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On Earth Hour eve, keynote re:Vision speaker Nathaniel Whittemore of Assetmap and Change.org, comments: Today the first ever Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSEC) of Canada conference, re:Vision 2010, kicks off in Toronto, Ontario. With students, innovation centers, coworking spaces and an increasingly vibrant startup scene, Toronto is a place to watch. So in response to Nathaniel’s question of...
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The re:Vision team got together at Metro Hall yesterday to familiarise with the venue, go over roles and responsibilities, rules and regulations and all the fun stuff that comes with the day before the big event. Not long to go now folks! Feel the...
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The Globe and Mail’s Your Business asked three of re:Vision 2010’s speakers to answer “Why is mentoring important, and how did you first get involved in it?”. Check out their full essays at Globe and Mail: What it means to be a mentor. Catch Tonya Surman and Nathaniel Whittmore at re:Vision Earth Hour and Mark Simpson...
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4 sleeps to go! Press releases are on their way! Get a sneak peek at the re:Vision 2010 program book! It’s HOT! If you haven’t registered yet NOW is the time to do it as spots are filling up fast! Don’t forget we’re running a video contest so enter it and you could win a...
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YSEC is excited to announce that we are partnered with SiG@MaRS for re:Vision 2010! SiG@MaRS delivers social entrepreneurship programming and advisory support as a partner program of MaRS. Social Innovation Generation (SiG) is a collaborative partnership among The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation of Montreal; the University of Waterloo; the MaRS Discovery District of Toronto, and...
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We are excited to announce that re:Vision2010 will be bullfrogpowered with 100% green electricity! This means that Bullfrog Power will inject renewable electricity onto our local grid to match the event’s usage. Bullfrog’s electricity comes exclusively from wind and hydro facilities that have been certified as low impact by Environment Canada under its EcoLogoM...
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Late nights are getting to be routine, this one ending in late-night dumplings (Mother's Dumplings on Spadina — amazing find). This weekend was all about press: editing our press kit, writing this week's press release, and getting all our messaging settled for the final home-stretch. It's challenging to put what we're doing into words. There...
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Eli Malinksy – Programs and Partnerships Director, Center for Social Innovation, will be asking “social innovation: what the hell is it all about?” at re:Vision 2010. Catch Eli at re:Vision 2010! Limited spots left so register now to avoid disappointment....
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The Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada, in partnership with SiG@MaRS, present Earth Hour…. A Speakers Event on the current trends in social innovation and social enterprise at local, national and international levels. Speaking are: David Bornstein, Author ‘How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas‘, which chronicles and analyzes the work...
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A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am delighted to extend warm greetings to everyone attending re:Vision 2010 — the inaugural conference of The Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC). Canada’s young people have the ideas and commitment vital to creating positive change through entrepreneurial action. That is why...
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