February 2008
Welcome to What’s Budding @ Maytree
Welcome to the February issue of What’s Budding @ Maytree, your source for news about all things Maytree.
Apply now to School4Civics!
Are you a progressive change agent? Would you like to learn how to run for public office or organize a campaign? Then Maytree is looking for you! Apply to School4Civics today.
Visit our web site to learn more, the deadline for applications is March 21, 2008.
Maytree Leadership Conference
Save the date! Maytree’s Annual Leadership Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Mark your calendars! The theme of this year’s conference is Supporting Leadership to create equity and opportunity in urban communities. Stay tuned for more details in next month’s newsletter.
More Five Good Ideas
Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO of The Toronto Community Foundation provided an audience of over 95 with five secret ingredients for successful networking – including how frozen turkeys can play a role in fundraising! Among Rahul’s recommended reads were Plato’s The Republic and Getting Even by Woody Allen. Are all Five Good Ideas sessions this interesting? Find out!
Upcoming sessions:
Hiring the Right Person
With Suzie Addison-Toor, Engage Consulting
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 – 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Turning around your Organization
With Paul Davidson, Executive Director, WUSC
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 – 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Workshops are free, but space is limited so register today!
ALLIES
Please join us in welcoming Peter Paul, the new ALLIES Project Leader, to the Maytree team. ALLIES is creating a national movement of communities that are working to provide meaningful employment for skilled immigrants. Visit our web site to learn more.
Join the abcGTA Roster!
Maytree is searching for people who represent the diversity of the GTA and who are ready, willing and able to serve on boards of voluntary organizations and public institutions. Visit our site to find out how you can add your name and profile to the roster and help to diversify the face of governance in the GTA.
Congratulations to recent abcGTA appointees:
- Soban Pasha Ahmed to the Working Skills Centre Board of Directors
- Leolyn Hendricks to The Centre for Community Learning and Development (formerly East End Literacy), Board of Directors
- Thadsha Navaneethan as Vice President, National, Let’s Stop AIDS (formerly Children’s AIDS Health Program)
- Nina Boric to the Etobicoke Arts Council
Human Trafficking in Canada
Maytree has made a grant of $150,000 to Benjamin Perrin, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia for a major project dealing with Canada’s involvement in human trafficking for sexual exploitation. The project will document the nature and extent of Canada’s role in human trafficking, develop policy recommendations and work to create public awareness of the issue.
Maytree Leadership Network News
The Maytree Leadership Network includes more than 450 alumni of the Foundation’s leadership programs.
Congratulations to Kay Blair who received the 2007 Ontario Premier’s Award for College Graduates.
News You Can Use
First Nations Technical Institute in Jeopardy
In 1985 the First Nations Technical Institute, an aboriginal owned and controlled post-secondary academy, was created by the federal Department of Indian Affairs, the provincial Ministry of Education and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Council. The Institute offers university, college and adult education programs with courses on a wide variety of subjects. Graduates of the Institute, with a 90% employment rate, are role models in their communities. The successes may come to an end this year if the federal government follows through on its plan to cut the school’s funding by 66%.
Read Carol Goar’s column in The Star and visit the Institute’s web site to learn more.
ACCESSING TALENT – Is Your Business on Track?
A panel discussion moderated by Andria Case of CTV News, on February 27, 2008. Panelists, including Tina Tehranchian of the abcGTA roster, will share their experiences devising recruitment and hiring practices that best tap creative and entrepreneurial talent from across diverse and non-traditional markets.
For more information, and to register, visit The Centre for Diversity’s web site.
The Metcalf Foundation’s 2008 Community Program
The purpose of the program is to support people and organizations working together to address the root causes of poverty leading to a decent living for all.
There are two program areas, Communities in Action and Leadership in Action.
For more information, visit The Metcalf Foundation’s web site.
Contact Us
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