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SEI /channels/taxonomy/term/12285/all en YPDaily: Anita Nowak /channels/news/ypdaily-anita-nowak-219796 One look at Anita Nowak's advice to other young professionals and you'll see exactly what makes her notable. As the founding Integrating Director for the Social Economy Initiative (SEI) at ƻ��Ժ’s Desautels Faculty of Management, here's how she's looking to make a difference in today's world... Elevator Pitch: Describe your job in a nutshell. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:49:59 +0000 webfull 89583 at /channels SEI Impact Internship Program: Seeds of Change Crowdfunding /channels/channels/news/sei-impact-internship-program-seeds-change-crowdfunding-241692 ƻ��Ժ students have incredible ideas and know how to enact positive social change. Now you can help them apply their knowledge and passion through the Impact Internship Program at the Social Economy Initiative (SEI) of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The program pairs top undergraduate students with social-purpose organizations (i.e. non-profits and social enterprises) for ten weeks over the summer. Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:29:38 +0000 webfull 108131 at /channels Empathy in the Creative Process: Leverage Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation /channels/event/empathy-creative-process-leverage-human-centered-design-social-innovation-231526 Empathy in the Creative Process: Leverage Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation Seung Chan (Slim) Lim Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:50:57 +0000 webfull 99791 at /channels ƻ��Ժ’s new Social Economy Initiative features Paul Martin and Henry Mintzberg at inaugural flagship event on April 16 /channels/news/mcgill%E2%80%99s-new-social-economy-initiative-host-inaugural-flagship-event-april-16-225571 <div></div> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:15:25 +0000 webfull 95356 at /channels Applications for 2017 SEI Impact Internship Program /channels/event/applications-2017-sei-impact-internship-program-264705 Applications for the 2017 SEI Impact Internship Program are now open! Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:27:24 +0000 webfull 123627 at /channels Innovation Through Cooperation /channels/event/innovation-through-cooperation-224691 <h3>Discussion and Cocktail Reception</h3> <h3>featuring Monique F. Leroux</h3> <h3>President and CEO, Desjardins Group</h3> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:54:07 +0000 webfull 94405 at /channels Internship Opportunity with the Social Economy Initiative in partnership with the ƻ��Ժ Quartier de l’Innovation /channels/news/internship-opportunity-social-economy-initiative-partnership-mcgill-quartier-de-l%E2%80%99innovation-244876 The Social Economy Initiative in partnership with the ƻ��Ժ Quartier de l’Innovation (QI) team invites ƻ��Ժ student (graduate and undergraduate) applications to a part-time 6-month internship developing a case study on ƻ��Ժ’s partnership and involvement with the Salon 1861 (Gestion immobilière Quo Vadis). The project will be co-supervised by Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Ruthanne Huising with support from Ms. Isabelle Péan of the ƻ��Ժ QI team. Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:45:45 +0000 webfull 109237 at /channels Pay it Forward Initiative Puts Smiles on Hundreds of Faces /channels/channels/news/pay-it-forward-initiative-puts-smiles-hundreds-faces-232041 Over the years, the end of final exams has inspired any number of spontaneous displays of pure happiness, including high fives, chest bumping and uncontrollable giggling. But what was up with the 100 or so students boogying in the streets at the crossroads on lower campus on Tuesday, Dec. 3 – two days before finals kicked off? Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:10:39 +0000 webfull 100331 at /channels Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Youth Can Take Hold of the New Age of Social Enterprise /channels/news/talking-management-karl-moore-how-youth-can-take-hold-new-age-social-enterprise-226129 Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at ƻ��Ժ reports from the <a href="/channels/event/research-social-enterprise-are-we-asking-right-questions-2624" target="_blank">Social Economy Initiative</a>'s flagship event, where former primer minister Paul Martin speaks about how youth can take hold of the new age of social enterprise. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:15:23 +0000 webfull 96019 at /channels Announcing the 2017 SEI Impact Internship Cohort /channels/news/announcing-2017-sei-impact-internship-cohort-267938 <hr />The <a href="/mdiim">Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM)</a> is pleased to announce the <a href="/sei">Social Economy Initiative</a>’s <a href="/sei-iip">Impact Internship</a> cohort for the 2017 year. Now heading into its fifth consecutive year, the program pairs top ƻ��Ժ undergraduate students with social-purpose organizations for paid placements over the spring and summer months. Past interns have reported that the experience has allowed them to be more empowered to take on social impact Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:38:43 +0000 webfull 128011 at /channels Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition - An evening with Charles Eisenstein /channels/event/sacred-economics-money-gift-and-society-age-transition-evening-charles-eisenstein-224696 This event is co-sponsored by the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Social Economy Initiative of the Marcel Desautel Institute for Integrated Management. Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:03:10 +0000 webfull 94409 at /channels Postdoctoral Research Associate at ƻ��Ժ and the Social Innovators’ Integration Lab (SIIL) /channels/news/postdoctoral-research-associate-mcgill-university-and-social-innovators%E2%80%99-integration-lab-siil-253394 To download the job description in English and French, please click <a href="/desautels/sites/mcgill.ca.desautels/files/channels/attach/siil_pdf_job_posting_fr_en.pdf">here</a>. Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Start Date: January 2016, possibly adjustable Duration: 2 years, with possibility of 1 year extension Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:01:44 +0000 webfull 110551 at /channels SEI Impact Internship Program - Call for 2014 Student Applications /channels/news/questions-about-program-contact-mdiim-project-coordinator-arianeguay-jadahmcgillca-sei-impact-intern-232740 <h2>Introduction</h2> The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is an important vehicle through which ƻ��Ժ’s Desautels Faculty of Management integrates social entrepreneurship and social innovation into its teaching, research and outreach activities. The SEI is an undertaking of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The Institute’s mandate is to foster an integrated approach to management. The goals of the SEI are threefold: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:04:38 +0000 webfull 100946 at /channels Second SEI Annual Homecoming Keynote /channels/event/second-sei-annual-homecoming-keynote-226956 <img class="frame" style="float:left" src="/desautels/sites/mcgill.ca.desautels/files/imagecache/large/images/sei_championing_homecoming_final.jpg" alt="" title="" />Championing Social Entrepreneurship Fri, 31 May 2013 15:05:31 +0000 webfull 96842 at /channels SEI Inaugural Flagship Event /channels/event/sei-inaugural-flagship-event-225271 The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is proud to host its inaugural flagship event Strengths of the Social Economy on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Centre Mont-Royal (2200 Mansfield Street). Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:34:54 +0000 webfull 95020 at /channels