Fwd: Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation - Note from Blair Feltmate
Lloyd Helferty
TORONTO INFORMATION SESSION
Food Systems | Green Technologies | Urban Sustainability
University
of Waterloo's�Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation
TUESDAY, APRIL 17 | �5:30 - 6:30 pm
MaRS Centre�Studio
101 College Streetpart-time program focusing on the ENVIRONMENT designed for leaders from�the private, public and non-profit sectors who want to develop a more sophisticated understanding of how to bring about real system change.
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada) www.biochar-consulting.ca 48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada 905-707-8754 **NEW CELL: 647-886-8754 NEW** Skype: lloyd.helferty Steering Committee coordinator NEW Canadian Biochar Initiative (New CBI) President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario Advisory Committee Member, IBI http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675 http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/ http://www.biocharontario.ca www.biochar.ca Biochar Offsets Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475 A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Subject: | Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation - Note from Blair Feltmate |
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| Date: | Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:14:48 -0400 |
| From: | S. Knischewsky |
| Organization: | University of Waterloo |
| To: | <lhel...@biochar.ca> |
Dear Lloyd,
If there is someone you know who may be interested in the University of Waterloo's�Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation, and who may wish to attend the information session described below, could you please forward this note to them.
The graduate diploma is a nine month
Masters-level, part-time program designed for leaders from�the private, public and non-profit sectors who
want to develop a more sophisticated understanding of how to
bring about real system change.
� Participants engage in a cutting-edge curriculum that explores
the dynamics of social innovation, including complex systems and
design thinking. Participants work collaboratively�to design and
develop a social innovation strategy that focuses on making
system-level change in a domain that matters to them.
The program is delivered through a combination of four in-person modules and state-of-the-art inter-modular online learning experiences. In 2012/2013, we're focusing on the ENVIRONMENT.
Participants will build their professional networks while working in a cross-sector cohort of change agents who are interested in new ideas, new partnerships and new innovation strategies to address challenges related to:
Food Systems | Green Technologies | Urban Sustainability
What are current participants saying:
�This is the most rewarding educational experience of my life!���Director, Vancouver Foundation
�Systems thinking is changing the way I see�everything�in my work.�� Senior Executive, TELUS
�We have to operate differently. This program is providing a low risk space to practice new ways of thinking and acting � together.��Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Provincial Government
TORONTO��INFORMATION SESSION
TUESDAY, APRIL 17 | �5:30 - 6:30 pm
MaRS Centre�Studio
101 College Street
Toronto, M5G1L7
On the lower concourse level you will find the food court.
The MaRS Studio is located between the Subway and Teriyaki stores.
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College Street runs the 506 streetcar at regular intervals east and west.
The closest subway station is Queens Park on the University line.
RSVP here to help us plan�OR email�car...@uwaterloo.ca�for information
**CAN�T ATTEND IN PERSON?�
REGISTER: Free 45 min online WEBINAR
�
All the Best��� Blair
Dr. Blair Feltmate
Chair, Climate Change Adaptation Project (Canada)
Chair, Pollution Probe
Associate Professor and Director, Sustainability Practice
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
CANADA�� N2L 3G1
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