Author: Shauna MacKinnon

The Government of Ontario has announced $13.6M in investments and funding as part of the provincial Social Enterprise Strategy.  The investments will improve social enterprises’ access to capital and business supports,…

Thunder Bay’s, Rosalind Lockyer was honoured this past Saturday at the Women Economic Forum for her work to empower women. Roz is among the leaders involved in CCEDNet from its…

The Province of Manitoba, Department of Municipal Relations has announced a new intake for community development funding applications, specifically the Community Places Program, Hometown Manitoba, Neighbourhoods Alive! and Partner 4 Growth….

From left to right: Michael Toye, Yvon Poirier, Ethel Côté, Paul Singer, Michael Lewis. Professor Paul Singer passed away on Monday April 16. He had been at the heart of…

2030-agenda_vnr-env_programme_2030-banner_eng.jpg The Government of Canada is inviting Canadians from all provinces and territories to contribute to Canada’s Voluntary National Review on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  The 2030 Agenda…

Matthew Dyck, a member of the Canadian CED Network, sat down with our Manitoba Regional Director Sarah Leeson-Klym for a podcast on CED. They were able to sit down and…

Elections provide meaningful opportunities for our sector to engage and capture the attention of political parties and candidates towards promoting social enterprises to increase their impacts. The OSER secretariat is…

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC), a member of the Canadian CED Network, welcomes the April 5 news release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) in which they have unveiled some details…

The following press release was issued by CCEDNet Manitoba member Right to Housing Coalition in response to the Government of Manitoba’s change to Rent Assist and rent-geared-to-income supports. CCEDNet Manitoba is…

View the PDF version The Canadian CED Network continues to be busy and 2017 was no exception. Here is an overview of some of our accomplishments. 2017 Highlights • Web traffic continues to…

The Manitoba Cooperative Association (MCA) is now currently available to offer small co-op development grants, thanks to contributions from co-ops across the province. All funding is provided for cooperative activities…

Practising Community-Based Participatory Research: Stories of Engagement, Empowerment and Mobilization is a collection of stories about the process of doing research side-by-side with communities. It deals with research methods, but…