Region: Alberta

Get the skills, knowledge, networks, to build local living economies CCEDNet member, Thrive, is recruiting 24 leaders for their second cohort of the Simon Fraser University certificate program in community…

Alberta’s growing cities, rural communities share a common bond: an entrepreneurial mindset for social good On June 17th Mount Royal University, Simon Fraser University and Trico Charitable Foundation released research…

The Government of Alberta is set to create the largest Social Innovation Endowment in Canada through Bill 1-the Savings Management Act. The Social Innovation Endowment Fund (SIEF) will receive $1…

Is there enough for all? The Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative (CPRI) believes that there is. In a prosperous and growing city like Calgary, this report asserts that together, Calgarians have…

By Camille Jensen.  Originally posted on axiomnews.ca Unleashing Local Capital’s pilot communities will convene next week to share best practices in local investment and economic development. Unleashing Local Capital was…

By Camille Jensen.  Originally posted on axiomnews.ca Unleashing Local Capital’s pilot communities will convene next week to share best practices in local investment and economic development. Unleashing Local Capital was…

In the summer of 2012, the Government of Alberta launched a public consultation on the creation of a new social policy framework for the province.  Thrive, Calgary’s CED Network, prepared…