http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf We’re blogging LIVE from the Canadian Social Forum! Here, community leaders from social development, public health, environment, community safety and recreation are brought together. The Forum targets poverty – both urban and rural. Workshops by aboriginal presenters doing innovative work across the country will play a critical role. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:52:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I posted on my blog about the conference, and got some interesting feedback from people, not all of whom attended the Forum. http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/06/22/more-on-the-forum-in-calgary/ Good morning, As I sit in the McLeod room at this Canadian Social Forum I keep searching for the people who this forum affects the most and I cannot see them. I am a Social Worker and have worked and lived with and in poverty. I am fortunate to have overcome the ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/22/where-are-the-people-who-are-living-in-poverty/ Tansi, I have been attending this conference as a presenter as well as a participant. My research partner, Yvonne Poitras Pratt and I have been working in the Alberta Metis community discussing Digital Storytelling as a means of healing through embracing being Metis in today's society.We are both Metis women and ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/22/digital-storytelling/ [caption id="attachment_5605" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Michael Creek, Richard Shillington, Sunny Soleil, Tonika Morgan"][/caption] Poverty is a constant state of humiliation - not news, but imparted to us through compelling testimony by Michael Creek, Sunny Soleil, and Tonika Morgan, on a panel moderated by Richard Shillington.  These poverty survivors and advocates tell us ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/22/hoops-mazes-and-barriers/ Last night I attended the Premiere screening of Poor No More here, at the CSF, to a packed audience. A film about the working poor in Canada and how the crisis in this country compares to other countries-- namely Ireland and Sweedan. The main attraction to this film? I'd like to ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/21/poor-no-more/ Really pleased with how our session went today. Well, mostly pleased. We had a good turnout... with a wide variety of folks interested in Social Media, as well as in our co-presenters from the Métis Digital Broadband project... great to engage in a lively discussion, with good questions ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/20/the-power-of-social-media-ppt/ PovNet is an online advocacy network, based in British Columbia but with links all over the country. Coming here to Calgary is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with the warm bodies behind some of the online voices of anti-poverty advocates in BC, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and Ontario (and I haven't ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/20/advocates-in-calgary/ We were incredulous when we learned that there would be no wifi signal at the Telus convention centre. Yes, the TELUS centre, no wifi. This would be a huge inconvenience for our 'live blogging' efforts, but we were assured by the forum organizers that there would be a ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/20/wifi-at-the-telus-centre/ [caption id="attachment_5558" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Canadian Social Forum Opening Reception"][/caption] Calgary is cold on May 19th.  It's supposed to get warmer over the next few days, as anti-poverty activists gather here for the Canadian Social Forum to share ideas about how to address the conundrum of poverty in our rich nation.  We ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/20/act-now-4-change/ From May 19 through the 22nd, we'll be at the FIRST Canadian Social Forum! We're very excited to be attending this event and offering our workshop: The Power of Social Media, which we are co-presenting with our friends, Athena Lothian from the Métis Nation of Alberta and Yvonne Poitras Pratt ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/live_from_csf/2009/05/15/citizenshift-is-heading-to-calgary/