Social Entrepreneurs In Indigenous Communities
Friday, March 27, 2009
Session Description
This session will discuss different traditions of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship from the perspectives of three leaders from the ‘First Peoples’. It will explore the particular cultural forms which manifest altruistic orientations in an indigenous thought system. Presentations by ‘Chiefs’ from Canada, New Zealand and Latin America – on the power of indigenous thought systems to revitalise their own communities – will be followed by facilitated discussion.
Time & Location
Time:
10:45 - 12:15, Friday, March 27, 2009
BST
Speakers
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Senior Research Fellow, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Sarabajaya Kumar is a Senior Research Fellow in the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. Dr Kumar is a graduate of the Universities of London and Aston and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Sociology and Religion, an M.Sc in Public Sector Management, and a PhD in Management. She was an MSc…
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General Manager, Services for farmers of the Altiplano, CCDA
General Manager of Services for Farmers of the Altiplano (Servicios Campesinos del Altiplano), Leocadio has spent his life working for small and medium businesses, particularly coffee farmers, in Guatemala. Born into poverty, at age 14 he was already working in sugar cane and coffee production while…
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Chief, Hupacasath First Naton
Dr. Judith is the Chief of the Hupacasath First Nation, located in Port Alberni, BC, Canada and has been Chief for fourteen years. Turning a relatively poor First Nation that is entirely dependent on government funding into a First Nation that can sustain itself is an exercise in Social Enterprise. Under Judith’s…
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Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
Ella Henry is a lecturer in Maori development in the Faculty of Maori Development at Auckland University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. Ella is an indigenous woman and has been involved in research on indigenous entrepreneurship. She recently published a chapter on Kaupapa Maori…
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria
Dr. Ana Maria Peredo is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and International Business in the Faculty of Business at the University of Victoria and Interim Director of the British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies. Ana Maria’s pioneering research introduced the concept of…
Social Entrepreneurs In Indigenous Communities
Friday, March 27, 2009
Session Description
This session will discuss different traditions of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship from the perspectives of three leaders from the ‘First Peoples’. It will explore the particular cultural forms which manifest altruistic orientations in an indigenous thought system. Presentations by ‘Chiefs’ from Canada, New Zealand and Latin America – on the power of indigenous thought systems to revitalise their own communities – will be followed by facilitated discussion.
Time & Location
Time:
10:45 - 12:15, Friday, March 27, 2009 BSTSpeakers