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Calling all Social Entrepreneurs: Are you launching a business or enterprising non-profit organization that focuses on creating social impact? Futurpreneur Canada is looking for entrepreneurs who are using business principles…

brendan_retrospective.png After more than a decade strengthening community economic development in Manitoba and across Canada, Brendan Reimer will be leaving CCEDNet at the end of August.   Brendan has played a…

Are you interested in being a panelist at the Women’s Economic Council’s National Conference? The Women’s Economic Council is looking for three panelists representing the following: a women’s led social…

The appointment and composition of the Table des partenaires en économie sociale was announced by the Québec Minister of Economy, Innovation and Exportation who is also responsible for social economy,…

On July 3rd, during the 2nd Meeting of the High Level Political Forum of the UN, the Social Solidarity Economy Recommendations were officially delivered to the United Nations State Members,…

Community activists in Manitoba who understand the urgent need to address our housing affordability crisis have good reason to celebrate these days. The Canadian CED Network along with other community…

Marguerite Mendell, economist and professor at Montréal’s Concordia University and member of the Canadian CED Network, was appointed Officer of the Ordre national du Québec on June 19th. This honorary…

This week I was fortunate to attend the Tamarack Institute’s Community: Programs and Policies event that took place in Kitchener, Ontario. Tamarack’s President, Paul Born, who helped co-found CCEDNet 15…

For more than a decade, CCEDNet has been an active supporter in the development of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS). In recent years,…

call_for_solutions.png CFED has launched a call for solutions to discover and highlight strategies that address the key financial challenges facing low- and moderate-income microbusinesses. They’re looking for solutions that have…

I spent a few months this year working with the Social Trade Organization (STRO) based in Utrecht, The Netherlands, an innovator in the field of complementary and digital currencies.  STRO…

A new policy, and changes to an existing policy, introduced by the Province of Manitoba will bolster small-business stability in support of community economic development. The two measures included in…