One of the remarkable outcomes of the work of the Service aux collectivites at the University of Quebec at Montreal�� is Regime de Retraite, a pension plan for employees of community and women’s organizations in Quebec.�� With some 3,000 members and a healthy investment fund, the plan provides the economic security of good pension benefits to support the retirement of workers in the non-profit and social sector. Interestingly, Michel Lizee, the animator of the initiative and now one of its board members, is a graduate of �Ӱ�ԭ��’s Institute for Political Economy.�� ��He is willing to speak about this model with interested non-profits in English-speaking Canada.�� For more information, see .

On September 24, Liz Weaver animated an all-day Community Collaboration Forum in London, Ontario.�� Attended by 170 participants from the non-profit, university and government sectors, the event was organized by the Pillar Nonprofit Network.

The event included a panel entitled “Putting Collective Impact into Practice,” and involved Tom Cooper of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Cheryl Rose of Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, and Ted Jackson from CFICE.

The Tamarack Institute is one of North America’s leaders in the emerging field of collective impact.

Featuring effective approaches that are creating win/win situations for local communities as a result of reaching beyond their traditional geographic boundaries, Ted received the peer-reviewed award at the CDS International Annual Conference for his research in community-campus engagement, impact investing and LGBT rights in developing countries.This award is presented to a Community Development Society member in recognition of a current research project or product that represents an important contribution to the field of community development.

Congratulations, Ted!

Click to see �Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s post about the award.