Category: Community Ownership
As part of Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, has launched a call for applications for a National Advisory Council…
Calgary is breaking new financial territory in Canada, becoming the first city to have its own local, digital currency. Sometimes referred to as complementary currencies or micro-currencies, local currencies operate…
The demand and necessity to invest for impact, globally and locally, is on the rise. However, current investment options and regulations in BC & Canada significantly restrict Canadians from investing…
Province Supporting Community Benefits with Approval of Five Infrastructure Projects Ontario is ensuring that local communities benefit from infrastructure development before, during and after construction, helping to support economic growth…
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…
Community organizations across Alberta have an opportunity to play a prominent role in supporting the on-going transition to clean energy by developing their own renewable energy projects. Energy Efficiency Alberta…
Did you like this blog post? Check out the upcoming Rebalancing Society event in Montréal on September 8 We function at three levels in society, not two: the collective level broadly and the…
You can argue that the economy has largely bounced back from the state it was in seven years ago, but it’s no secret that traditional community economic development models have…
In theory, the recession has been over since 2009. But that theory means little for most workers in this country, who have only seen only 5 percent of economic growth…
In her 20 years of publishing about socially-responsible business and investing, author and new economy thought leader Marjorie Kelly has seen too often how well-meaning business people seeking to “do…
The Synergia Institute is excited to be launching its first face-to-face training program this September in Tuscany! For change makers everywhere this program offers an opportunity to explore real pathways…
At their last meeting, CCEDNet’s Board of Directors endorsed the Our Power campaign, supporting community-based approaches to renewable energy. Our Power, a project of TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative, is a…