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Mainstreaming community economic development is about encouraging economic development to develop from within. About understanding and building upon an area’s existing strengths so that it can flourish by maximising the…
This briefing provides a summary of Mainstreaming Community Economic Development and how community groups can use the approach in their work. Why is Mainstreaming Community Economic Development important? This approach…
In the absence of epistemological and conceptual advances with strong ontological foundations, Dash argues, SSE cannot go very far in framing discourses and in engaging with the bigger picture, as…
This case study was requested by CEDEC—the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation—as part of its role in helping communities throughout Quebec to identify, assess, and prepare to act on…
What is a multi-stakeholder co-op? A traditional co-op is made up of members who come together to co-operatively create an organization that can provide services to meet their needs. These…
3ci Director Tessa Hebb and Research Associate Roopal Thaker have just released a detailed report on how not-for-profit organizations view their partnerships with business. Drawing on extensive interviews with not-for-profit…
Partnerships are often assumed to be a necessary, and indeed an intrinsically useful, component of CED. But partnerships can be difficult to maintain and sometimes can constrain effective CED. This…
Employment and Skills Strategies in Canada focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. This report looks at the range of…
For several years, researchers affiliated with the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development (The Harris Centre) at Memorial University, have been developing a new way for communities in…
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development published a special issue on cooperatives and alternative food systems initiatives, which was available for free during the month of July….
This special issue of the journal Canadian Public Policy explores current ways in which partnerships between government and social economy can strengthen communities. The articles reflect the wide variety of…
A primary goal of this report is provide a broader overview of larger questions of value chain finance—such as how various kind of capital (philanthropic, government, private) can work together…
