Tonya Surman on March 7, 2010 - 7:45am

Sure it has a bit about CSI in it and of course, I am delighted, but I totally understood Catherine's comments about kicking herself for not being at those crazy events and moments in the city. An inspirational article and a reminder of why we do what we do, Catherine confirms that happiness starts in place and in relationship to one another. Real magic happens when we find ways to connect and create together.

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A community enterprise corp for Ontario? A response

Submitted by Tonya Surman on March 5, 2010 - 9:01am

MaRS has recently launched a White Paper on Legislative Innovation that is proposing that Ontario create a new legal form to hold activities that would be undertaken by what we would call a social enterprise or perhaps a social purpose business. They are using the term Community Enterprise. This is builds on Stacey Corriveau and Richard Bridge's piece on Legislative Innovation for Canada.

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Innovating Innovation: It’s time for the Canadian Government to show real leadership in innovation

Submitted by Eli Malinsky on March 2, 2010 - 5:38pm

For some crazy reason The Globe and Mail rejected this proposed Comment piece, which I wrote this morning after reading about how the Feds are going to prioritize innovation in this week's Throne Speech and Budget. Anyway...I will crack that nut yet! In the meanwhile, for your reading pleasure....

Innovating Innovation: It’s time for the Canadian Government to show real leadership in innovation

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It's a Wrap! Discover CSI Month has Come to a Close

Submitted by Eli Malinsky on March 1, 2010 - 12:48pm

Well, our first ever Discover CSI Month has come to a close, and we are still trying to recover from the intensity of it all. This was an experiemnt for us at CSI - we had never before tried something quite like this. Basically, our objective was to introduce the space to people who hadn't been here before. Our goal was to reach out to folks who weren;t familiar with CSI and give them a chance to see what we're all about.

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Launch of SEE Change Magazine: Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Canada

Submitted by Tonya Surman on February 28, 2010 - 2:54pm

SEE Change Magazine launches in Canada. It is great to start getting some coverage of social enterprise, social innovation and more. I was delighted to be invited to write about Trends in Social Innovation for SEE Change's inaugural issue... Check out the article on their site.  It's also posted below ... I would love your thoughts.

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Monforte is crowd sourcing social finance for sheep cheese

Submitted by Tonya Surman on February 25, 2010 - 8:19pm

Two weeks ago while I was attending a local gardening workshop @ The Stop greenhouse, nestled inside the grand Wychwood Barns, I discovered what I think may be the best local farmers market in the city... and there I bought a half wheel of local Ontario sheep cheese shares from Monforte Dairy for $500.

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CSI Named one of Toronto's Top 5 Remote Work Spaces

Submitted by mike brcic on February 23, 2010 - 4:26pm

BlogTO recently compiled a list of the 'The Top 5 Spaces for Working Remotely in Toronto', and we were pleased as punch to see we made the top of the list!

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February 16 Innovators

Submitted by yumi hotta on February 16, 2010 - 3:18pm

Every two weeks, we send out Innovators Update - our community newsletter! It covers upcoming events, exciting news, and job postings. If you'd like to read it, please click on the following link: http://www.bettermail.ca/m/242/34024/47b5493f7aa4092490d0d8dbe9351f9a

If you'd like to automatically receive it in your inbox, you can easily sign up for it on our website! Just enter your e-mail address in the box under "Sign up for our mailing list".

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CSI Launching Creativity Lab @ Regent Park!

Submitted by Eli Malinsky on February 10, 2010 - 3:32pm

Well, we've decided that opening a new building isn't quite enough to keep us occupied. So we're exploring the development of a Creativity Lab within the new Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre. Working in partnership with Artscape, The Creativity Lab will be a 10,000 square foot workspace hub that supports a dynamic community of entrepreneurs, artists, and arts and cultural organizations.

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