[Advisors] bursaries available to attend our data & social sector conference

[Marita Moll]

Hello advisors. One of my colleagues from the former CRACIN project is 
offering an opportunity to attend a conference that should be 
interesting to anyone working on community networking.  They are looking 
for more people from rural, northern and Atlantic communities. Bursaries 
are being offered to fund costs.

I hope some of you will take advantage of this.

Marita


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Subject: 	[CRACIN buddies] bursaries available to attend our data & 
social sector conference
Date: 	Fri, 6 Jan 2017 14:52:34 -0500
From: 	Michael Lenczner <michael at poweredbydata.org>
To: 	Brian Beaton <brianbeaton at knet.ca>, Brian Walmark 
<brianwalmark at knet.ca>, leslie shade <leslieshade at gmail.com>, adam fiser 
<adam.fiser at gmail.com>, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net>, Andrew Clement 
<andrew.clement at utoronto.ca>, Monique Chartrand 
<direction at communautique.qc.ca>, catherine middleton 
<catherine.middleton at ryerson.ca>



Hello all of you. Long decade, no talk. I hope you're all doing well.

Congrats to those of you who were still working on pushing the CRTC to 
extend access across Canada.

I'm organizing a conference in February in Toronto on data and the 
social sector. Through the support of Stanford's Philanthropy and Civil 
Society group and the Carold Institute, we can provide bursaries to make 
sure that marginalized groups & communities can attend. We've received a 
decent number of applications, except we're low on numbers from northen 
Canada, rural communities, and Atlantic Canada.

I was hoping that some of you would take a look at it, and forward it to 
anyone who you think might know interested applicants.

http://transform.thesector.ca/bursaries

Thanks and all the best for 2017!

Michael Lenczner
Director of Powered by Data <http://www.poweredbydata.org/>, a Tides 
Canada Initiative | CEO of Ajah <http://www.ajah.ca/>
+1-514-708-5112

Conference Bursaries: Enabling a more inclusive conversation

  *

    We believe the stakeholders most involved in conversations around
    digital data and the social sector do not currently reflect the
    wealth of diverse experiences across Canada. Access to these
    conversations is heavily skewed towards groups whose perspectives
    are over-represented more generally in Canada’s public dialogues.

    With the support of the Carold Institute, Transform the Sector aims
    to convene leaders from across diverse communities and disciplines
    for a series of rich exchanges that will help chart the course for
    the emergence of a data-informed social sector.  We are able to
    offer a limited number of conference bursaries to support the
    participation of individuals and communities whose voices are often
    excluded from these exchanges.



    Bursary Details and Selection Criteria

    There are ten bursaries available: 5 for participants from Southern
    Ontario, and 5 for participants from the rest of Canada. These
    geographic constraints are based on an attempt to balance regional
    participation with other goals of inclusion while being subject to
    budget limitations.



    Each of these bursaries includes:

    -Free conference registration

    -Return travel to Toronto and two nights’ accommodation, for
    participants not based in the Greater Toronto Area

    -Individualized support before and during the conference, plus an
    optional post-conference session to deepen learning and impact

    -Breakfast and lunch on the conference day and the day after



    To be considered for a conference bursary, individuals must meet all
    of the following criteria:

    -Active within the nonprofit or public sector

    -Working with communities that are typically marginalized from
    conversations and projects around applications of digital data
    within the social sector

    -Excited about the potential of digital data to make their work more
    effective, and strengthen the communities they work with

    -Would otherwise be unable to participate in this conference because
    of personal or organizational financial barriers



    Among applicants who meet the criteria above, priority will be given to:

    -Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with disabilities,
    women, two-spirited, queer, and trans people, and other candidates
    with lived experiences of marginalization

    -Candidates who incorporate new technology into their work

    Candidates involved in social movements



    Application and Selection Process

    Candidates must apply online before Thursday, January 5th at 6pm
    EST.  All candidates will be notified of selection results within
    one week following the application deadline.  For any questions,
    please contact Jon at transform at poweredbydata.org
    <mailto:transform at poweredbydata.org>

    UPDATED: The deadline to apply for these bursaries is being extended
    by one week: we will now be accepting applications until 5pm EST on
    Thursday, January 12th.



    To apply now, click here (http://transform.thesector.ca/bursaries)

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