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Italy. Wow. The country is beautiful, the people are passionate, and the co-op sector is incredible. This summer, I had the great privilege to be invited by Vancity Credit Union…
Since the late 1990s, neighbourhood renewal corporations, or NRCs, have been working to strengthen Manitoba communities. NRCs take a holistic, community-led approach on an_image.png neighbourhood renewal, incorporating community economic development…
There are a significant number of post-secondary programs in Canada dealing with CED, co-operative and community development and local economic development. CCEDNet’s Practitioner and Sector Strengthening Committee compiled them into…
Last week I got to spend a couple of days in discussions with a remarkable core group of academics, practitioners and students working on the Scaling Innovation for Sustainability research…
In response to the federal government’s invitation for pre-budget submissions, CCEDNet denglersw-parliament-ottawa-20050730-1280×960.jpg submitted recommendations to bring a CED perspective to the 2014 budget. Our submission, which was sent to the Standing…
At the last meeting of CCEDNet’s Board of Directors, Diana Jedig was selected as the new President of the Board. She takes over from Caroline Lachance, who had been President…
Earlier this spring, I was amazed to read a new research report prepared by UK group Localise West Midlands evaluating how localised and community economic development can be scaled up…
The Government of British Columbia announced last week that companies now can register to become a Community Contribution Company (CCC or C3), a new business model that balances social responsibility…
CCEDNet’s Board is pleased to announce that Wendy Keats has been named Director for a term ending at the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Wendy is a co-founder and the Executive…
On July 24, Benoît Hamon, France’s Minister responsible for the Social and Solidarity Economy, presented a new bill on the Social and Solidarity Economy. The proposed law is described as…
Social enterprises are springing up in every nook and cranny you can imagine. Some are even hard to get to. A few weeks ago, a diverse group of non-profit, community,…
What do shoes and authentic Aboriginal art have in common? Nothing, or so I thought as I was hunting along Queen Street in Toronto looking for a new pair of…