Maximizing Philanthropy’s Impact for a Sustainable Future
Kingbridge Conference Centre & Institute
King City, Ontario
May 7-9, 2019
Keynote speakers
Darcy Winslow is the President and co-founder of the Academy for Systems Change, an international non-profit focused on advancing the field of awareness-based systemic change in order to achieve economic, social, and ecological well being. The Academy develops and delivers a range of programs to build community among emerging and existing leaders engaged in systems change work. Unlike conventional leadership training organizations, the Academy’s approach fosters deep understanding of the powerful connection between change within the individual and changing the systems in which they work.
Charles Eisenstein is a speaker and a writer focusing on the themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His viral short films and essays online have established him as a genre-defying social philosopher and counter-cultural intellectual. His books include The Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible. All registrants will receive a copy of his most recent book Climate: A New Story.
Melanie Goodchild is moose clan, Anishinaabe, from Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation. She is the founder of Turtle Island Institute, an Indigenous social innovation think & do tank and she is a Research Fellow at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience. Melanie works as an advisor to several social and environmental change initiatives including NASA’s Earth Sciences Capacity Building Program.
The news of environmental, social, economic and political challenges facing Canada and our broader blue planet is relentless, dispiriting and often numbing. While often discouraging, we learned at the 2018 CEGN conference that disruption opens up the opportunity for creativity, innovation and change. Acutely aware of this context, CEGN’s annual gathering in May will be designed to help us step back from the fray, take a deep breath, and then roll up our sleeves to determine how best to maximize the impact of our own organizations and our network in advancing a sustainable future. We will do so in the beautiful Kingbridge Conference Centre, located just north of Toronto.
Based on member feedback, this year’s conference will move away from the classic panel sessions to embrace a focus on funder collaboration, networking opportunities and professional development. It will also challenge us to wrestle with some thorny questions, such as: “We are working fast and hard, but are we getting the results we seek? What approaches can we discover to rethink our ways of doing work? How we are doing things and which partners are we engaging? If current funding strategies aren’t working, should we be looking at others?”
Working with Monica Pohlmann, a Principal with ReosPartners (Adam Kahane, our 2018 plenary conference speaker is the founder of the firm), we are fashioning a program that will include facilitated funder discussions around key issues with which members are engaged, including climate; protected areas; oceans; sustainable communities; toxics; and sustainable agriculture. We will also be building in several professional development opportunities, relevant to our role as both funders and investors. Inspiring plenary speakers and a visit to the McMichael Gallery, home to a the country’s premiere collection of Canadian art, will round out the conference program.
Details on the conference program will be posted as they are confirmed, with the conference running from 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7th through 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 9th. Click here for the Program at a Glance.
Click here for information on the Call of Proposals to CEGN members.
The early bird deadline for conference registration is extended to April 5th! Leadership members receive one free conference ticket and Champion members receive two free conference tickets.
Join us on May 8th for CEGN Annual Members’ Dinner at the McMichael Gallery.
CEGN is grateful to the members of the 2019 Conference Advisory Committee:
Amy Buskirk, Donner Canadian Foundation
Amy Cross, The Schad Foundation
Carolyn Scotchmer, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
Darcy Riddell, McConnell Foundation
James Littley, Okanagan Basin Water Board
Jeremy Guth, Woodcock Foundation
Margaret Herriman, Max Bell Foundation
Pat Letizia, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation
Karen Wilkie, Carthy Foundation
Sandy Hoang, CEGN
Pegi Dover, CEGN
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