Leadership for Change - Making Change Happen

A potent mix of storytelling and skill sharing, this series brings together leaders who used creative thinking and courage to change the world.  Speakers come from the worlds of activism, business, the arts and many others.  With this series you’ll learn new ways to make change in your community and beyond, by hearing their personal struggles and what they did to overcome the odds.

This series is brought to you by:
Hollyhock Leadership Institute, Hollyhock Foundation, Vancity Credit Union and UBC Continuing Studies.


September 17th:
Give me Shelter - Bringing Homeless Voices Out Front

Pivot Legal Society provides legal advice and series to people who are facing poverty and other struggles. Along with other close allies in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Pivot has been at the front of the struggle to protect low-income housing in the neighbourhood, and used innovative outreach tools to spread the word about the value of the community in one of the most misunderstood places in Vancouver. Learn first-hand from Pivot about the tactics that have led both to victory and defeat in Canada’s most endangered community.


Lawyer David Eby lives in Vancouver and works full time on Pivot Legal Society’s Housing Campaign. He is currently running for city council with Vision Vancouver.




October 28th:
Changing Corporate America- How Hitting the Wallet Can Make Big Business Behave.

When local conservation group Forest Ethics found out that Limited Brands, owner of Victoria Secret, were using paper made from old growth forests to print their 365 million catalogues, they saw red. This led to an effective and revolutionary anti-brand campaign that included full page ads of chainsaw-wielding Victoria Secret models, causing the $10 billion dollar company to rethink its practices. 


Tzeporah Berman, Program Director and Co-Founder of Forest Ethics, will detail how a small non-profit got a global giant to go green.  A leader in a number of key BC campaigns including the Great Bear Rainforest, Clayoquot and a number of market campaigns aimed at Staples and Sears, Tzeporah will share Forest Ethics’s Corporate Action Strategy so you’ll know the tools to get big business to change.


November 26th:
Bridging the Gap- Bringing Eco Values into the Canadian Consciousness.

As the former CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s most popular outdoor gear retailer, and now as CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, Peter Robinson has often played the role of uniting environmental perspectives with business, government and the public interests. So what is effective in getting business and government to take heed of environmental priorities? What can all of us do to get environmental issues on the agenda?


Peter will provide case studies and stories about what worked, what didn’t and what to keep in mind going forward.






December 10th:
Building Power without Domination

Judy Rebick, Sam Grindin Chair for Social Justice & Democracy at Ryerson University, has first-hand experience in making change happen. She was instrumental in the National Action Committee on the Status of Women in the 1990s, and has a strong background in journalism. With a new book due out soon, she will talk about new approaches to social and political change that build on the knowledge and practices of the women’s movement but are going well beyond it. 


Judy talks about power at a personal, social, and political level and how they can interact towards a politics of transformation.





To Register Call:
UBC Continuing Studies: 604-822-1444