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Social enterprise is the business model of the future. The Guide to Social Enterprise will support you to plan, sustain or grow your social enterprise activity and impact. Who the…

The concept of “Community Economic Development Corporation” (CDEC) emerged in the ’80s in Quebec and initially focused on improving local living conditions to promote inclusive economic growth. These organizations, created…

This report both describes the findings of the Developmental Evaluation (DE) of the 2023 Synergia Transition and Resilience Climate Action Program (STARCAP), and serves as a framework for applying DE…

This report summarizes the evaluation findings of CreateAction: Inclusive Social Innovation. CreateAction was led by the Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) in partnership with the National Association of Friendship Centres…

“Sharing Promising Practices from CreateAction” was created for employers, community practitioners, government, funders, and other partners to share insights, promising practices, and lessons learned for engaging, employing, and supporting youth…

Le HUB de mobilisation pour la justice climatique est une structure de soutien conçue pour répondre aux besoins organisationnels des personnes issues des mouvements populaires au Québec et au Canada….

The Climate Justice Organizing HUB is a support structure designed around the needs of grassroots social movement organizers in so-called Canada that respects organizers’ knowledge regarding their own challenges and…

Les communautés africaines, afrodescendantes et Noires comptent parmi elles de nombreuses personnes qui dirigent des mouvements sociaux et environnementaux, tout comme des activistes visionnaires qui possèdent la gamme de compétences…

A Course on Capitalism, Solidarity and How We Get Free Economics for Emancipation (E4E) is a seven-module introductory curriculum with interactive and participatory workshops. It offers a deep critical dive…

One cannot easily overlook the issue of transferability of context specific innovations across jurisdictions, even within the same country. This is true in Canada, where the social economy in Québec…

The definitive history of Canada’s oldest community-development corporation, written by its former President and CEO. In the 1970s, Cape Breton was a place of limited prospects. The community had no…

The story of Quebec’s social economy movement is little known in Canada and even in many parts of Quebec. This may seem surprising given the interest that the Quebec model…

Le Green Resilience Project était une série de conversations avec 33 communautés de taille, de situation géographique et de composition économique variées pour discuter de la manière dont le changement…

La décarbonisation du secteur industriel, qui au Québec est le deuxième plus grand émetteur de GES, s’impose aujourd’hui comme un incontournable de la lutte aux changements climatiques. Or, la transition…

Explore eight pathways, and numerous resources to help your organization advance decent work and equity for Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized people in our sector. Different organizations will be a different…