Community Sector Summit Working Together: Accelerating Growth October 27th - 29th, 2019 Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre Community Sector Summit Working Together: Accelerating Growth Message from the Premier Welcome to the Community Sector Summit. The Way Forward with Community and this summit captures the importance that my government places on its relationship with community organizations. We appreciate your never-ending commitment, energy, and drive to making your communities the best possible places to live and work. Socially and economically, you are at the front line for delivering valuable programs and services to residents and making vast contributions to the provincial economy. Through this summit and implementation of The Way Forward with Community, we can learn from one another and acquire a greater understanding of our perspectives and priorities which will help us strengthen your deep roots in Newfoundland and Labrador. Together, we can make the community sector an optimal sector to work and improve outcomes that benefit citizens and businesses. Hon. Dwight Ball Premier October 27th - 29th, 2019 Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre 1 Message from Penelope Rowe CEO, Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador The co-created Work Plan to Advance the Social and Economic Contribution of Community Organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador is a pivotal point in our development. It signals a joint commitment to collaboration in guiding our future. Nonprofit groups with their leaders, staff and volunteers, are on the ground everyday providing important services, advocating for change, creating jobs, innovating and accelerating social and economic growth. Every day we each benefit from their extraordinary contributions which span all facets of our daily life: trails, culture, heritage, social and health services, recreation, sports, housing and poverty relief. They form cooperatives and social enterprises, generate revenue and create jobs. They are the backbone of our province. In fact, the community sector is absolutely central to economic and social progress. This Community Sector Summit is a renewed starting point to move us forward to strengthen regional and provincial networks, to find ways to work collectively with public and private sectors, to enhance skills for sound governance and good management. The Community Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador looks forward to working together to accelerate growth. Penelope M. Rowe, CM 2 Community Sector Summit Working Together: Accelerating Growth Community Sector Working Committee Many people have been involved in promoting and advancing the impact of nonprofit organizations. Almost ten years ago at a Forum, New Thinking for the Next Decade, Community Sector Council NL announced the creation of a province-wide Community Sector Working Committee and called for individuals who would focus on big picture issues important to advancing the profile and climate for the community sector as a whole. The committee, augmented through a call for Expressions of Interest, placed heavy focus on policy and advocacy and connecting with leaders especially with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Its briefings and interactions have led to numerous important initiatives. In 2018, the Premier on behalf of GNL along with the Community Sector Council NL announced that it had identified the community sector as an industry sector important to economic growth and job creation. The Working Committee was restructured and again added new members based on an open call. It represents a diversity of nonprofit sectors. The group along with government colleagues embarked on intensive deliberations and province- wide consultations which culminated in A Sector Work Plan to Advance the Social and Economic Contribution of Community Organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador which was released in the spring of 2019. The plan includes actions aimed at recognizing and strengthening the social and economic contributions of the community sector. Committee members brought a lot of energy and thought to this work. Their efforts have been groundbreaking. Members of the Community Sector Working Committee Jason Brown Roseanne Leonard David Smallwood President and CEO Managing Director Past Chair, Theatre NL YMCA Community Business CEO, Rotary Arts Centre Development Donna Butt Corporations NL Gail Thorne, Executive and Executive Director Artistic Director Penny Rowe Exploits Community Centre Rising Tide Theatre Chief Executive Officer Community Sector Council NL Tim Turner Rowena House Executive Director Executive Director Jane Severs Murphy Centre Craft Council NL Executive Director (former) Association of Heritage Sean Wiltshire Colleen Kennedy Industries NL Chief Executive Officer Executive Director Avalon Employment Inc. Gros Morne Co-operating Mark Shrimpton, Association Chair (Board of Directors) Community Sector Council NL October 27th - 29th, 2019 Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre 3 Message from our Sponsor Suncor and the Suncor Energy Foundation believe in the need to explore new ways of convening, collaborating, and thinking about the future. We place great importance on strengthening the community sector and its collective impact, and we see opportunity in developing shared responses to complex problems. Congratulations to everyone who was involved in shaping the Community Sector Work Plan. This sector plays a central role to social and economic growth, and we look forward to ongoing opportunities to bring partners together from across sectors to create lasting change and mutual benefit. We wish all Summit attendees an excellent few days of learning, connecting, and sharing. We can all benefit from an openness toward new skills, mindsets, capabilities, and approaches. 4 Community Sector Summit Working Together: Accelerating Growth Summit Schedule Day 1 – Sunday October 27, 2019 2:00 p.m. Registration desk opens (will remain open) 2:30-4:30 p.m. Pre-Summit Workshops Salon C & D Conflict Resolution Workshop (two sessions) • Mark Osmond, Training Solutions NL • Lorne LeDrew, Training Solutions NL Conveners: • Darlene Scott • Jeff Hillyard 5:00 p.m. Entertainment from Celtic Fiddlers Salon A 5:45 p.m. Official Opening and Land Acknowledgement Salon A • Elder, First Light 6:00 p.m. Setting the Stage Salon A • Bruce MacDonald, President & CEO, Imagine Canada, Sector Co-chair, Advisory Committee on Charitable Sector • Penelope Rowe, CEO, Community Sector Council NL • Sean Wiltshire, Community Sector Working Committee Q&A and Discussion Reception to follow – cash bar, entertainment (Celtic Fiddlers) Harbourview Ballroom October 27th - 29th, 2019 Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre 5 Day 2 – Monday October 28, 2019 8:00 a.m. Registration desk opens 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Salon B, C & D Welcome and Land Acknowledgement 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Conversation with the Premier Salon A The Way Forward with Community - A Sector Work Plan to Advance the Social and Economic Contribution of Community Organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador with Premier Dwight Ball, along with other representatives of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, community sector colleagues, and CSC NL CEO Penelope Rowe. This morning will include an overview of the action plan and opportunities to engage together. Moderators: • Penelope Rowe, CEO, CSC NL • Katie Norman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Engagement and Planning Division, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Convener: • Bettina Ford Group 1 Community Sector Panel Speakers: • Lisa Davis-Ryland, Executive Director, Community Youth Network (Southern Labrador) • Colleen Kennedy, Executive Director, Gros Morne Cooperating Association • Hasan Hai, President, NL Beard and Moustache Club Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Representatives: • Premier Dwight Ball • Minister John Haggie, Health and Community Services 6 Community Sector Summit Working Together: Accelerating Growth Group 2 Community Sector Panel Speakers: • Carolann Harding, Executive Director, SmartICE • Libby Angel, Association for New Canadians, Social Enterprise Food Truck • Sean Wiltshire, CEO, Avalon Employment Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Representatives: • Premier Dwight Ball • Minister Christopher Mitchelmore, Advanced Education, Skills and Labour • Minister Bernard Davis, Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation 11:00 – 11:20 a.m. Break Group 3 Community Sector Panel Speakers: • Celina Stoyles, Executive Director, Kids Eat Smart Foundation • Rowena House, Executive Director, Craft Council • Liz LaSaga, Chief Executive Officer/Band Manager, Flat Bay Band Inc. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Representatives: • Premier Dwight Ball • Minister Lisa Dempster, Children, Seniors and Social Development • Parliamentary Secretary Sarah Stoodley, Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch Salon B, C & D • Remzi Cej, Director, Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador • Sally Hough, Coordinator, Investment Readiness Program, Community Foundations of Canada October 27th - 29th, 2019 Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre 7 1:30 – 2:40 p.m. Building our Skills and Strength Workshops Retirement Planning for the Community Sector Salon B • Connor Bays, Associate & Chief of Staff, Common Wealth Pension Services • Roseanne Leonard, Managing Director, NL Network of CBDCs Convener: • Norma Alford ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––