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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Earlier this year, the </span></font>University of Waterloo was the
proud recipient of a $4 million grant to establish the Social Innovation
Generation (SiG) at Waterloo initiative. In July of this year, we had the
pleasure of welcoming Frances Westley to the University of Waterloo as the JW
McConnell Chair in Social Innovation.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You are invited to join us on Monday, November 12 for a public lecture
with </span></font>Frances as she talks about her book <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Getting to Maybe</span></i> and the role of the
university in social innovation.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Getting to Maybe -
Social Innovation and the Role of the University</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>A public lecture with Dr. Frances
Westley</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Monday, November 12, 2007</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>7:00 pm</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Festival Room, South Campus Hall</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>University</span></font> of Waterloo </p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This is a free event, but seating is limited. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>RSVP to Nico Jacklein: njackl<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>e</span></font>i@uwaterloo.ca or 519-888-4567 x38214</span></b></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>About Frances Westley</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Frances Westley joined </span></font>University
of Waterloo as the JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation in July 2007. In
this role she will head up a Canada-wide initiative in social innovation, SiG
(Social Innovation Generation), a cross sectoral partnership to build capacity
for social innovation in Canada funded by the J.W McConnell Family Foundation,
University of Waterloo and the Ontario government. Dr. Westley is a renowned
scholar and consultant in the areas of social innovation, strategies for
sustainable development, middle management and strategic change, visionary
leadership and inter-organizational collaboration. Her most recent book, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Getting to Maybe</span></i> (Random House, 2006)
focuses the dynamics of social innovation, and institutional entrepreneurship
in complex adaptive systems. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Experiments
in Consilience (</span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Island</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Press, 2004)</span></i>, focuses on the dynamics of
inter-organizational and interdisciplinary collaboration in the management of
ecological and conservation problems. </p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Before joining </span></font>University
of Waterloo, Frances Westley held the position of Director, Nelson Institute
for Environmental Studies (2005-2007) at University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Other positions she has previously held include the James McGill Professor of
Strategy at McGill University’s Faculty of Management, director of the
McGill-Dupont Initiative on Social Innovation and director of the
McGill-McConnell Masters program for National Voluntary Sector leaders –
an innovative executive masters customized for the leaders of voluntary
organizations across Canada. </p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Frances Westley serves on
numerous advisory boards including</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'> Resilience Alliance Board of
Science, Emery University School of Ecology, World Conservation </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Union</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>-Conservation
Breeding Specialist Group, the Canadian Biodiversity Institute, the Bedford
Institute of Oceanography, the </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Stockholm</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Resilience</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Center</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>, the SARAS
Institute and Evergreen Canada. She is on the editorial board of several
journals, including <i><u><span style='font-style:italic'>Journal of Applied Behavioral
Science</span></u></i> and<i><u><span style='font-style:italic'> Ecology and
Society. </span></u></i>She is the recipient of several awards including the
Ulysses S. Seal award for innovation in conservation, and the Corporate Knights
Award.</span></font></p>
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