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Youth and Social Enterprise

Date: 
January 21, 2009 (All day)

January 21
12:00 to 1:30pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Room 12-199

Andrew Macdonald will discuss how Toronto's Phoenix Print Shop offers practical, cost-effective and entrepreneurial ways to help youth sustain their gains for the long-term.

Jennifer LaTrobe Will talk about "Boldness and Blunders"; a look inside a social enterprise and the genius of managing unreasonable goals.

Tina Sorbara will consider the co-operative model as a vehicle for student self-sufficiency and empowerment.~ An overview of the Guelph Campus Co-op operations and governance structure will illustrate the potential of co-ops to provide valuable co-curricular educational opportunity to students.

Bring your lunch and a mug - coffee, tea and water will be provided. For more information, email Lisa White or visit our website at http://socialeconomy.utoronto.ca. This event will also be webcast live on the Internet. Please see our website for detailed instructions.