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This partnership is considered an agreement between the City of Montreal and players in the social economy, by means of which each of the parties agrees to carry out actions…
The monograph explores some of the factors that have made CED successful in some parts of the region and how government was able to contribute to that success. The report…
Introduction This report responds to one of the five policy recommendations made at the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) National Policy Forum held in March, 2001. The purpose of…
Executive Summary This paper presents the Canadian CED Network’s (CCEDNet) policy proposal for using tax credits and other mechanisms to increase the amount of financial capital available for CED in…
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…
As a community, Prince George is different than Brampton, which is different than St. John’s. Place-based approaches are bottom-up interventions that acknowledge the impact local realities can have on program…
Collaborative place-based approaches (PBAs) have emerged as a means of addressing “wickedly” complex issues: those that have many interacting causes and are seen to require multiple actors to develop a…
What do the Homelessness Partnerships Strategy, the Forest Communities Program and the Aboriginal Leadership Strategy have in common? They are all federal initiatives that address stubbornly persistent issues by engaging…
Recently there has been growing awareness of the importance of cities, large and small, as strategic spaces in the age of globalization. They are the places where today’s major public…
Community-led development is a unique approach to tackling local problems and building on local strengths. It is guided by several core principles. The voice and views of citizens lie at…
This document presents a “how to” approach to evaluating place-based initiatives. It discusses ten questions that an evaluation of place-based initiatives needs to address, although they could also be useful…
The federal government’s knowledge role within place‐based approaches has been identified by federal civil servants as an opportunity to improve the co‐ordination of federal departments and the compatibility of inter‐jurisdictional…
