Author: Jeremy Stone
The Saskatchewan budget was delivered on June 1st and with the slowdown in the provincial economy, the government is faced with reduced revenues and difficult choices. Some governments, when faced…
You could receive up to $50,000 through the Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) to help improve accessibility in your facility or venue. The EAF is accepting applications for…
Communities need a sympathetic outsider who encourages them, takes the heat out of things, listens and asks questions. Members of a community are often so taken up in the immediate…
On June 8, Alexandra Mendès, Member of Parliament for Brossard – Saint-Lambert, tabled Bill C-286: An act respecting the establishment of a framework to promote the development of co-operatives in Canada and…
The Red River College Community Development/ Community Economic Development Program has space for 25 students for the 2016 -2017 school year. The program is the only CD/CED training program in…
Just over a month out from CommonBound (July 8-10, Buffalo, NY), the New Economy Coalition is excited to announce an important piece of this summer’s conference: the keynote speakers. Like the…
The Grand Chief of the organization representing northern Manitoba First Nations unveiled a 10-point economic action plan for the region that includes green energy, social enterprise and employment for community…
Minister Jean-Yves Duclos provided an address to participants of ECONOUS2016 in Montréal, May18, 2016 (watch video above) The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, has provided further…
Energized by ECONOUS2016, our successful national CED conference in Montréal, the Annual General Meeting of CCEDNet was held entirely online on Thursday June 9 at: 2:30 Newfoundland, 2pm Atlantic, 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 11am…
In 2017, Canadians across the country will celebrate Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation (Canada 150), a key milestone in the life of our country. The overarching theme to celebrating Canada 150…
Finance Minister Roger Melanson Applications are being accepted for community economic development corporations and co-operative associations that want to participate in the Small Business Investor Tax Credit program. “As we…
Two graduates of this year’s SFU Certificate Program for Community Economic Development wanted to share some of their CED learnings from the program to the people in their communities. Amy…