<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>FYI</div><div>R<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Centre for Social Innovation" <<a href="mailto:info@socialinnovation.ca">info@socialinnovation.ca</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 10, 2010 12:29:38 PM GMT-04:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Robert Milligan" <<a href="mailto:mill@continuum.org">mill@continuum.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Seeking City Innovators to Join the CSI Annex!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><img src="http://www.bettermail.ca/o/242/119472/61505d39dec7b122519ec0fc0beedf5d.gif" border="0" width="1" height="1"><p style="text-align: center; margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-family: Arial"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.bettermail.ca/clients/242/template/header.jpg"></span></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="65%" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153,204,0)"><br> </span></strong></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Arial"><strong><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: large"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153,204,0)">Are you working to create solutions <br> to the challenges facing Toronto and cities around the world?</span></strong></span></span></font></strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"> </div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Arial"><strong><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153,204,0)">We're looking for extraordinary people, projects and organizations <br> to be part of the new <em>city innovation cluster</em><em> </em>at the CSI Annex! </span></strong></span></font></strong></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Arial"><strong><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-family: Arial"><br> </span></div> <div><p><span style="font-family: Arial"><strong><br> <img border="0" alt="" align="right" width="165" height="124" src="http://www.bettermail.ca/web_files/242/annexsquiggle.jpg"><font size="2">What is a Cluster?<br> </font></strong><font size="2"><br> The Centre for Social Innovation prides itself on the diversity of its members. But recently, we’ve been thinking about the power of clusters and themes. How much greater impact might we achieve if we co-located organizations operating on similar issues? What new innovations might emerge from the formal and informal exchange of ideas, knowledge and resources among these groups?<o:p></o:p></font> </span></p> <div><span style="font-family: Arial"><p><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt">So we’ve decided to experiment with a <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">new City</st1:place></st1:city> Innovation Cluster.</span></font> </p><p><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt">Why Cities? <br> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"><br> Cities are flashpoints of the best and worst of human culture: they are centres of creativity, culture and promise –- but also places of deep economic disparity, environmental degradation, and social injustice. As more and more of the world’s population migrate to cities, it is vital to build sustainable cities that support the people who live in them. We know that incredible talent resides in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:city> and we want to create a workspace to support urban innovators.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><b><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/242/119472/122708916/61505d39dec7b122519ec0fc0beedf5d"><strong>Click here</strong></a><strong> for more information about our plans. To apply for space at the CSI Annex, </strong><a href="http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/242/119472/122708917/61505d39dec7b122519ec0fc0beedf5d"><strong>click here.</strong></a></span></font></p> </span></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><div><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br style="clear:both; "><table width="640" align="center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); position: static; z-index: auto; " cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#444444" style="font-size:11px;">This message was sent to you by <a style="color:#0000EE; font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.socialinnovation.ca">Centre for Socal Innovation</a><br><br>215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120<br> Toronto, ON M5T 2C7<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>