2011 Summit
In 2011, the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada convened its final annual Northern Summit on the Social Economy from November 21-23, 2011 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Over the previous five years, the Summit had provided participants from all over the North with a forum to share research information, engage in public discussions, and broach a variety of topics relevant to the needs of local social economy organizations. Past gatherings have been held in Inuvik, Iqaluit, Whitehorse, and Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
This summit was the last opportunity for SERNNoCA to convene its pan-Northern network as it wound down its activities in early 2012.
Summit Information and Materials
PowerPoint Presentations and Audio Files
Tuesday November 22
- Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships: Assembling Understandings – Michael Toye, Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) and the Canadian Social Economy Hub – click here for Audio
- Introduction to the Northern Summit on the Social Economy – Frances Abele, Carleton University on behalf of Chris Southcott, Lakehead University – click here for Audio
- Resource Regimes and the Social Economy – Brenda Parlee, University of Alberta – click here for Audio
- The State and the Social Economy – Frances Abele, Carleton University – click here for Audio
- Indigenous Communities and the Social Economy - David Natcher, University of Saskatchewan – click here for Audio
- Panel – Poverty and the Social Economy in the North: Community Perspectives – click here for Audio
- Arlene Hache, Centre for Northern Families
- Aggie Brockman, Alternatives North
- Brian Birch, Salvation Army
- Julie Green, YWCA
- Reanna Mohamed, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition
- Tim Stiles, Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction
- Housing and Being Homeless in Yellowknife - Nicholas Falvo, Carleton University – click here for Audio
- Evolution of the Social Economy in Yellowknife – Jerald Sabin, University of Toronto – click here for Audio
- The Igloolik Socio-Economic Baseline Study (2009-2010) – Sheena Kennedy, Carleton University – click here for Audio
- Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements and Socio-Economic Change in Northern Canada: Focus on Nunavut - Joshua Gladstone, Carleton University – click here for Audio
- Panel – Northern Institutes and Centres: Their Role in Facilitating Research in the North – click here for Audio
- Mary Ellen Thomas, Nunavut Research Institute
- Clint Sawicki, Yukon Research Centre
- Pertice Moffitt, Aurora Research Institute
- Jennifer Butler Wight, Labrador Institute
- Charles Dorais, Makivik Corporation
- Rajiv Rawat, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
Wednesday November 23
- The Impact of Individual- and Community-level Economic Factors on Food Consumption Patterns in Northern Canada - Angi Chiu, University of Alberta – click here for Audio
- The Importance of Community Hunts and Food Sharing to the Social Economy of Ft. Good Hope, NT – Roger McMillan, University of Alberta – click here for Audio
- Dene Ts’ili/Being Dene: Stories, Place and Change in the Social Economy of a Northern Community - Deborah Simmons, University of Manitoba – click here for Audio
- Panel – Aboriginal Considerations for the Northern Social Economy – click here for Audio
- George Dunkerley, Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre
- Jennifer Johnson, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- Marilyn Napier, Native Women’s Association of the NWT
- Mary Nirlungayuk, Arctic Co-operatives
- Charles Dorais, Makivik Corporation
Media
- Click here to listen to Rajiv Rawat from the SERNNoCa NWT office discuss the Northern Summit on the Social Economy held in Yellowknife on CBCNorth
- Click here to watch SERNNoCa theme coordinator Frances Abele of Carleton University present her chapter “Use it or lose it” from the book How Ottawa Spends on CBC’s Northbeat (skip to minute 5:00-7:06)
- Click here to listen to Nick Falvo, Carleton University and Arlene Hache, Centre for Northern Families discuss the state of the public housing system in the North on CBC North radio
