Category: What’s New
The Canadian CED Network is Proud to Announce the Return of CreateAction! Now in it’s 9th incarnation, the CreateAction program will again be funded by Human Resources and Skills Development…
13 Canadian community-based organizations receive $255,000 from The Co-operators Numerous CCEDNet members are among the 13 community organizations for whom The Co-operators has announced $255,000 in funding. The funding, provided…
Despite the notoriety of being the site of Canada’s first Tim Horton’s in 1964, the latter part of the 20th century was a decades-long, painful process of deindustrialization that hit…
Over the past year, we have been working hard to improve our website and our virtual capacity to connect our members and people working to create inclusive and sustainable economies…
All the latest CED news and events from the SFU community! Simon Fraser University’s Community Economic Development program recently published their newsletter for February 2013. In this issue, Nicole Chaland (program…
Building Urban Industries for Local Development (BUILD) and the Brandon Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP) operate as social enterprises in Manitoba. They perform energy efficiency retrofits on low-income homes while providing…
Help shape Manitoba’s future. Participate in Budget 2013. The provincial government is asking Manitobans what they would like to see in Budget 2013. We encourage all of our CCEDNet members and…
CCEDNet member PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise is one of six organizations that will receive $760,000 from the Ontario Government to support low-income women who are seeking to start their…
The Canadian CED Network recently wrote to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to express our support for three recommendations in the Standing Committee on Finance’s report on their pre-budget consultations. The…
Just before the Christmas break, Québec’s National Assembly adopted a bill creating the first Microfinance Mutual in Canada. Developed by the Fonds d’emprunt Québec, the Microfinance Mutual will add micro-savings…
At the 2012 Social Finance Forum, the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Diane Finley invited organizations to submit innovative ideas to help shape the future of social…
In November, 32 CCEDNet-MB members came together to plan the Network’s policy actions for 2013. CCEDNet’s annual Policy Summit provides an opportunity for members to discuss, debate, learn, and…