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CCEDNet Manitoba in the News

Follow the links below to access articles and media items written by or featuring CCEDNet Manitoba staff:

 

Assignments for Skilled Volunteers: A Winnipeg Example

  • May 14, 2012
  • Geoff Ripat, Spark Program Coordinator, discusses Spark's work connecting volunteers with specialized skills to community organizations that need the skills
  • Appears on YoungRetired.ca

Inner City Voices (radio)

  • April 30, 2012
  • Brendan Reimer discusses the social enterprise sector in Manitoba on CKUW's Inner City Voices program
  • Note: The first 3 minutes of the file are silent, but the program starts at the 2:40 mark

Manitoba Budget 2012 Press Releases

  • Distributed to the press on April 16, 2012
  • In CCEDNet's press release, Brendan Reimer discusses the need for long-term investment in strategies that address the root causes of community challenges
  • Click here to download the press release from Make Poverty History Manitoba, which quotes Kirsten Bernas, CCEDNet's Policy Advisor

Garden Concept Gains Momentum

  • April 11, 2012
  • Written by Rae Hathaway
  • Published on PortageOnline.com

Manitoba Budget 2012: Gas And Cigarettes To Cost More As Government Tables Deficit Document
(April 2012)

  • Written by the Canadian Press
  • Appears in the Huffington Post, Global News and CBC News
  • Includes comments from Brendan Reimer on the 2012 Manitoba Budget

Putting your worries to work
(April 2012)

  • Written by Marlo Campbell
  • Appears in Uptown Magazine
  • Paul Chorney credits the inspiration of bringing the Transition Town movement to Winnipeg on a 2010 CCEDNet workshop

Social enterprise study reveals an 
”overlooked” sector’s economic impact
(April 2012)

  • Written by Lorraine Stevenson
  • Appeared on AGCanada.com
  • Highlights CCEDNet's recent research on the social enterprise sector in Manitoba, with comments from Brendan Reimer.

Sparking change for local agencies
(April 2012)

  • The Winnipeg Foundation
  • Appears in the Spring 2012 edition of Working Together magazine
  • Profiles a recent volunteer match made by Spark - a service of CCEDNet

Value for Money: Changing the way we measure results
(March 2012)

  • by Kirsten Bernas
  • Appears in SEE Change Magazine

Business done differently 
(Jan. 2012)

  • by Marlo Campbell
  • Appears in CanStar Community News
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer, mentioned Peg City Co-op and Organic Planet

International Year of the Co-operative Launched
(Jan. 2012)

  • by Lorraine Stevenson
  • Appears in the Manitoba Co-operator
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer

Sometimes a bright idea needs a Spark 
(Dec. 2011)

  • by Matt Prepost
  • Printed in the Winnipeg Free Press
  • Profile of CCEDNet's Spark service

Spark'ing Opportunities 
(Dec. 2011)

  • by Christine Hanlon
  • Profile of Geoff Ripat, coordinator of Spark
  • Printed in On Manitoba

Believe people can create change
(Oct. 2011)

  • by Brendan Reimer
  • Reflections Magazine

Community Economic Development 
(Oct. 2011)

  • by Lisa Helps
  • Lisa Helps is a Vancouver City Councillor
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer

Election forum tonight focuses on poverty, hunger
(Sept. 2011)

  • Appears in the Winnipeg Free Press
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer on the importance of including a dialogue on poverty reduction in the Manitoba election.

Arctic Co-operatives Limited Awarded 
(Jul. 2011)

  • by the Co-operative Educators Association
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer

BUILDing Capacity: Building Homes and Transforming Lives 
(Mar. 2011)

  • by Ryan O'Connor (CCEDNet staff)
  • Profiles of MGR and BUILD, CCEDNet members
  • Article written as part of the Manitoba Social Innovation Stories Project

Profit, Puritans and iPads
(Feb. 2011)

  • by Matt Koop-Pearce
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer

Making waves out of ripples 
(Aug. 2010)

  • by Brendan Reimer
  • Issue of Fast Facts for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

The Canada-EU Trade Talks And Procurement 
(Aug. 2010)

  • by Brendan Reimer
  • Video

Harper sells Canada out to European-based multinational corporations 
(Jun. 2010)

  • by Dylan Penner
  • With comments from Brendan Reimer

Buy-local policies growing 
(Jun. 2010)

  • by Brendan Reimer
  • Printed in the Winnipeg Free Press and the Brandon Sun

For the people, by the people 
(Nov. 2009)

  • by Marlo Campbell
  • Coverage of CCEDNet's annual Manitoba CD/CED Gathering
  • Printed in Uptown Magazine

The Christmas Hamper that gives twice 
(Dec. 2005)

  • by Brendan Reimer
  • Issue of Fast Facts for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives