Category: Social Economy & Social Enterprise

A summary of CED Highlights that relate to the 5 key priorities shared in the Network budget submission.

Links are included to further analysis from community coalitions and CCEDNet member organizations about certain topics.

“I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before; we have more knowledge and there are solutions if we work together. We cannot abandon hope, and…

Recommendations for the Provincial Budget 2024 shared with the Government of Manitoba on behalf of the Network’s members.

On November 15th 2023, Boann CEO Derek Ballantyne and Jeff Cyr, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Raven Capital Partners, took to the stage at the Raven Outcomes Finance Summit to…

A new co-operative federation called the Banker Ladies council is based within a Black feminist cultural tradition called a Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA).  This groundbreaking group of Black…

PrairiesCan announced support for 4 projects in Manitoba’s social economy and social entrepreneurship community, including CCEDNet Manitoba.

The second annual Sustainable Finance Forum at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa is shaping up to be twice the size and even more impactful than last year’s. Be one of…

This post originally appeared on Buy Social Canada’s blog. Social enterprises across Canada tackle complex social challenges while operating successful businesses and reinvesting profits into community, a new report from…

The Canadian Community Economic Development Network has embarked on a new project called “Community Action for Workforce Development,” an initiative funded by the Government of Canada through the Community Workforce…

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance invited Canadians to participate in its annual pre-budget consultations process. The Committee intends to table a report on these consultations in the…

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), a financial Crown corporation wholly-owned by the Government of Canada, is Canada’s only bank exclusively focused on providing support to Small and Medium-sized…

Congratulations to Yvon Poirier, CCEDNet Board member and longtime CED activist, who has been instrumental in supporting this work at the UN, including most recently last December. Yvon’s work led…