Category: What’s New

This week, the Province of Manitoba announced they will be creating over 250 new, affordable licensed child care spaces. Four new centres will be appearing in St. Andrews, Oak Lake,…

CCEDNet members who have not yet renewed their membership for 2014 should have received a letter today via email that contains an invitation to renew their membership and a review…

For fashion trends the world looks to Milan; Copenhagen has become synonymous with urban planning; but for community development, Manitoba is increasingly the source for inspiration and cutting edge policy….

In response to the Manitoba government’s invitation for pre-budget submissions, CCEDNet parliamentwinnipeg_manitoba.jpg provided recommendations that bring a CED perspective to the 2014 budget. Our submission, which was sent to the…

pcoa_flaherty_569_7688.jpg Finance Minister Jim Flaherty answers questions on the 2014 Federal budget. The Road to Balance: Creating Jobs and Opportunities, the Federal government’s 2014 budget, was released yesterday. This year,…

On February 1, 2014, CCEDNet member Assiniboine Credit Union (ACU) was recognized for their commitment to environmental sustainability when they were awarded the Anne Lindsey Protecting Our Earth Award in…

cped_partners_banner_980x165-eng.jpg Economic stakeholders in Canada’s official language minority communities are invited to express themselves. In particular, English speakers inside Quebec and French speakers living outside Quebec are invited, by March…

new-brunswick-budget-2012.jpeg New Brunswick Finance Minister Blaine HIggs delivering the 2014 – 2015 Budget Speech. Community economic development organizations in New Brunswick have new financing avenues to bolster access to capital…

1622841_10150359541154981_1242714503_n.jpg The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released today their annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB). The budget includes many recommendations for investments related to community economic development initiatives, including: a…

The Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS) is pleased to invite your organization / network to contribute to the participatory construction of the Recommendations by Social…

Since the early days of the Network, through the creation of the International Committee in 2007 and continuing today, CCEDNet has been an active partner in international movement building, learning…

Last fall, CCEDNet launched a ‘What is CED’ photo contest to gather images of community economic development in action from our members throughout the country.  We had almost 150 entries…