Carold Institute - for the advancement of citizenship in social change

Penny Goldsmith

Penny Goldsmith has worked in the anti-poverty community for over thirty years, as an advocate, as a writer of public legal education materials in plain language, and for the past sixteen years as the executive co-ordinator of PovNet, an online information resource, communication network and teaching tool for anti-poverty front line workers, community activists and poor and otherwise marginalized people. She maintains a strong commitment to continuing to be part of a network that builds accessible and affordable online communities. Penny is also the owner of Lazara Press, a publisher of poetry, literature, broadsides, and chapbooks and a Discussions series — a forum for provocative and challenging essays and speeches which address current issues of interest and concern. The press is committed to publishing, keeping in print and distributing works that might not otherwise be available.

Peggy Edwards

Peggy Edwards is a health promotion consultant, policy analyst and writer based in Ottawa. She has worked with Health Canada, the Canadian Public Health Association and the World Health Organization, and is the co-author of three best-selling books on healthy aging and grandparenting. She specializes in issues related to aging, social justice, voluntarism and gender. Peggy is a leader in the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, which supports African grandmothers who are raising millions of AIDS orphans. She is the co-founder of the National Advocacy Committee of the Grandmothers Campaign, which guides over 10,000 Canadian grandmothers in their efforts to obtain fair resources, systemic change and the rights of women and children.

Paula Carr

Past Executive Director of Collingwood Neighbourhood House; Executive Director of several social profit agencies; Community Developer and Organizer;, Strategic Planner; Fundraiser; Consultant; Teacher; Executive Coach and Mentor.

Vincent Greason

Depuis 2001, Vincent Greason travaille à la Table ronde des organismes volontaires d’éducation populaire de l’Outaouais (TROVEPO), un regroupement composé d’une vingtaine organismes de la région. / Since 2001, Vincent Greason has worked at the Table ronde des organismes volontaires d’éducation populaire de l’Outaouais (TROVEPO), a regional coalition of popular education groups.

Michel Venne

Fondateur et directeur général de l'Institut du Nouveau Monde

Michael Cooke