Category: Policy Development & Advocacy
The Province of Manitoba is developing a new non-profit strategy. The stated intention behind the strategy is to build capacity and promote sustainability in the non-profit sector, in order to…
A CCEDNet Analysis of Manitoba’s New Building Sustainable Communities Program As I’ve been cycling and walking through inner city Winnipeg communities this spring, I’ve been thinking deeply about the role…
The Government of Canada will soon be launching a program to help social purpose organizations improve their ability to participate in the social finance market. The Investment and Readiness Stream…
CCEDNet’s 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on… June 6 2:30pm Newfoundland, 2pm Atlantic, 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific This year’s AGM repeats the success of the…
Following the announcement of the Social Finance Fund in the Fall Economic Statement, CCEDNet and leading representatives of charities, nonprofits, social enterprises and co-operatives in Canada submitted recommendations to Minister…
In response to the call for engagement by Manitobans in the development the 2019/2020 Provincial Budget, CCEDNet-Manitoba prepared a brief with 15 recommendations in four themes, guided by our member created…
Back in October 2018, community builders, advocates, and activists from across Manitoba joined together for the annual Manitoba Gathering of Community Builders, hosted by the Canadian CED Network at St…
The following article appeared in the Calgary Herald on December 16, 2018. Following EconoUs2017 in Calgary, members of the Canadian CED Network and partners in Calgary’s social economy delivered an appeal…
In response to the growing demand for renewable energy, the Government of Alberta is investing $200 million in Climate Leadership Plan funds over 20 years to launch a new Community…
Since the creation of a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy for Canada was included in the 2015 Ministerial mandate letters, the federal government has taken steps to develop a…
RIPESS, the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy, recently asked the following 5 questions to Béatrice Alain, recently appointed Director of the Chantier de l’économie sociale, to…
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network’s Board President Laurie Cook and Policy Council Chair Marianne Jurzyniec recently congratulated The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, PC, MP and The Honourable Patty Hajdu, PC, MP on the…