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Despite Canada’s legacy of co-operativism, Eurocentrism dominates thinking in the Canadian coop movement. This has resulted in the exclusion of racialized Canadians. Building on Jessica Gordon Nembhard’s (2014) exposure of…
This research report explores how progressive social agencies and non-profits (including legal clinics) can support community organizing pursuing the aims of the Right to the City (R2C) and Right to Housing (R2H)…
Over the last few years, Prosperity Now has increasingly focused on developing and strengthening its approach to addressing racial economic inequality and advancing racial wealth equity. In 2015, we launched the Racial…
If the 34 million American households of color resided in a single state, their household electricity demand would exceed that of all the residential, commercial, and industrial users in California, the…
Manufacturing remains a vital part of the American economy, employing 12.75 million workers and generating broader spillover effects throughout the economy. At the same time, the nature of manufacturing is shifting…
Abstract A Black epistemology in economics is needed to bring ethics back into business. Contributions of racialized people in the economy are ignored. Black and racialized scholars also find that…
This Guide offers advice on how to incorporate Community Benefits in public procurements using either the Open or Restricted procurement procedures. Although not covered in this guidance it is also…
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…
In February 2015, the East Side Road Authority (ESRA) has signed a second community benefits agreement with Bunibonibee First Nation for pre-construction on the East Side Road, Aboriginal and Northern…
In the United States, more and more cities are using community benefit agreements to foster equitable development. Below are some case studies about cities that have implemented agreements or are…
