Author: Mr. Mike Toye
From the “Gift That Gives Twice”, to “Transforming Our City, One Purchase at a Time,” Local Investment Toward Employment (LITE) has a history of directing purchasing in Winnipeg in a…
Registration is now open for the 2013 Manitoba CD/CED Gathering! October 25, 2013Winnipeg, MB The Gathering is an inspiring annual opportunity for people interested in community development and community economic…
Which social enterprise has been running the longest? How many Ontario volunteers do you think contribute their time to social enterprises? How many people do Ontario social enterprises actually employ? …
Three Key Steps to Public Policy Advocacy Creating a supportive policy environment is an essential, and often daunting task for many non-profit organizations. The Canadian CED Network has created a…
The 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) will bring together 1,200 individuals from more than 30 countries to galvanize the social enterprise movement and facilitate dialogue across all sectors devoted…
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…