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cspcgv.png The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria (CSPCGV) is calling upon the Government of British Columbia to follow the lead of other provinces by supporting Community Investment Funds…
Garry Loewen, in his reflections, noted that there was initially a sense that there was a little too much testosterone in the beginnings of CCEDNet. He did not report (perhaps…
You Can Put CED in theCity of Winnipeg’s 2015 Budget Get the issues that matter most to you and your community in the Winnipeg budget The City of Winnipeg is…
CCEDNet had several starts. Mike Lewis on several occasions brought us together. Once with the Americans. They started an association – we did not. About 17 years ago today, I…
I was involved initially in Canadian CED via Greg MacLeod, and the beginnings of New Dawn Enterprises. Sometime in that period, Greg (after I told him of the importance of…
Buy Social Canada Summit to Bridge Growing Social Enterprise Field and Socially-Conscious Purchasers
Social enterprise, while having existed for a long time under different names, has over the last decade or more become part of a growing movement in Canada to address economic…
I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to participate in the original group that helped create the foundation for CCEDNet. Our time together was both exhilarating – and…
A special supplement of Canadian Public Policy, Canada’s foremost journal examining economic and social policy, highlights some of the key policy research produced by the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships…
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One of the most successful meetings we had was the National Policy Forum held in Vancouver in 2001. It had been well prepared for – preliminary meetings had been held…
It started right after several of us had been at a (non-related) meeting in Ottawa. While waiting for flights to take us to our homes in different parts of Canada…
For some time now, Winnipeg’s municipal governance has had its share of negative press. Procedural mismanagement and a lack of transparency have dominated the civic discourse, leaving little room for…