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Upcoming Conferences and Requests for Proposals

 

  • The settlement and integration of Canadian newcomers April 2012

In April 2012, CVSS hosted a workshop on findings from its study of the complex partnerships involved in the settlement and integration of Canadian newcomers. The workshop focused on partnerships in Ontario, and specifically on the contributions of ethno-specific and multi-ethnic immigrant serving organizations.  It included a keynote presentation on the insights that a complexity theory perspective can provide on the partnerships model, and their  implications for policy and future strategies

 

Click Below on presentation titles to see the power point presentations:

Dr.Meinhard Project Overview

Dr.Lo The Canadian Partnership Model of Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services: Perspectives from ISO’s outside Ontario

Dr.Berger The Role of Group-Specific and Universal Immigrant Service Organizations in Terms of Bonding and Bridging Social Capital

Dr. Hyman The Impact of Policy on Effective Integration and Inclusion

Dr.Meinhard Complex Systems

 

Click here to see the recorded presentations:

Part 1

https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/12/watch/1847.aspx

Part 2

https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/12/watch/1848.aspx

Look for the final reports on the CVSS Working Papers page in June, 2012.

 

  • CIRIEC Conference 2011
3rd International Research Conference on Social Economy of CIRIEC Valladolid, Spain 6 - 8 April 2011
 
The Social Economy, prop of a new model of sustainable economic development.
 
For further information, please see CIRIEC's website (http://www.ciriec.ulg.ac.be/).

 

  • National Council of Voluntary Organizations (NCVO)

Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference 2010
Leeds University, UK 6 - 7 September 2010 (http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/researchconference10)

  • EGPA-Conference 2010

Study Group on Public Governance Societal Sectors
Toulouse, France 7-10 September 2010 (http://egpa2010.com)
For abstract of papers, or other proposal for contributions, please send to Bram Verschuere (bram.verschuere@hogent.be), by May 1, 2010.

  • ANSER (Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research)

 http://www.anser-ares.ca/conference.html

 

  • ISTR (International Society for Third-Sector Research)

http://www.istr.org/conference/istanbul/index.htm

 

  • PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT DIVISION (PNP) of The Academy of Management 

http://annualmeeting.aomonline.org/2010/component/content/article/59-category-scholarlyprogram/157-content-pnpcall



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Past Conferences

  • Global Health & Innovation Conference"A Meeting of Minds" -- CNN

Yale University, Connecticut, USA, April 18, 2010 (http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference)
Presented by Unite for Sight, 7th Annual Conference

 

  • 2004."Contesting Citizenship and Civil Society in a Divided World": 6th Annual International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) (hosted by Ryerson University and York University for ISTR).

 

  • 1998. Spotlight on Voluntary Organizations: Current Challenges and Future Directions.

 

  • ENHR 2010 Conference Urban Dynamics & Housing Change

"Social Housing Europe: Institutional and Organizational Transformation"
Istanbul 4 - 7 July 2010 (www.enhr2010.com)
For more information please contact Darinka Czischke (d.k.czischke@tudelft.nl) or Gerard van Bortel (G.A.vanBortel@tudelft.nl)

  • The XV Congress of South African Sociological Association (SASA)

"Sport, Recreation and Development in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges"
East London, South Africa 13 - 16 June 2010 (http://www.sasaonline.org.za)
Hosted by University of Fort Hare

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In April 2012, CVSS hosted a workshop on findings from its study of the complex partnerships involved in the settlement and integration of Canadian newcomers.

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New working papers are added to CVSS Working Paper Series. (Site Under Construction)

 

9% of Canadian employers are nonprofit organizations, employing 20% of the Canadian labour force. This translates to 2 million jobs.
The nonprofit sector accounts for 6.8% of Canada's GDP while the agriculture sector accounts for 1.5%, mining, oil and gas for 4.0%, retail for 5.0%, food and accommodation for 2.3% of the nation's GDP.
63% of nonprofit organizations are small and operate with an annual budget of less than $100,000. Only 30% of these small organizations have paid staff. Generally their paid staff numbers less than 2 full-time employees.
Six and a half million Canadians volunteer in nonprofit organizations, but because many volunteer at several organizations, Nonprofit and voluntary organizations report a combined volunteer complement of over 19 million. This translates into 1.1 to 2 billion hours of volunteer labour representing about 7.5 full-time jobs per voluntary organization.
Most nonprofit sector managers are women, ranging from 50% in hospitals and universities to 66% in other nonprofits. This compares favourably with the for-profit sector, where only 36% of managers are women.
54% of nonprofit organizations rely exclusively on volunteers to carry out their missions.
More than two thirds of the employees in the nonprofit sector are women, compared with less than half in the for-profit sector.
 

    • Spring 2006. The Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies: A Decade of Growth and Achievement. This publication provides an overview of the achievements of the first decade of research and education at CVSS. Hard copies are available.

    • 2005:

      Spring | Fall