[All] Fwd: Fall 2011 Issue 1

[Robert Milligan]

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> From: "SiG at Waterloo" <info at sig.uwaterloo.ca>
> Date: October 19, 2011 7:50:11 AM GMT-04:00
> To: "Robert	Milligan" <mill at continuum.org>
> Subject: Fall 2011 Issue 1
> Reply-To: info at sig.uwaterloo.ca
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> October 19, 2011
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> LAUNCHED: Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation
>
>
> SiG at Waterloo is very pleased to announce that we have had a  
> successful launch of the Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation!
>
> On September 12, participants, faculty and staff logged in for the  
> first online module. From Oct 1-5, the group came together at the  
> Hockley Valley Resort in Orangeville ON for the first in-person  
> module.
>
> Participants in the program are professionals from three sectors:  
> private, public and not-for-profit. For more information, please  
> visitwww.gradsi.ca
>
>
> PARTICIPATE: Nov 2 - SiG Inspiring Action Webinar Series
>
>
> Inspiring Action for Social Impact is a national speakers’ series  
> comprised of a mix of in-person and online public talks by  
> international thought leaders, applied learning workshops and  
> dialogue on practical strategies for social innovation in Canada.
>
> On November 2, 2011, please join us online as Dr. Frances Westley  
> discusses Social Innovation and Resilience. All webinars will be  
> held for one hour, including time for questions and comments from  
> participants. Registration will be open soon.
>
> For more information, please click here.
>
>
> ATTEND: Nov 3 - Sustainable Development: Possibility or Pipe Dream?
>
>
> When: 930am-1230pm, November 3, 2011
> Where: Federation Hall, University of Waterloo
>
> Register to attend here
>
> Waterloo's Faculty of Environment invites you to a provocative  
> symposium featuring discussion by thought leaders on progress made  
> towards global sustainability since the 1992 UN Rio Declaration.
>
> Keynote speaker, the Honourable Elizabeth Thompson, Executive  
> Coordinator for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable  
> Development (Rio+20) and UN Assistant Secretary-General, will  
> provide perspective on progress made by the global community on  
> Sustainable Development since 1992, where we are now, and future  
> direction needed for a sustainable future.
>
> For more information or to register to attend, please click here.
>
>
> CELEBRATE: Mark your calendars for November 25th!
>
>
> To celebrate the launch of the new Graduate Diploma Program in  
> Social Innovation, SiG at Waterloo will be hosting a launch event at  
> the University of Waterloo with special guests and speakers.
>
> This event is scheduled to take place on Friday, November 25, 2011  
> from 3-4pm in the new LEED-certified Environment 3 building,  
> University of Waterloo main campus.
>
> For more information, please click here.
>
>
> WATCH: Dr. Shreyas Sundaram speaks at the Waterloo Institute for  
> Complexity & Innovation
>
>
> In this talk, Professor Shreyas Sundaram of the University of  
> Waterloo provides an overview of some recent approaches to analyzing  
> the dynamics of information propagation in networks.
>
> Follow this link to view the lecture and to learn more about WICI's  
> past and upcoming events.
>
>
> In this issue
> LAUNCHED: Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation
> PARTICIPATE: Nov 2 - SiG Inspiring Action Webinar Series
> ATTEND: Nov 3 - Sustainable Development: Possibility or Pipe Dream?
> CELEBRATE: Mark your calendars for November 25th!
> WATCH: Dr. Shreyas Sundaram speaks at the Waterloo Institute for  
> Complexity & Innovation
>
>
> Inspiration:
>
> "Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people  
> how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they  
> didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to  
> them after a while. That's because they were able to connect  
> experiences they've had and synthesize new things."
>
> Steve Jobs
>
>
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> October 2011
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