Category: What’s New
MaRS Centre for Impact Investing has announced that applications for the second cohort of Community Finance Solutions are now open. The deadline is September 30, 2014. Community Finance Solutions is…
The summer 2014 national edition of Spacing is packed full of articles that highlight the need to put people at the centre of building healthy and vibrant cities. The 30-page…
The Co-operators has launched another round of The National Co-op Challenge and are donating $200,000 to give emerging and expanding co-ops a stronger voice in their communities and a chance…
On September 15, Canada’s National Advisory Board to the Social Impact Investment Taskforce will be launching their report highlighting Canada’s priorities for Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good, in Toronto….
Last week, over 5,000 people gathered in Ottawa for the Peoples’ Social Forum. It was billed as a convergence of social movements, with support from a wide range of unions…
The Canadian CED Network is very pleased to announce that Sarah Leeson-Klym has been appointed Manitoba Regional Director as of September 1. Leeson-Klym, who has been CCEDNet – Manitoba’s Learning…
denglersw-parliament-ottawa-20050730-1280×960.jpg The Canadian CED Network’s Policy Council has submitted a response to the federal government’s invitation for pre-budget submissions. The submission, sent to the Standing Committee on Finance, focuses on social…
Brendan Reimer has been involved in some form of social enterprise activity, though it wasn’t necessarily called this, for about 20 years. Brendan, current Regional Director of the Canadian Community…
The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (TFSSE) has published a paper outlining its position and voicing concern that “the process of crafting a post-2015 development…
We asked staff and board members what they were planning on reading this summer: vocationally and vacationally. The resulting list is at turns surprising and exciting, practical and insightful. We…
On July 18th, the CCEDNet – Manitoba staff team spent the warm and windy day alongside hundreds of volunteers swinging hammers as part of a week-long blitz to build Habitat…
Have you been mulling over a great project idea to help transform your neighbourhood? Are you ready to take it to the next step? Now is your chance to win…