Author: Sarah Treuhaft
The Community Impact Investment Coalition of British Columbia is calling for legislative and regulatory changes that will enable greater commumity investment in the province. BC has little enabling legislation and…
The Ministry of Economic Development and Growth is launching a Call for Proposals for new Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund (SEDF) projects. In June 2016, the Ministry launched Ontario’s Social Enterprise Strategy…
In support of the Government of Canada’s commitment to developing a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Honourable Jean‑Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development recently announced members of…
Social innovation is a new solution to a social or economic problem which gives better results than traditional approaches. It can improve people’s quality of life through collaborating with new…
Applications are open for the Social Finance Awards. These annual awards recognize the people and organizations who are helping to build an impact investing market that works for all. The…
Is There Hope for Local Living Economy? from Axiom News on Vimeo. Like many Transition, and other changemaking initiatives around the world, Transition Town Peterborough (TTP) has been giving some serious…
The Aviva Community Fund helps passionate people like you make positive change in your community. For eight years, they’ve been putting their money where their business is — investing in charitable…
The BC Co-operative Association applauds the Provincial Government for seeing co-operatives as key to building a sustainable provincial economy. BCCA Board Chair Ben Hyman and Vice Chair John Kay…
NEXT UP WINNIPEG APPLICATIONS ARE DUE SEPT 22 Next Up was created by a community of people who wanted to help emerging leaders (that’s you!) develop new and better skills, smarts…
For as long as I have been working in the field of community development, the CCEDNet Gathering has been an annual event that I look forward to. I attended my…
In late 2015, when Prime Minister Trudeau released his ministerial mandate letters, an important commitment was included to develop a national strategy on social innovation and social finance. The federal government…
We’ve all heard the stories. Homeless Homejoy cleaners. Uber drivers on food stamps. Grad students Airbnb-ing their extra rooms in gentrifying neighborhoods to cover their own rent. For all of…