BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260524T151241EDT-2740JbCl6U@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260524T191241Z DESCRIPTION:​\n\nSocial transformation through social innovation:\n\nHow so cial innovators work to change the system that created the problem in the first place.\n\n \n\nDr. Frances Westley\n\nThursday\, March 31st @ 6:00 p m in New Residence Hall\n\n3625 Avenue du Parc\n\nMontréal\, Québec\, H2X 3P8\n\nFree Admission.\n\n \n\nDr. Westley is a renowned scholar and consu ltant in the areas of social innovation\, strategies for sustainable devel opment\, strategic change\, visionary leadership and inter-organizational collaboration.\n\nBefore joining the University of Waterloo in 2007 as the JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation\, Frances Westley held the positi on of Director\, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies (2005-2007) at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Other positions she has previously held include the James Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Professor of Strategy at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾â€™s Faculty of Management\, director of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾-Dupont Initiative on Socia l Innovation and director of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾-McConnell Masters program for Nati onal Voluntary Sector leaders – an innovative executive masters customized for the leaders of voluntary organizations across Canada.\n\nFrances West ley serves on numerous advisory boards including Resilience Alliance Board of Science\, World Conservation Union-Conservation Breeding Specialist Gr oup\, the Stockholm Resilience Center\, the SARAS Institute and Evergreen Canada. She is on the editorial board of several journals\, including Jour nal of Applied Behavioral Science and Ecology and Society. She is the reci pient of several awards including the Ulysses S. Seal award for innovation in conservation and the Corporate Knights Award.\n\n \n\n \n DTSTART:20160331T220000Z DTEND:20160331T230000Z LOCATION:Ballroom\, New Residence Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H2X 3P8\, 362 5 avenue du Parc SUMMARY:MSE Annual Environment Public Lecture with our special guest France s Westley URL:/environment/channels/event/mse-annual-environment -public-lecture-our-special-guest-frances-westley-259625 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR