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Citizenship and Civic Engagement Summer 2013

Today’s Conversation 3  Introduction: Who am I + Why am I here?  Agenda for the session (three questions)  Group Introductions  Group Discussion  Class Discussion  How are we all connected?  Social capital  What is it + Why is it important?  Concluding remarks!

Let’s get started… 4

Rumeet Billan: Who am I? 5  Social Entrepreneur  Social Impact  Educator  Leadership + Social Entrepreneurship  Doctoral Student  Global Competencies  Writer  Globe and Mail + Huffington Post  Speaker  TEDx I love what I do.

Over the Next Two Weeks… 6  Our Learning Objectives:  Develop an understanding of ourselves, others, and social capital and the connection to our community, country, and world  Develop a deeper understanding of Canadian Citizenship and Civic Pride  Learn how to help others showcase that pride within their communities

Question One 7 Introductions: Introduce yourself and share three words that describe who you are. Hi, my name is ________. Three words that describe me are _________, _________, and __________. As a group discuss the following question: What makes you who you are? Are we born the way we are, or are we brought up to be the way we are? Why do we think this?

SWITCH GROUPS 8

Question Two 9 Introductions: Introduce yourself + share one word that describes the feeling on belonging + one world that describes the feeling of being different. As a group discuss the following question: Are we the same or different? Are we more similar to each other or are we more different from each other? Discuss how and in which ways!

SWITCH GROUPS 10

Question Three 11 Introductions: Introduce yourself + share with the group three words that describe ‘home’. Hi, my name is ________. Three words that describe home to me are _________, _________, and __________. As a group discuss the following question: How does where I live impact who I am?

How are we all connected? 12

Social Capital What is it and why is it important?

Social Capital 14 Social capital is social networks and connections of diverse individuals and groups with shared values and assets. By investing in and leveraging social networks, social capital can be developed to help communities work, create and play together.

What Does This Mean? 15  Social capital is built on the idea of networks  Networks of people or organizations  It is the interaction and connectedness of people + organizations  How are we all connected?  Why is this important?  We can come together and achieve more than one could achieve alone!  Social capital influences our personal wellbeing, the wellbeing of organizations and of nations! It’s a powerful thing!

Social Capital: Principles 16  Sense of Belonging  Networks  Feelings of Trust + Safety  Reciprocity  Participation  Citizen Power / Proactivity  Values, Norms, Outlook in Life  Diversity!

Today… 17 We built social capital.

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