CCEDNet Manitoba is looking for proposals for programming for this year’s Gathering workshops, panels, and presentations, for facilitating connecting opportunities between participants, and for fun & engaging ways for the community to network.
The theme for the Gathering this year is Community Safety and Collective Well-Being: What Makes Us Safe? Through the lens of Community Economic Development, participants will examine how we can address root causes of socio-economic issues, strengthen community resilience, advance justice and reconciliation, and build systems that prioritize people, communities, and the environment.
Your proposal for a workshop, panel or presentation can seek to answer one or more of the following questions:
- What makes individuals and communities truly safe?
- How can Community Economic Development strengthen collective well-being and resilience?
- What does prevention-focused, community-led safety look like in practice?
- How do we build stronger connections and shared solutions in an increasingly divided world?
- What role do justice, decolonization, and systems change play in creating safer communities for all?
- What would a truly decolonized vision of community safety and collective well-being look like in Manitoba, and what role can we play in bringing it to life?
Please submit as much information as you have by September 1, 2026!
Learn more about the Gathering by visiting the Gathering 2026 website and check out this video from the Gathering 2022.
