Sick of dining alone or with the same house-mates day after day?
Want to show off the latest dish you’ve perfected during COVID-19 isolation?
Eager to deepen your knowledge about social innovation without committing to a full online course?
Join us for a fun and informal social innovation dinner party with special guest Dr. Katharine McGowan from Mount Royal University!
Date: April 29, 6 - 7 pm
Topic: Resilience & Rigidity
How it works:
Register to save your spot (space is limited to 12 guests; please only sign up if you plan to attend).
We’ll send you an email the week before with a link to a short, fun, and informative video about resilience and rigidity from Dr. McGowan. We’ll also include a few discussion questions for you to think about as you prepare for the dinner party.
Come for dinner! Log in to Zoom using the link you receive when you register. Show up with your favourite dish and come prepared to tell us a bit about the food you’re eating and your reflections on resilience & rigidity.
About our special dinner guest (Dr. Katharine McGowan):
Katharine began her academic career as a traditional Canadian historian, and this eventually led her to be the annoying fact-checker and long-term perspective-haver on social innovation at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience. Her clear joy of public speaking and mild likeability led to a position with Social Prosperity Wood Buffalo (SPWB), a community-based project in Fort McMurray that sought to support a culture of social innovation. This directly led to her current position as assistant professor of social innovation in the Bisset School of Business. Katharine is currently helming/coordinating the Aapat Tsi Kani Takiiks, a three-year indigenization initiative that builds on the Suncor Aboriginal Business Education pilot program at Bissett. That is, helming it until the incredibly impressive and driven Bisset Aboriginal students mutiny and take over the ship. She can’t wait to live in the Canada they are going to (re)build.
As a member of ABSI Connect’s advisory group, Katharine does a wonderful job of bridging student learning and social innovation initiatives. She’s excited to chat about resiliency and rigidity at this online dinner party!