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To make employment, training and other ‘community benefits’ key outcomes of public expenditure programmes, they need to be incorporated into the specification of what is being purchased or funded. The…
This story was developed through a series of interviews and workshops with key players in the community benefits story in spring 2017. Blueprint conducted interviews with 17 representatives from community…
Metrolinx recognizes that its major infrastructure investments should also provide benefits for the communities in which it works, including employment, apprenticeship, and local supplier opportunities where possible. It has therefore…
The Civil Society Strategy sets out how the government will work to support and to strengthen civil society, without compromising its independence. Civil society refers to all individuals and organisations,…
Social procurement leverages an organisation’s buying power to deliver social value, above and beyond the value of the goods or services being procured. It builds diversity into the supply chain,…
A study that confirms the RISQ’s essential role and the effectiveness of its approach! Since 1997, the RISQ has been a proud partner of numerous business successes reflecting the needs…
During the 1970s, southern Canada changed its perception of resource development in the Canadian North. At the beginning of the decade most observers outside of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, as well as…
This report summarizes the experience, models and tools, results, challenges, lessons and prospects of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation (UWCRC). Established by the University of Winnipeg’s Board of…
Community-based research generally focuses on achieving benefits for both communities and researchers on a local, place-based scale. This case study profiles the six-year evolution of a community-based social enterprise sector…
An increasing interest has been observed in recent years on how cooperatives can, amongst other things, be a concrete tool in the hands of young people for improving their employment conditions and access to entrepreneurship….
This document provides examples of how community impact investment models have been formed in British Columbia, Canada and abroad. The purpose of this document is to provide the BC Government…
The worst thing about the Alberta economy is the uncertainty of the situation. No one knows when the oil sector will recover and what it will look like when it…