Returning to the high tech MaRS Centre June 10 - 12 2009, the Social Tech Training is designed to train the next generation of strategic + execution leaders inside social change orgs. Led by senior trainers from the 8 year old Web of Change community, the STT is an intimate event that combines inspiring stories from leading web campaigns, our unique "create, test, and learn" education model, and is designed to connect participants to a powerful community of peers. A learning event this relevant, holistic, and fun does not happen very often.

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Two exciting and not-to-be-missed events are approaching in June: Social Tech Training and MagNet.

The first — from the people behind Web of Change — is Toronto’s very first Social Tech Training at MaRS.

That’s right. I’m hitting the road again to bring the “Web love” to magazine folks in Vancouver. This is the second-last stop on a cross-country tour that started in Toronto, got snowed-in in Halifax, and will conclude its first circuit in Edmonton at the end of March. So far, it’s been a hell of a lot of fun — the faculty is top-notch and the participants are reporting back that they’ve embarked on new Web initiatives already. What more could one ask?

So here are the details for Vancouver:

My partner Melanie and I are in Ottawa. It’s getting late. And I’m still preparing for the workshop that I’m leading tomorrow with Meera Karunanathan from the Council of Canadians. (I know, I know: don’t leave everything for the last minute!) The Council (along with the Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and others) have organized a teach-in that promises to be nothing less than historic.

Apparently I’m not the only one up late. My search for a little music to keep me company turned up no less than the personal music library of Avi Lewis. I feel like I’m in good company tonight.

Avi will kick-off tomorrow’s Integrate This teach-in as moderator for “The Big Business of Insecurity,” “Commandeering the Continent: Military Integration, Big Oil and the Environment,” and “The Democratic Deficit: Parliament and the SPP.” Judy Rebick takes over in the afternoon moderating the session “The North America We Really Want.”

A who’s who of the social-justice movement here in Canada, other names on the line-up include: Maude Barlow, Elizabeth May, and Maureen Webb.

I’m pretty excited to be here, and to have an opportunity to present some online campaigning strategies to activists from across the country. Heck, it’ll even be a great opportunity to update my Flickr feed.