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Assunta Krehl

Local - A green leader in her own right - TheRecord.com - 0 views

  • Studio Earth. The youth workshop hosted by Social Innovation Generation -- a working group at the University of Waterloo -- is designed for young people interested in environmental issues.
  • Cullis-Suzuki said she's looking forward to speaking about social innovation. Innovators are badly needed to build a sustainable economy, she said.
  • The social technology workshop will be on using the internet for social purposes. It will be led by Joseph Dee of the MaRS Centre, a Toronto centre for scientific research, and Sam Ladner, a York University sociologist.
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  • social and environmental change
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    Cullis-Suzuki talks about social innovation and environmental change and will be talk at Studio Earth. Studio Earth Participants will attend on of three workshops. Mention of Social Technology workshop will be using the internet for social purposes which will be led by Joseph Dee.
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    Cullis-Suzuki talks about social innovation and environmental change and will be talk at Studio Earth. Studio Earth Participants will attend on of three workshops. Joseph Dee will lead the Social Technology workshop - using the internet for social purposes. Jan 9, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Social change event aimed at young people - UW Daily Bulletin - 0 views

  • “Social technology: This workshop will focus on emerging online media strategies, products and services in order to advance social purpose work. The use of online media strategies is absolutely critical as we can no longer use old methodologies to look at new ways for solving problems.” Leaders: Joseph Dee and Lisa Torjman of Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District, and Ryerson University sociologist Sam Ladner.
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    Studio Earth will be held in downtown Kitchener and is sponsored by SiG@Waterloo - the university's "Social Innovation Generation" agency. Lisa Torjman and Joseph Dee from MaRS Discovery District along with Sam Ladner from Ryerson will lead the Social Technology workshop.
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    Studio Earth will be held in downtown Kitchener and is sponsored by SiG@Waterloo - the university's "Social Innovation Generation" agency. Lisa Torjman and Joseph Dee from MaRS Discovery District along with Sam Ladner from Ryerson will lead the Social Technology workshop. Jan 9, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Media Alert/Photo Opportunity - Mayor David Miller to kick off Canada's first Advertisi... - 0 views

  • Leading Social Change - Public Sector Marketing, (SOLD OUT) MaRS Discovery District featuring: Dr. David Suzuki Representatives from the Obama campaign
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    Mayor David Miller will join a crowd of distinguished crowd of marketers from across the country and abroad at the opening ceremonies for Canada's inaugural Advertising Week. The Leading Social Change session will happen at MaRS.
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    Mayor David Miller will join a crowd of distinguished crowd of marketers from across the country and abroad at the opening ceremonies for Canada's inaugural Advertising Week. The Leading Social Change session will happen at MaRS. Jan 21, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Ashoka Canada Induction 2010 - Renjie Butalid Blog - January 5, 2010 - 0 views

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    Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs in changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. On January 14, 20101, 11 new Canadian Ashoka Fellows will be celebrated at the Ashoka Canada Induction 2010 event.
Sarah Hickman

The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change t... - 0 views

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    The authors of this book present true and unique (mainstream) business models that have changed the world. In three parts, they present "Building Innovative Enterprises," "Creating the Markets of the Future," and "Leading Sustainable and Scalable Change." Case studies from for-profit and nonprofit social organizations are also discussed, including Whole Foods, One Laptop Per Child, Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8.
Assunta Krehl

Canada's Advertising Week Celebrates Creativity and Innovation in Advertising - Canada ... - 0 views

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    Advertising Week will commence January 25, 2010. The event highlights industry leaders and key trends in a sector that contributes more than $19 billion annually to the Canadian economy. Leading Social Change - Ideas, Tools and Inspiration is one of the events that will take place at the MaRS Discovery District featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Miguel Amante

Net Change Week: Toronto's social innovators are making Don Tapscott's predictions come... - 0 views

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    It's Net Change Week at MaRS and tech-biz thinker Don Tapscott is asking us to rethink how, well, just about everything operates. It's a new way of doing things, and Toronto's social innovators like Michelle Hamilton-Page at Toronto Public Health are helping lead the way.
Cathy Bogaart

Tech equalizer - NOW Magazine, June 24, 2011 - 0 views

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    This article by Joe Wilson notes how women are leading "tech for change" in the developing world. All of the women interviewed were speakers at Net Change Week (which took place at MaRS in June) - and are truly leading this work globally.
Assunta Krehl

Want to learn about innovation? Head to Toronto - Business Innovation Factory - 0 views

  • Probably most impressive was The MaRS Centre - an old hospital converted into a non-profit innovation centre connecting science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital. The building is undeniably cool. Located in Toronto’s “Discovery District” -- two square kilometres have been designated as the city’s center of innovation. The MaRS Centre is a gateway of sorts to Canada’s largest concentration of scientific research. It’s anchored by major teaching hospitals, the University of Toronto and more than two dozen affiliated research institutes.
  • MaRS Centre from the outside
  • MaRS was created in 2000. The founding group raised significant capital (almost $100 million from all three levels of government and both institutional and individual private sector donors and an additional $130 million of debt and credit lease instruments were also secured) to support the development. What’s so clear is that leadership to drive public/private sector collaboration is required to effect real change. Many credit Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty for helping to not only create the MaRS Centre but also invigorate the region as a whole.
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  • Martin has transformed the Rotman School from a mediocre Canadian business school to a world-class institution. It’s one of the few business schools around with an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking. Martin believes designers approaches to thinking and problem-solving can and should be applied to all components of business (He calls it integrative thinking and business design.) Most of our own processes here at the Business Innovation Factory are firmly rooted in design thinking principles.
  • Martin also managed to lure Richard Florida to Toronto in 2007 to direct the Rotman School's new $120-million Martin Prosperity Institute. Spinning off from much of Florida's research, the institute's goal is to build a leading think-tank on the role of sub-national factors – location, place and city-regions – in global economic prosperity. By taking an integrated view of prosperity, the institute will look beyond economic measures to include the importance of quality of place and the development of people’s creative potential. I'm looking forward to ongoing conversations with our new friends at the Rotman school. I suspect there might even be a collaboration or two about to happen as well. Bottom line: if you want to learn about innovation, Toronto is the place to be.
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    Chris Flanagan talks about the benefits of moving to Toronto and the great work happening at the MaRS Centre. Mention of Martin transforming the Rotman School to a "world-class institution" ... that has "an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking." There is also a mention of the Martin Prosperity Institute spin off.
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    Chris Flanagan talks about the benefits of moving to Toronto and the great work happening at the MaRS Centre. Mention of Martin transforming the Rotman School to a "world-class institution" ... that has "an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking." There is also a mention of the Martin Prosperity Institute spin off. Oct 30, 2008
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