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Update (April 12, 2023): The Community Leadership Program’s 2-day leadership training starts on April 19, and we’ve got a special offer. When you register 2 employees from your organization for this training, we’ll waive the program fee for a third employee!

Email learning@ccednet-rcdec.ca to take advantage of this special offer. Don’t delay, because registration ends on April 16!

Sign up today for Community Leadership Program’s 2-day leadership training!

All programs are designed to help non-profit, community-based, and social purpose leaders, managers and organizations navigate challenge, change and opportunity successfully. This unique learning environment is intentionally designed to respond to your experience. You can expect to refine and build your leadership skills and apply what you’ve learned in new, meaningful and purposeful ways. You’ll gain tools to help strengthen your teams and encourage problem solving and creativity, so that you can collectively navigate and effectively respond to change, innovation and the current priorities of your work environment.

Find more information about each program, including registration links, below:

Navigating Change for Leaders Training: 2-day | Zoom event

If you are leading any change elements in your organization, and need to implement major changes – this is the course for you.  Organizational change is not easy.  Oftentimes it has challenges and is incumbent on strategic, thoughtful leadership. How you navigate change and support others to move through it is critical.  Arrive with a change issue in hand, apply leading change management principles, approaches and frameworks and leave with an action plan that will energize and best support your teams and stakeholders so together your vision for change can be achieved.  

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (7 hours):

Understand organizational change through the change curve and Bridges Transition Model; analyze the change in more detail to better inform your problem solving and response(s), develop the script and skills to participate in a change conversation based on principles of effective communication; explore the essential skills of a change leader, assess your own strengths and weaknesses and commit to an action(s) or strategy/ies to improve your capacity to lead through change.

Module 2 (7 hours):

Examine how to most effectively navigate uncertainty and ambivalence; embed resilience within your team(s) and your own leadership style; explore the context of the change to leverage strengths and opportunities and mitigate limitations, and threats; begin to map out an action plan that helps you and your stakeholders to intentionally and strategically navigate change; reflect on the posture you want to embody as a change leader

For whom: For those supporting employees through change or overseeing organizational change and looking to build a proactive response and plan through the transition.  

Prerequisite: Due to the applied nature of this course you will be required to commit to approximately 1 hour of self reflection in advance of the first module and approximately 2 hours of self-reflection in advance of the second module.

When:

  • 9am – 4pm ET on May 30 and June 9

Course fee: 

  • $539 for CCEDNet members 
  • $679 for Non-members

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Register for 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training Cohort 2

Important Note on Program Accessibility

Increasing ease of access for people of every identity and ability is our priority. Closed captioning will be available. But, if there is a barrier preventing you from fully joining us for these sessions, we want to help! Additional accessibility accommodations may be made available by contacting Adriana Zylinski.

Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson

Suzanne Gibson

Our Leadership programs, facilitated by Suzanne Gibson, will offer anyone who leads a team the chance to take a well-supported deep dive into leadership practices, skills, and tools.

Suzanne Gibson “awakens the potential” of your organization to achieve its mandate and vision. Over the past 25 years, Suzanne has:

  • inspired new and established organizations to “dream big,” unite around an idea and turn those dreams into reality
  • uncovered creative solutions to complex social and organization problems
  • mobilized diverse groups into strong teams
  • facilitated and supported leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal and collective potential
  • applied her entrepreneurial flair to start up innovative new ventures
  • equipped organizations to secure much-needed knowledge, skills and resources.

Suzanne will help you draw out the very best from your staff and stakeholders as you help create a better world.


Not a CCEDNet member? Join CCEDNet or contact Adriana at learning@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

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The Stronger Together Award celebrates individual and organizational members who have made exceptional contributions to Community Economic Development and/or who have provided outstanding leadership to CCEDNet in achieving our vision of sustainable, equitable and inclusive communities directing their own futures.

It is our honour to highlight the resilience, impact, and achievements made by our member network. We warmly invite CCEDNet members to nominate their peers.  The deadline to submit nominations is May 7, 2023 by 11:59 pm PST. 

The 2023 Stronger Together Award recipients will be celebrated at the 24th Annual General Meeting on June 8, 2023. 

Next Steps:

  1. Please read the following criteria, nomination process and selection process information on this page before submitting your nomination.
  2. Please complete the Nomination Form in its entirety and submit
  3. Please submit a signed copy of the Nominee Consent Form to Adriana Zylinski at a.zylinski@ccednet-rcdec.ca under the subject heading [Stronger Together Awards – “Name of Nominee”] and indicate that you have also submitted the nomination form.

Criteria

The nominees must be CCEDNet members in good standing for at least 1 year and demonstrate leadership in advancing Community Economic Development.  The Stronger Together Awards Selection Committee will be interested in how the nominee’s achievements have impacted the field of Community Economic Development, inspired further action, and/or benefited communities served.  Achievements, peer collaborations, outcomes, or innovations that demonstrate nominee leadership or commitment will be considered.

Nomination Process

Nominations can be made by any individual or organizational member in good standing that is not on the Stronger Together Award Selection Committee.  Former award recipients may not be nominated again; however, previous nominees may be.

Selection Process

The Stronger Together Award Selection Committee, composed of Board members, and CCEDNet staff, will review the nomination forms and select the award recipient(s). 

The committee will evaluate and score the nominees based on the completed written content of the nomination form and an assessment of merit.  

Support 

If you have any questions or need support in sending your nomination, please contact Adriana Zylinski at a.zylinski@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

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Update (April 4, 2023): The deadline to register for the 6-day Leadership Intensive is coming up! There are still a few spots remaining – sign up by this Friday, April 7.

Sign up today for the CLP 6-day intensive or 2-day leadership training!

All programs are designed to help non-profit, community-based, and social purpose leaders, managers and organizations navigate challenge, change and opportunity successfully. This unique learning environment is intentionally designed to respond to your experience. You can expect to refine and build your leadership skills and apply what you’ve learned in new, meaningful and purposeful ways. You’ll gain tools to help strengthen your teams and encourage problem solving and creativity, so that you can collectively navigate and effectively respond to change, innovation and the current priorities of your work environment.

Find more information about each program, including registration links, below:

Spring Leadership Intensive: 6-day | Zoom event

Experience this highly recommended Leadership Intensive! Join a community of brave, innovative and determined leaders from across Canada to examine self-leadership, leading and understanding others, and leading within an organization through 6 sessions of supported and embodied learning.

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Myself

Becoming a more self-aware and confident leader, build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths so you can serve yourself, others and your organizations even better.

Module 2 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Others

Enhance and build key senior leadership skills to engage and lead people so you can all contribute and thrive professionally, meet the challenge of navigating an organization and increase your impact.

Module 3 (14 hours): Leading within my Organization

Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents, build essential skills of a change leader, learn to develop teams and build team resilience, learn to lead through change and expertly communicate through courageous conversations.

For whom: The course is carefully designed to be impactful for leaders at all stages, 

When: 9am – 4pm ET on Tuesdays (biweekly) from April 11 – June 20 2023 (6 days)

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Accreditation: This program offers the opportunity to achieve an internationally recognized accreditation, a 10 credit SCQF Level 9 qualification in Leadership, accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the program.

Course Fee:

  • $1250 for CCEDNet members ($250 savings)
  • $1500 for Non-members

Register for 6-day Spring Leadership Intensive

Navigating Change for Leaders Training: 2-day | Zoom event

If you are leading any change elements in your organization, and need to implement major changes – this is the course for you.  Organizational change is not easy.  Oftentimes it has challenges and is incumbent on strategic, thoughtful leadership. How you navigate change and support others to move through it is critical.  Arrive with a change issue in hand, apply leading change management principles, approaches and frameworks and leave with an action plan that will energize and best support your teams and stakeholders so together your vision for change can be achieved.  

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (7 hours):

Understand organizational change through the change curve and Bridges Transition Model; analyze the change in more detail to better inform your problem solving and response(s), develop the script and skills to participate in a change conversation based on principles of effective communication; explore the essential skills of a change leader, assess your own strengths and weaknesses and commit to an action(s) or strategy/ies to improve your capacity to lead through change.

Module 2 (7 hours):

Examine how to most effectively navigate uncertainty and ambivalence; embed resilience within your team(s) and your own leadership style; explore the context of the change to leverage strengths and opportunities and mitigate limitations, and threats; begin to map out an action plan that helps you and your stakeholders to intentionally and strategically navigate change; reflect on the posture you want to embody as a change leader

For whom: For those supporting employees through change or overseeing organizational change and looking to build a proactive response and plan through the transition.  

Prerequisite: Due to the applied nature of this course you will be required to commit to approximately 1 hour of self reflection in advance of the first module and approximately 2 hours of self-reflection in advance of the second module.

When:

  • 9am – 4pm ET on May 30 and June 9, 2023 (2 days)

Course fee: 

  • $539 for CCEDNet members 
  • $679 for Non-members

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Register for 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training

Important Note on Program Accessibility

Increasing ease of access for people of every identity and ability is our priority. Closed captioning will be available. But, if there is a barrier preventing you from fully joining us for these sessions, we want to help! Additional accessibility accommodations may be made available by contacting Adriana Zylinski.

Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson

Suzanne Gibson

Our Leadership programs, facilitated by Suzanne Gibson, will offer anyone who leads a team the chance to take a well-supported deep dive into leadership practices, skills, and tools.

Suzanne Gibson “awakens the potential” of your organization to achieve its mandate and vision. Over the past 25 years, Suzanne has:

  • inspired new and established organizations to “dream big,” unite around an idea and turn those dreams into reality
  • uncovered creative solutions to complex social and organization problems
  • mobilized diverse groups into strong teams
  • facilitated and supported leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal and collective potential
  • applied her entrepreneurial flair to start up innovative new ventures
  • equipped organizations to secure much-needed knowledge, skills and resources.

Suzanne will help you draw out the very best from your staff and stakeholders as you help create a better world.


Not a CCEDNet member? Join CCEDNet or contact Adriana at learning@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

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On March 22, Winnipeg City Council approved its 2023 budget update. The budget had some important investments, with a few amendments included at the last minute, to support inclusive, sustainable, and equitable communities in Winnipeg.

From the Winnipeg Free Press – amendments to the 2023 Winnipeg Budget

The We Want to Work coalition was successful in its advocacy to see important resources for the Sustainable Procurement Action Plan included in Budget 2023. This is great news that should be celebrated! Read more below.

However, the City budget continues to largely prioritize policing and pavement. Many CCEDNet members and communities were calling instead for greater investments into the root causes of poverty such as lack of affordable and safe housing, community services like libraries, transit, and recreation, investments that build up our climate resilience such as transit and active transportation, and community-led safety alternatives such as the Community Safety Host program at Millennium Library, more 24-Hour Safe Spaces, and harm reduction initiatives. 

While the City has a number of important strategies and policies that have been developed in response to and alongside community calls, such as OurWinnipeg 2045, the Winnipeg Indigenous Accord, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Climate Action Plan, Newcomer Welcome & Inclusion Policy, and others, the budget did not adequately invest the dollars needs to resource and implement all of the important municipal measures in these strategies. 

Thanks in part to the advocacy of anti-poverty, community, and climate activists, the budget maintained an investment in three staff dedicated to housing, introduced a senior planner and green building specialist to advance the Winnipeg Climate Action Plan, and provided increased dollars for Amoowigamig (public washroom run by Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre), but more is needed.

Many CCEDNet Manitoba member organizations and coalitions supported by members have been organizing towards a vision of a City budget that prioritizes sustainable, equitable, and inclusive communities directing their own future, and this budget could have done much, much more to get closer to this vision.

In Fall 2023, Winnipeg will be debating a new, four-year budget for 2024-2028. This will be an important moment to continue community advocacy for this collective vision. If you are not already, get involved in Winnipeg advocacy coalitions and groups focused on these issues.

Contact m.barkman@ccednet-rcdec.ca to learn more and get involved in community coalitions.

Sustainable Procurement Action Plan – celebrating a community win!

The We Want to Work coalition, including CCEDNet member social enterprises and community organizations in Winnipeg, are celebrating (and breathing a sigh of relief) as resources for the Sustainable Procurement Action Plan were included in this budget. 

Months after the We Want to Work coalition celebrated the approval of the Sustainable Procurement Action Plan (SPAP) in July 2022, the City of Winnipeg has included two crucial items in its latest budget. These are a Sustainable Procurement Liaison as a permanent position within the City of Winnipeg, and resources for external expertise and roundtable support for Buy Social Canada to continue facilitation and development in phase 2 of the SPAP.

The inclusion of a Sustainable Procurement Liaison as a permanent position is a significant step towards integrating social, economic, and environmental value into the city’s purchasing needs. The liaison will serve as a dedicated staff person to support the SPAP and ensure its successful implementation.

In addition, the funding to engage Buy Social Canada for phase 2 will enable them to continue providing expert advice and examples from other jurisdictions to strengthen the plan; while gaining insights and support from a local roundtable. This support is essential to the success of the SPAP and will help to refine policy over the next few years.

The We Want to Work coalition of social enterprises, with backbone support from CCEDNet-Manitoba, has worked tirelessly for nearly 10 years to advocate for the SPAP. 

With the inclusion of these important items in the budget, the City of Winnipeg is investing in the type of policies, strategies, and initiatives that get closer to a vision of sustainable and inclusive communities directing their own futures.

This is significant city policy that has the potential to create positive impacts for the community, the economy, and the environment.

This amendment would not have been included without important collaboration between community members and the City of Winnipeg. 

We appreciate the members of City Council and the Mayor who supported this, as well as members of the Public Service, for their ongoing support as we work together to build more equitable and sustainable communities.

Further, community organizations, industry associations, and labour organizations all collaborated together to advocate for the inclusion of these resources, and many delegates spoke to the City Council about how critical it was to include them. This important contribution to the future of our city should be acknowledged – thank you!

Delegates to City Council meetings discuss the Sustainable Procurement Action Plan, the need to resource it, and need for other key community investments in Budget 2023. Thanks to all delegates, including many others not pictured from CCEDNet member organizations and community activists!
Top left: Daniel Waycik (PCS) alongside PCS staff and Community Safety Hosts; Bottom left: Lisa Forbes (SEED Winnipeg); Right: Charles Enns (Siloam Mission), Amanda Wolfe (Compost Winnipeg), and Michael Barkman (CCEDNet Manitoba)
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The 2022 Manitoba Budget was released on March 7, 2023.

CCEDNet Manitoba made recommendations in advance of this year’s budget focused on four key themes through a Provincial Budget Submission, presentation at a budget consultation meeting, and in direct meetings with Ministers.

CCEDNet Manitoba members set the public policy mandate of the Network through the annual Policy Summit process. This serves as the basis for recommendations to government on: 

  • An Inclusive & Sustainable Economy through Community Economic Development
  • Addressing the Labour Shortage with Meaningful Employment
  • Housing Affordability & Energy Efficiency
  • Investing In Our Communities

The priorities of the provincial government in Budget 2023 related to affordability, health care, policing, and tax cuts. While the budget moved the needle on some important priorities of members in the Network, it did not fully deliver on strategic CED recommendations that would contribute to an inclusive & sustainable economy, meaningful employment, affordable housing, truly safer & healthier communities for everybody, and climate action. 

CCEDNet and the Network’s members will continue to collaborate together to encourage implementation of our holistic, inclusive, and comprehensive vision and recommendations for Community Economic Development in Manitoba. 

Snapshot of some meetings with elected officials. (Left): Member org West Broadway Community Organization ED Kelly Frazer and CCEDNet MB Network Manager Michael Barkman meet with Minister of Municipal Relations Andrew Smith. (Right): Michael Barkman meets with Minister of Families Rochelle Squires

Check out some information, analysis, and statements by other networks within CCEDNet Manitoba about Budget 2023, organized within Network priorities for Budget 2023.

All Manitoba Budget 2022 documents can be found here.

An Inclusive & Sustainable Economy through Community Economic Development

  • No funding announced for comprehensive development support for social enterprises, cooperatives, or community-based organizations leading inclusive economic development and recovery work
  • The government’s Procurement Modernization approach is focused on consolidating contracts. There is no indication of interest in including intentional generation of social, economic, or environmental outcomes in procurement spending beyond the purchase itself. 
  • Campaign 2000 – Manitoba’s report provides an analysis of the Family Affordability Package, showing that Manitoba still has the highest child poverty rate among provinces. 
  • Checkout what CCEDNet members and others are saying here:
    • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba analysis of tax changes made in the bduget and who they most benefit
    • The Climate Action Team’s Budget 2023 response highlights spending for climate action, but most of the expenditures are largely for environmental management, leaving little by the way of energy transition. Read Climate Action Team’s analysis and recommendations here.

Addressing the Labour Shortage with Meaningful Employment

  • Budget 2022 endowed money to create the Journey to Independence Fund, with about $1 million in annual revenue invested in organizations supporting individuals receiving EIA to transition into meaningful employment. Budget 2023 maintained this fund, as well as the EIA Transformation Fund that delivers similar outcomes. 
  • The Community Supports Program was announced, providing one-time grants to promote and improve access to community supports and services for EIA clients with current or historical involvement with the justice system. More info and links to register here.
  • Proposals from the Network of expanding the First Jobs 4 Youth program or establishing a fee-waiver system for birth certificates were not included in Budget 2022.

Housing Affordability & Energy Efficiency

  • Previously announced $50 million investment in the province’s homelessness strategy. Read analysis of the strategy from Make Poverty History Manitoba here and Right to Housing here and here, as well as CCEDNet member Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association here. 
  • Commitments to energy efficiency through Building Code Adoption and Implementation are still needed. Check out Sustainable Building Manitoba’s research and campaign for this energy efficiency need.

Investing In Our Communities

  • CCEDNet member Abilities Manitoba and their member organizations had an important victory after a long campaign for improved front line wages for Community Living disABILITY Services. The budget outlines more than $81 million to the service providers of Community Living disABILITY Services and Children’s disABILITY Services to raise the average funded wage rate to $19 per hour. This represents a 19% increase to the overall budget.
  • Continued support for the Family Violence Prevention Program Funding Model, supporting the operation of 10 family violence shelters across the province
  • The Community Economic Development Fund remains with an investment of $15 million
  • Continuing the Indigenous Reconciliation Initiatives Fund to support Indigenous-focused initiatives with $5 million allocated.
  • Budget 2023 maintains funding support to the Building Sustainable Communities Program. The Budget does not address the concerns or challenges faced by non-profit or community-based organizations in accessing funds or supporting community development programs, particularly staffing.  
  • The Community Enterprise Development Tax Credit, scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011, was made permanent last year. The tax credit provides individuals and corporations who acquire equity capital in community-based enterprises in Manitoba with up to 45% tax credit. There are many opportunities to strengthen and promote the use of this tax credit to support CED enterprises in Manitoba.
  • Recommendations from the Network to renew the Building Sustainable Communities Program with multi-year, predictable funding were not implemented, as well as otehr funding and financing recommendations to strengthen support for community nonprofits

So what next?

Get involved in your Network’s collaborative work for the 2023 Manitoba Election. Elections are an important time to push for our collective vision for inclusive, sustainable, and equitable communities directing their own futures – and your Network needs you! Coalitions within the Network will be running issues-based campaigns and you can get involved. 

Contact manitoba@ccednet-rcdec.ca to get involved in election advocacy.

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Update (March 22, 2023): Today’s Community Leadership Program (CLP) intro session is fully booked. If you wanted to attend but couldn’t get a spot, don’t despair — we’re now offering another intro session on March 28!

Sign up today for a CLP intro session, 2-day training, or 6-day intensive!

All programs are designed to help non-profit, community-based, and social purpose leaders, managers and organizations navigate challenge, change and opportunity successfully. This unique learning environment is intentionally designed to respond to your experience. You can expect to refine and build your leadership skills and apply what you’ve learned in new, meaningful and purposeful ways. You’ll gain tools to help strengthen your teams and encourage problem solving and creativity, so that you can collectively navigate and effectively respond to change, innovation and the current priorities of your work environment.

Find more information about each program, including registration links, below:

Leading Through Change: An Introduction to CCEDNet’s Community Leadership Program | Zoom event

  • To discuss the complex changes we are all experiencing in our leadership roles
  • To examine and reflect on the qualities of an effective change leader
  • To explore the importance of adapting one’s leadership style to different situations – a self-assessment will help you will better understand your preferred leadership style(s) and ideas for positive changes
  • To understand and discuss concrete ways to foster your own resiliency to ensure you are poised to be a great leader

For whom: This course is for those wanting an introduction to the 2-day and 6-day Community Leadership Programs and/or those who are looking to inspire and deepen their leadership practice. 

Cost: Free

When:

Limited Capacity: Please register early as space is limited, each session will be capped to ensure each participant has an engaging and impactful experience.  If the sessions are booked, please contact Adriana Zylinski to be placed on the waiting list.  

Important Registration Note: This session will not be recorded.  Due to limited capacity, we expect registration indicates your confirmed attendance. Thank you in advance.

Register for Intro Session on March 28, 2023

Navigating Change for Leaders Training: 2-day | Zoom event

If you are leading any change elements in your organization, and need to implement major changes – this is the course for you.  Organizational change is not easy.  Oftentimes it has challenges and is incumbent on strategic, thoughtful leadership. How you navigate change and support others to move through it is critical.  Arrive with a change issue in hand, apply leading change management principles, approaches and frameworks and leave with an action plan that will energize and best support your teams and stakeholders so together your vision for change can be achieved.  

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (7 hours):

Understand organizational change through the change curve and Bridges Transition Model; analyze the change in more detail to better inform your problem solving and response(s), develop the script and skills to participate in a change conversation based on principles of effective communication; explore the essential skills of a change leader, assess your own strengths and weaknesses and commit to an action(s) or strategy/ies to improve your capacity to lead through change.

Module 2 (7 hours):

Examine how to most effectively navigate uncertainty and ambivalence; embed resilience within your team(s) and your own leadership style; explore the context of the change to leverage strengths and opportunities and mitigate limitations, and threats; begin to map out an action plan that helps you and your stakeholders to intentionally and strategically navigate change; reflect on the posture you want to embody as a change leader

For whom: For those supporting employees through change or overseeing organizational change and looking to build a proactive response and plan through the transition.  

Prerequisite: Due to the applied nature of this course you will be required to commit to approximately 1 hour of self reflection in advance of the first module and approximately 2 hours of self-reflection in advance of the second module.

When:

  • 9am – 4pm ET on May 30 and June 9 2023

Course fee: 

  • $539 for CCEDNet members 
  • $679 for Non-members

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Register for 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training

Spring Leadership Intensive: 6-day | Zoom event

Experience this highly recommended Leadership Intensive! Join a community of brave, innovative and determined leaders from across Canada to examine self-leadership, leading and understanding others, and leading within an organization through 6 sessions of supported and embodied learning.

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Myself

Becoming a more self-aware and confident leader, build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths so you can serve yourself, others and your organizations even better.

Module 2 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Others

Enhance and build key senior leadership skills to engage and lead people so you can all contribute and thrive professionally, meet the challenge of navigating an organization and increase your impact.

Module 3 (14 hours): Leading within my Organization

Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents, build essential skills of a change leader, learn to develop teams and build team resilience, learn to lead through change and expertly communicate through courageous conversations.

For whom: The course is carefully designed to be impactful for leaders at all stages, 

When: 9am – 4pm ET on Tuesdays (biweekly) from April 11 – June 20 2023 (6 days)

Registration opens:  Monday, March 13th! (Be the first to know — sign up for a personalized notification)

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Accreditation: This program offers the opportunity to achieve an internationally recognized accreditation, a 10 credit SCQF Level 9 qualification in Leadership, accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the program.

Course Fee:

  • $1250 for CCEDNet members ($250 savings)
  • $1500 for Non-members

Register for 6-day Spring Leadership Intensive

Important Note on Program Accessibility

Increasing ease of access for people of every identity and ability is our priority. Closed captioning will be available. But, if there is a barrier preventing you from fully joining us for these sessions, we want to help! Additional accessibility accommodations may be made available by contacting Adriana Zylinski.

Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson

Suzanne Gibson

Our Leadership programs, facilitated by Suzanne Gibson, will offer anyone who leads a team the chance to take a well-supported deep dive into leadership practices, skills, and tools.

Suzanne Gibson “awakens the potential” of your organization to achieve its mandate and vision. Over the past 25 years, Suzanne has:

  • inspired new and established organizations to “dream big,” unite around an idea and turn those dreams into reality
  • uncovered creative solutions to complex social and organization problems
  • mobilized diverse groups into strong teams
  • facilitated and supported leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal and collective potential
  • applied her entrepreneurial flair to start up innovative new ventures
  • equipped organizations to secure much-needed knowledge, skills and resources.

Suzanne will help you draw out the very best from your staff and stakeholders as you help create a better world.


Not a CCEDNet member? Join CCEDNet or contact Adriana at learning@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

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You’re invited to take part in CCEDNet’s Annual General Meeting (AGM!) Please save the following date.

June 8, 2023
10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, 12pm Central, 1pm Eastern, 2pm Atlantic, 2:30pm Newfoundland

This year’s AGM repeats the success of the last eight years by being entirely virtual and bilingual. Members are able to make motions, vote and comment in English or French, all from the comfort of their computer.

For additional background information, you can consult CCEDNet’s by-laws.

AGM Documents

Meeting documents will be posted here as they become available.

AGM Resolutions

The call for resolutions is now closed.

Board Nominations

This year, there are four vacancies to be filled. The call for nominations is now closed.
Register for the AGM!
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Sign up today for a CLP intro session, 2-day training, or 6-day intensive!

All programs are designed to help non-profit, community-based, and social purpose leaders, managers and organizations navigate challenge, change and opportunity successfully. This unique learning environment is intentionally designed to respond to your experience. You can expect to refine and build your leadership skills and apply what you’ve learned in new, meaningful and purposeful ways. You’ll gain tools to help strengthen your teams and encourage problem solving and creativity, so that you can collectively navigate and effectively respond to change, innovation and the current priorities of your work environment.

Find more information about each program, including registration links, below:

Leading Through Change: An Introduction to CCEDNet’s Community Leadership Program | Zoom event

  • To discuss the complex changes we are all experiencing in our leadership roles
  • To examine and reflect on the qualities of an effective change leader
  • To explore the importance of adapting one’s leadership style to different situations – a self-assessment will help you will better understand your preferred leadership style(s) and ideas for positive changes
  • To understand and discuss concrete ways to foster your own resiliency to ensure you are poised to be a great leader

For whom: This course is for those wanting an introduction to the 2-day and 6-day Community Leadership Programs and/or those who are looking to inspire and deepen their leadership practice. 

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from 12:30PM – 3:00pm Eastern Time

Limited Capacity: Please register early as space is limited, each session will be capped to ensure each participant has an engaging and impactful experience.  If the sessions are booked, please contact Adriana Zylinski to be placed on the waiting list.  

Important Registration Note: This session will not be recorded.  Due to limited capacity, we expect registration indicates your confirmed attendance. Thank you in advance.

Register for Intro Session on March 22, 2023

Navigating Change for Leaders Training: 2-day | Zoom event

If you are leading any change elements in your organization, and need to implement major changes – this is the course for you.  Organizational change is not easy.  Oftentimes it has challenges and is incumbent on strategic, thoughtful leadership. How you navigate change and support others to move through it is critical.  Arrive with a change issue in hand, apply leading change management principles, approaches and frameworks and leave with an action plan that will energize and best support your teams and stakeholders so together your vision for change can be achieved.  

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (7 hours):

Understand organizational change through the change curve and Bridges Transition Model; analyze the change in more detail to better inform your problem solving and response(s), develop the script and skills to participate in a change conversation based on principles of effective communication; explore the essential skills of a change leader, assess your own strengths and weaknesses and commit to an action(s) or strategy/ies to improve your capacity to lead through change.

Module 2 (7 hours):

Examine how to most effectively navigate uncertainty and ambivalence; embed resilience within your team(s) and your own leadership style; explore the context of the change to leverage strengths and opportunities and mitigate limitations, and threats; begin to map out an action plan that helps you and your stakeholders to intentionally and strategically navigate change; reflect on the posture you want to embody as a change leader

For whom: For those supporting employees through change or overseeing organizational change and looking to build a proactive response and plan through the transition.  

Prerequisite: Due to the applied nature of this course you will be required to commit to approximately 1 hour of self reflection in advance of the first module and approximately 2 hours of self-reflection in advance of the second module.

When:

  • 9am – 4pm ET on May 30 and June 9, 2023 (2 days)

Course fee: 

  • $539 for CCEDNet members 
  • $679 for Non-members

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Register for 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training

Spring Leadership Intensive: 6-day | Zoom event

Experience this highly recommended Leadership Intensive! Join a community of brave, innovative and determined leaders from across Canada to examine self-leadership, leading and understanding others, and leading within an organization through 6 sessions of supported and embodied learning.

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Myself

Becoming a more self-aware and confident leader, build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths so you can serve yourself, others and your organizations even better.

Module 2 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Others

Enhance and build key senior leadership skills to engage and lead people so you can all contribute and thrive professionally, meet the challenge of navigating an organization and increase your impact.

Module 3 (14 hours): Leading within my Organization

Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents, build essential skills of a change leader, learn to develop teams and build team resilience, learn to lead through change and expertly communicate through courageous conversations.

For whom: The course is carefully designed to be impactful for leaders at all stages, 

When: 9am – 4pm ET on Tuesdays (biweekly) from April 11 – June 20 2023 (6 days)

Registration opens:  Monday, March 13th! (Be the first to know — sign up for a personalized notification)

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Accreditation: This program offers the opportunity to achieve an internationally recognized accreditation, a 10 credit SCQF Level 9 qualification in Leadership, accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the program.

Course Fee:

  • $1250 for CCEDNet members ($250 savings)
  • $1500 for Non-members

Register for 6-day Spring Leadership Intensive

Important Note on Program Accessibility

Increasing ease of access for people of every identity and ability is our priority. Closed captioning will be available. But, if there is a barrier preventing you from fully joining us for these sessions, we want to help! Additional accessibility accommodations may be made available by contacting Adriana Zylinski.

Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson

Suzanne Gibson

Our Leadership programs, facilitated by Suzanne Gibson, will offer anyone who leads a team the chance to take a well-supported deep dive into leadership practices, skills, and tools.

Suzanne Gibson “awakens the potential” of your organization to achieve its mandate and vision. Over the past 25 years, Suzanne has:

  • inspired new and established organizations to “dream big,” unite around an idea and turn those dreams into reality
  • uncovered creative solutions to complex social and organization problems
  • mobilized diverse groups into strong teams
  • facilitated and supported leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal and collective potential
  • applied her entrepreneurial flair to start up innovative new ventures
  • equipped organizations to secure much-needed knowledge, skills and resources.

Suzanne will help you draw out the very best from your staff and stakeholders as you help create a better world.


Not a CCEDNet member? Join CCEDNet or contact Adriana at learning@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

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The Sustainable Finance Forum on Parliament Hill was a two-day event on November 2-3, 2022, and included eight events, over 60 speakers including CCEDNet members and partners, and over 200 participants including parliamentarians from across the political spectrum.

It was an opportunity for investment leaders and entrepreneurs across Canada:

  • to showcase the power of sustainable finance in addressing key challenges faced by Canadians,
  • to provide updates on significant milestones on the development of essential financial infrastructure,
  • to profile the creation of new financial tools and products,
  • to make parliamentarians aware of the challenges faced by practitioners, and
  • to identify opportunities for the Federal Government to further support the progress of sustainable finance in Canada.

This report represents a summary of the many sessions and discussions that were had at the Sustainable Finance Forum and outlines key recommendations for consideration by parliamentarians as they work together to build the economy that meets the challenges of today and prepares us for tomorrow, a sustainable economy, one that protects our people and our planet.

Contents

  • Mobilizing Capital to Fight Climate Change
  • Women’s Entrepreneurship
  • Energy Transition
  • Black Entrepreneurship
  • Mobilizing Capital to Build an Economy that Works for All Canadians
  • Indigenous Entrepreneurship & Reconciliation
  • Food Security
  • Affordable Housing

The Sustainable Finance Forum builds on the Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy, a roadmap to support innovative solutions that find new ways to help communities tackle their most complex and persistent social issues.

Sustainable Finance Forum Final ReportDownload
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Closed April 16

Does your initiative support regional social ecosystem building or intersectoral network building for CED?

CCEDNet is inviting project proposals to implement regional systems building projects, focused on supporting community organizations, social enterprises, and community economic development (CED). 

Picture multiple sectors that are interconnected so well that they form a social web of support and collaboration in a region. These are the kinds of networks we are aiming at. 

These types of projects are sometimes referred to as “social ecosystem” building, “network weaving,” or “social infrastructure” development. We are less concerned about the terminology you choose, and more interested in what you aim to do.

Amount & Rollout:

Projects can access a $5,000 to $80,000 grant to support their initiative. Proposals are accepted until April 16, midnight PDT. Applications will be reviewed by staff with additional input from members or partners. All funded portions of successful projects must be complete, including final reporting and invoicing by March 15, 2024. 

Projects in any Canadian province or territory outside of Manitoba or Alberta are eligible* 

Background:

We recognize that community economic development and related fields are organized at local or sectoral levels.

Community Economic Development is all about local action. Practitioners need supportive structures, policies and programs, networks, and information systems that are tuned to their local needs and opportunities. 

Provincial and local governments often have jurisdiction over important policies that affect our work. 

This is why as a national organization, CCEDNet has often had projects, coalitions, or hubs operating at these regional levels. 

What are social ecosystems? 

Social ecosystems is the concept that new functioning systems form within local social economies when networks, organizations, and actors connect and align their work. Parts of this ecosystem might include enterprises, capacity builders or developers, funders or finance groups, researchers, or government. In a healthy ecosystem, the individual parts are functioning well and all the parts are connected and coordinated in supportive ways.

With our Regional Initiative Program, we aim to strengthen social ecosystems of support for community economic development and the social economy by amplifying local efforts to build and foster such connections in intentional and inclusive ways. 

Projects could include (but are not limited to):

  • Environmental scans, asset/stakeholder mapping, opportunity identification, or other sector research and consultation to set regional priorities
  • Delivery of collaborative and region-wide projects or programs
  • Delivery of regional events, meetings, or networking opportunities
  • Convening of local communities of practices or learning hubs
  • Development of regional public policy priorities or awareness raising campaigns
  • Case studies or story development to showcase sector strength

Note: Any of these could either be supportive of existing initiatives or new initiatives

All Regional Initiatives should:

  • Be collaborative, with multiple partners working together or taking part
  • Centre the lived experience of the communities involved, particularly the leadership and perspectives of people who are Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, persons with disabilities, and rural or remote.
  • Include at least one CCEDNet member or groups interested in becoming CCEDNet members
  • Have a sound budget, which can include staff, contractors, event or meeting costs, travel, etc. They should also explore additional funding sources towards financial sustainability beyond the life of this project.
  • Be invested in knowledge sharing to support the ongoing strengthening of their relevant social ecosystem as a whole. 
  • Be willing to participate in a project-end convening of partners to share lessons learned, or participate in another generative way.
  • Finish with a report detailing progress and next steps for ecosystem development, the ongoing nature of the relationship with CCEDNet, and sustainability of the project. CCEDNet will provide a clear and brief reporting template, and applicants are welcome to provide either written or oral reporting. 

Note: we are happy to work with selected partners to try and find ways to ease reporting burden while aiming for information sharing that is generative and meaningful for all parties. This is particularly the case for applicants applying for funding below 10K. 

CCEDNet’s Values:

CCEDNet’s Values are: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Dignity, Self-Determination, Solidarity, Local Control. Our approach is intersectional, intersectoral, and collaborative.

Summarizing our new Theory of Change, we aim to: 

  1. Encourage community generated policy work, programs, and political actions. 
  2. Seek economic justice by centering communities as experts of their own experiences, particularly BIPOC communities and other folks historically excluded.
  3. Address ecological & climate crises in ways that enhance equity.
  4. Increase community change agents’ access to useful information, generative relationships and resources. 

While A-D are core to CCEDNet’s ongoing work, we know your projects and initiatives may not touch on all of the above. We include this summary to increase transparency in an effort to build relationships that align with our values more broadly. 

For more information refer to our official Theory of Change.

Example Projects: 

*Currently, there are established projects in Manitoba and Alberta as part of CCEDNet’s regional initiatives portfolio. We are therefore reserving funds to expand support to more regions. Follow the links below to view some of the projects underway: 

Power dynamics and accessibility:

As noted above, our values include inclusion, equity, and diversity. Many of our members work with historically excluded groups or communities facing poverty. We have recently been trying to make changes to increase clarity, transparency, and ease of applying, in hopes of reducing some of the power dynamic that exists in application and selection processes.

If you have any accessibility needs please get in touch with Melissa to make arrangements. CCEDNet accepts accommodations requests during all parts of the application process.

Interested?

Fill out our application form using the apply now button below.

You will be required to upload a completed copy of our downloadable budget and timeline template.

Format: You will have the option to fill out a standard written form OR upload an audio/visual file to the application.

Option 1: The standard written application form will ask:

  • Some basic questions about your organization.
  • Who is included or served by you, as basic checkbox questions.
  • A brief 1 to 3 sentence description of your objective, in 160 words or less. 
  • A description of your project proposal, in 500 words or less.
  • How you expect this project to strengthen the system of support in your region, in 300 words or less.

Option 2: If you choose to apply by uploading an audio or video file, you must still answer all of the same questions listed in the form when you record your audio/visual. Files must be either an MP3 or MP4 format, sized 1 to 5 MB or less.

If you have any questions about the application or require accommodations please contact Melissa Sinfield at m.sinfield@ccednet-rcdec.ca. We will try to respond in 4 business days.

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Funding Source: This opportunity is supported by the federal Investment Readiness Program.

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Some people have imagined this set of social connections to be similar to how different parts of an environmental ecosystem rely on each other to flourish and grow. It is an increasingly common frame of reference.

Registration for our Leadership Taster Session begins today!

We’re delighted to share the next registration dates for the popular Open Enrollment 6-day Leadership Intensive, the Leadership Taster Sessions and the NEW 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training.

All programs are designed to help non-profit, community-based, and social purpose leaders, managers and organizations navigate challenge, change and opportunity successfully. This unique learning environment is intentionally designed to respond to your experience. You can expect to refine and build your leadership skills and apply what you’ve learned in new, meaningful and purposeful ways. You’ll gain tools to help strengthen your teams and encourage problem solving and creativity, so that you can collectively navigate and effectively respond to change, innovation and the current priorities of your work environment.

Find more information about each program:

Leading Through Change: An Introduction to CCEDNet’s Community Leadership Program | Zoom event

  • To discuss the complex changes we are all experiencing in our leadership roles
  • To examine and reflect on the qualities of an effective change leader
  • To explore the importance of adapting one’s leadership style to different situations – a self-assessment will help you will better understand your preferred leadership style(s) and ideas for positive changes
  • To understand and discuss concrete ways to foster your own resiliency to ensure you are poised to be a great leader

For whom: This course is for those wanting an introduction to the 2-day and 6-day Community Leadership Programs and/or those who are looking to inspire and deepen their leadership practice. 

Cost: Free

When: 2 Session Dates Available

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN (click on link below to register): 

Wednesday, March 8

10:00am – 12:30pm Eastern Time

or

Wednesday, March 22 

12:30PM – 3:00pm Eastern Time

Limited Capacity: Please register early as space is limited, each session will be capped to ensure each participant has an engaging and impactful experience.  If the sessions are booked, please contact Adriana Zylinski to be placed on the waiting list.  

Important Registration Note: These sessions will not be recorded.  Due to limited capacity, we expect registration indicates your confirmed attendance. Thank you in advance.

Navigating Change for Leaders Training: 2-day | Zoom event

If you are leading any change elements in your organization, and need to implement major changes – this is the course for you.  Organizational change is not easy.  Oftentimes it has challenges and is incumbent on strategic, thoughtful leadership. How you navigate change and support others to move through it is critical.  Arrive with a change issue in hand, apply leading change management principles, approaches and frameworks and leave with an action plan that will energize and best support your teams and stakeholders so together your vision for change can be achieved.  

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (7 hours):

Understand organizational change through the change curve and Bridges Transition Model; analyze the change in more detail to better inform your problem solving and response(s), develop the script and skills to participate in a change conversation based on principles of effective communication; explore the essential skills of a change leader, assess your own strengths and weaknesses and commit to an action(s) or strategy/ies to improve your capacity to lead through change.

Module 2 (7 hours):

Examine how to most effectively navigate uncertainty and ambivalence; embed resilience within your team(s) and your own leadership style; explore the context of the change to leverage strengths and opportunities and mitigate limitations, and threats; begin to map out an action plan that helps you and your stakeholders to intentionally and strategically navigate change; reflect on the posture you want to embody as a change leader

For whom: For those supporting employees through change or overseeing organizational change and looking to build a proactive response and plan through the transition.  

Prerequisite: Due to the applied nature of this course you will be required to commit to approximately 1 hour of self reflection in advance of the first module and approximately 2 hours of self-reflection in advance of the second module.

When: 2 sessions available: 

  1. 9am – 4pm ET on Wednesdays (biweekly) from April 19 – May 3, 2023 (2 days)
  2. 9am – 4pm ET on Tuesdays (biweekly) from June 13 – June 27 2023 (2 days)

Course fee: 

  • $539 for CCEDNet members 
  • $679 for Non-members

Registration opens: Monday, March 13th! (Be the first to know — sign up for a personalized notification)

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Spring Leadership Intensive: 6-day | Zoom event

Experience this highly recommended Leadership Intensive! Join a community of brave, innovative and determined leaders from across Canada to examine self-leadership, leading and understanding others, and leading within an organization through 6 sessions of supported and embodied learning.

Learning Objectives:

Module 1 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Myself

Becoming a more self-aware and confident leader, build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths so you can serve yourself, others and your organizations even better.

Module 2 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Others

Enhance and build key senior leadership skills to engage and lead people so you can all contribute and thrive professionally, meet the challenge of navigating an organization and increase your impact.

Module 3 (14 hours): Leading within my Organization

Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents, build essential skills of a change leader, learn to develop teams and build team resilience, learn to lead through change and expertly communicate through courageous conversations.

For whom: The course is carefully designed to be impactful for leaders at all stages, 

When: 9am – 4pm ET on Tuesdays (biweekly) from April 11 – June 20 2023 (6 days)

Registration opens:  Monday, March 13th! (Be the first to know — sign up for a personalized notification)

Limited Capacity: Please note that the course will be capped at 20 learners to ensure each participant has a high quality, engaging and impactful experience.

Accreditation: This program offers the opportunity to achieve an internationally recognized accreditation, a 10 credit SCQF Level 9 qualification in Leadership, accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the program.

Course Fee:

  • $1250 for CCEDNet members ($250 savings)
  • $1500 for Non-members

Important Note on Program Accessibility

Increasing ease of access for people of every identity and ability is our priority. Closed captioning will be available. But, if there is a barrier preventing you from fully joining us for these sessions, we want to help! Additional accessibility accommodations may be made available by contacting Adriana Zylinski.

Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson

Suzanne Gibson

Our Leadership programs, facilitated by Suzanne Gibson, will offer anyone who leads a team the chance to take a well-supported deep dive into leadership practices, skills, and tools.

Suzanne Gibson “awakens the potential” of your organization to achieve its mandate and vision. Over the past 25 years, Suzanne has:

  • inspired new and established organizations to “dream big,” unite around an idea and turn those dreams into reality
  • uncovered creative solutions to complex social and organization problems
  • mobilized diverse groups into strong teams
  • facilitated and supported leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal and collective potential
  • applied her entrepreneurial flair to start up innovative new ventures
  • equipped organizations to secure much-needed knowledge, skills and resources.

Suzanne will help you draw out the very best from your staff and stakeholders as you help create a better world.


Not a CCEDNet member? Join CCEDNet or contact Adriana at learning@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

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