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		<title>McGill Launches New Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) at the Desautels Faculty of Management integrates social entrepreneurship and social innovation into its teaching, research, and outreach activities. Over 600 people attended the inaugural event on April 16th in Montreal, where a panel comprised of the Right Honourable Paul Martin, the Chantier de l&#8217;économie sociale&#8217;s Nancy Neamtan, Prof. Henry Mintzberg [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/mcgill-launches-new-initiative</link>
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		<title>New Sustainable Food Reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Regional Value Chain program, part of the Foundation’s Sustainable Food Systems initiative, is supporting work to strengthen regional food systems in communities across Canada. Two new reports funded under this program have been published that reflect the diversity of approaches being taken: Feeding Diversity: Community Access and Commercialization of World Crops: so called ‘world crops’—grains, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/new-sustainable-food-reports</link>
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		<title>Energy and the Economy Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing that an economy geared for perpetual growth cannot be contained on a finite planet, the Foundation supports work aimed at creating an economy where markets work for the environment rather than against it. Past and current grantees include Pembina, Sustainable Prosperity and The Natural Step Canada. The Foundation will be prioritizing ‘energy and the economy’ in its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/energy-and-the-economy-initiative</link>
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		<title>Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Waterloo&#8217;s Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation is a partnership between leading academics, experts from the public, private, and community sectors from across the country, and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. Nominations are now being accepted for participation in the program’s 2013-2014 offering, whose theme is Young Canadians Innovating for a Resilient Canada. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/graduate-diploma-in-social-innovation-2</link>
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		<title>Tamarack&#8217;s 2013 Communities Collaborating Institute Is Open for Registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This premier week-long learning event provides an opportunity to join a community of practitioners engaged in new ways of  leading community transformation. For more information click here.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/tamaracks-2013-communities-collaborating-institute-is-open-or-registration</link>
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		<title>The Natural Step Sustainability Conference and Transition Lab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No single organization—however innovative or powerful—can chart the course to sustainability alone. The Natural Step invites you to the Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability conference taking place on June 10-11, 2013 in Guelph, Ontario, as an opportunity to learn from and with prominent colleagues in the field and to experience collaboration by playing creatively with your ideas and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/the-natural-step-sustainability-conference-and-transition-lab</link>
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		<title>Food, Farms, Fish and Finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A forum for exploring the delicious, diverse, and delicate potential for social finance and impact investing in our food system will be taking place on Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26 at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto. For more info visit Sustain Ontario.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/food-farms-fish-and-finance</link>
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		<title>ALLIES Report: More Employers Adopt Good Immigrant Employment Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALLIES—a joint initiative of the Maytree Foundation and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation—recently released a report on ways that employers are improving immigrant employment practices. The report, More Employers Adopt Good Immigrant Employment Practices—based on a five-year review of applications to the Best Employers for New Canadians competition—highlights successful practices and provides recommendations on how employers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/allies-report-more-employers-adopt-good-immigrant-employment-practices</link>
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		<title>Indspire Institute Launches!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indspire Institute, a new Indigenous education initiative, was launched on March 15 in Calgary before almost 300 educators at Indspire’s first National Gathering for Indigenous Education. Indspire President Roberta Jamieson noted that while the Institute focuses on Indigenous learners, teachers, and families, it is open to all students interested in knowing more about their Indigenous fellow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/indspire-institute-launches</link>
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		<title>Beyond Appearances: A New Report from Girls Action Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from Foundation grantee, Girls Action Foundation, reveals that girls still face many hurdles despite gains in education and legal equality. Beyond Appearances: Brief on the Main Issues Facing Girls in Canada, highlights that while many advances have been made to improve the status of girls in Canada, significant real-life challenges (self-esteem, violence, mental and physical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/blog/news/beyond-appearances-a-new-report-from-girls-action-foundation</link>
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