Yasmine Kandil, a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria, talks about her experiences with applied theatre, including the course she teaches through the Intercultural Education and Training programme with UVic Continuing Studies called Theatre.Community.Change. and her work with the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society.

We play a recording of a talk entitled "What Does Progress Mean For Our Society, And Our Communities?" given by Dr. Marilyn Waring, on April 21, 2011 at UVic, as part of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy Distinguished Speaker Series.

We play a recording of a talk given by Dr. William Carroll entitled "Alternative Policy Groups and Transnational Counter-Hegemonic Struggle" on March 17, 2011 at UVic, as part of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy speaker series.

Dr. Catherine McGregor, Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies at the University of Victoria, and Dr. Catherine Etmanski, Instructor in the Department of Leadership Studies at the University of Victoria and an Educational Consultant in the Greater Victoria area, talk about learning, education, and social justice through the arts.

We play a recording of a talk given on February 17th, 2011 at UVic entitled "Profits vs. Purpose: Lessons from US L3C Experience" by Dr. Jill R. Horwitz, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, as part of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy speaker series. Jill is introduced by Dr. Ana Maria Peredo of the CCCBE.

We play a recording of a talk entitled "Promises of Hegemony: Reflections on the Social Economy and Co-operativism" given by Dr. Ian MacPherson, on January 21, 2011 at UVic, as part of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy Distinguished Speaker Series.

We play a recording of a talk entitled "Corporate Social Responsibility: Preserving Neoliberal Capialism or Prefiguring Alternatives?" given by Dr. James Rowe, Senior Instructor in the School of Environmental Studies, on January 13, 2011 at UVic, as part of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy speaker series. James is introduced by Dr. Ana Maria Peredo of the CCCBE.

Moussa Magassa, Human Rights Education Advisor with UVic's Equity and Human Rights Office speaks about the activities and relationships of the group at UVic, including diversity, and the concept of Ubuntu.

Bill Carroll, critical sociologist and professor in the University of Victoria's Department of Sociology, talks about some of his music, the Social Justice Studies program at UVic , his new book The Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class and John Restakis's new book, Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital.

Jeremy Webber and Renée McBeth from The Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism (Demcon) talk about the consortium, including its colloquiums and conferences.

We play a recording of a lecture delivered June 16th, 2010 at UVic by Stefano Zamagni on the topic of Co-operative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization, followed by a conversation with Dr. Ana Maria Peredo of the The Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy. Among other things, Ana Maria talks about a new book by John Restakis entitled Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital.

Christopher Bowers, founder of Conversation Works, talks about bringing people and ideas together and helping people understand and use the power of personal story, including "What's Gone Well Today", a movement that uses the right questions to help get people and ideas connected.

Marian van der Zon and Ron Sakolsky talk about the book "Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada" that they co-edited with Andrea Langlois.

Ken Josephson, cartographer in the Geography Department of the University of Victoria, talks about local and global community mapping, including the UVic Community Mapping Initiative.

For more information, visit the following sites:
UVic Community Mapping Initiative
Green Map System
Mapping Our Common Ground: A Community and Green Mapping Resource Guide
Sea Change Society - Mapping
Georgia Strait Community Mapping Project
Uni 201 - The Art of Place: Role of Community-based Art in Academia