Youth and Social Enterprise

1. Exploring youth engagement in social enterprise in Canada Youth and Social Enterprise

2. 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies” University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SKMay 22nd, 2008 Karim Harji, Raïmi B. Osseni & Chris Perrin Emerging Leaders Committee, CCEDNet

3. Agenda Introduction Youth engagement in social enterprise Best practices from Canadian context Tools and resources Summary and closing 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

4. Introductions Name What you do / where you work Why you’re interested in this session One thing you’d like to take away from the session One thing we may not know about you 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

5. Examples from the Canadian context Diversity of youth engagement in social enterprise Some organizations identify what they do as social enterprise, others do not In Canada, we’re only scratching the surface of the ways in which youth can be involved in social enterprise 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

6. Diversity across Canada 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

7. Diversity across Canada 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

8. Coopérative La Mauve Saint vallier , Quebec, Canada 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

9. A different way to deal with food and agriculture • History • Three different sectors 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

10. Coopérative la Mauve: History What was needed: Agriculture land Alternative marketing Better knowledge of sustainable development 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

11. Coopérative la Mauve: the response Allow young people to rent gardens Buy a grocery store and a butchery Develop a public awareness campaign and educational events Develop a system of direct distribution of local foods 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

12. Threedifferentsectors Local and fair trade marketing Gardens and land access Public awareness and education 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

13. Activity Eva’s Phoenix (Toronto) Potluck Café (Vancouver) Roasted Cherry (Ottawa) Santropol Roulant (Montreal) TurnAround Couriers (Toronto) 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

14. Activity Review the one-pager and identify: 1- how are youth engaged/involved? 2- what is the social enterprise component? 3- what did you find interesting? 4- how does it connect to your own work? 5- what is “missing”? 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

15. Best practices: Engaging youth Organization’s history with youth Make the organization more youth friendly Provide a supportive environment before engaging youth Find a youth advocate/champion of youth within the organization 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

16. Best practices: Keeping youth engaged Adult support, structure, expectations Youth as Resources Support and follow-up Creative forms of learning Implementation Quality Guidance AND rich connections to the workplace 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

17. CYNC Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop (CNYC) strives to empower at-risk youth by providing them with innovative skill training, part time employment, and cultural and recreational opportunities. 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

18. World Café what kind of ISSUES do/would you face when engaging youth in social enterprise? What kind of BARRIERS do you perceive youth face when they want to engage in social enterprise? 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

19. Youth and Social Enterprise BREAK (10 minutes) 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

20. Activity What resources do you use in your work? ( In relation to the issues mentioned before the break) 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

21. Tools and resources 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

22. Tools and resources 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

23. MOREToolboxes… 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

24. Summary Youth engagement in social enterprise Best practices from Canadian context Tools and resources 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

25. Just before we leave… Something valuable you learned today Something you liked about the session One action you will take when you go back to your own organization 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

26. Contacts Emerging Leaders Committee Co-ChairsNaomi Adams & Laura Howard Staff Coordinator: Dini Silveira Ph: 250-386-9980 ext 108 1-877-202-2268 Email: dsilveira@ccednet-rcdec.ca 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies”

27. Presenters’ emails 2008 CED National Conference “Waves of Changes: Building People-Centred Economies” Karim Harji: karim@kenyakom.com Raïmi B. Osseni: rbosseni@gmail.com Chris Perrin: perrinc@gmail.com