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Themes: Co-operatives

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Economics for Emancipation

A Course on Capitalism, Solidarity and How We Get Free Economics for Emancipation (E4E) is a seven-module introductory curriculum with interactive and participatory workshops. It offers a deep critical dive…

The Search for a New Way: The Story of New Dawn Enterprises

The definitive history of Canada’s oldest community-development corporation, written by its former President and CEO. In the 1970s, Cape Breton was a place of limited prospects. The community had no…
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Solidarity First: Building a movement for just & sustainable economies in Quebec

The story of Quebec’s social economy movement is little known in Canada and even in many parts of Quebec. This may seem surprising given the interest that the Quebec model…
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Black Feminists in the Third Sector: Here Is Why We Choose to use the term Solidarity Economy

AbstractMany countries in the Global North use the term “social economy”—also known as the third sector—to describe economies run by citizens rather than by state or business actors. Over the…
Images of Freedom Dreams logo, Christine Clarke, and Victor Beausoleil. Text: Episode 2, October 13, 2021. 6pm-7:30pm ET. Workshop: Co-ops for liberation. The role of co-ops in the fight for social justice. Christine Clarke, Founder, Freedom Dreams Cooperative Education. Victor Beausoleil, Executive Director, SETSI coalition.

Co-ops for Liberation

In times of crisis, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) folks didn’t seek to repair the systems that failed them — BIPOC folks sought and fought to reimagine these…

Co-op Conversation Guidebook (for BIPOC Audiences)

This introductory guidebook related to hosting a conversation in community was designed for people with no experience with facilitation / hosting meetings. It is designed specifically for a BIPOC (Black,…
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Pathways to a People’s Economy

Pathways to a People’s Economy was developed by a team of New Economy Coalition member organizations to amplify the new economy policy wins happening on the ground and provide real…

BC Institute for Cooperative Studies (Case Studies)

A series of downloadable PDF case studies of cooperatives developed throughout British Columbia. Case study subjects range from community forestry initiatives to credit unions to artisan and film cooperatives. The…
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Business Recovery, Stabilization and Succession Project Reports

Working together with Flourish Community Development Co-op, Co-operative Enterprise Council of New Brunswick, CDR-Acadie, and a range of other national and local stakeholders working on business succession models, CCEDNet has completed an action research project…

Local Food & Farm Co-ops Keynote 2021

The opening Keynote panel at the Assembly features a conversation of food sovereignty and a Just Transition in our pandemic times with speakers from across the continent. We are honoured…
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Parkdale Community Benefits Framework: Guide for Development without Displacement

While municipal planning efforts have focused on the strategic growth of urban centres, avenues, and transit corridors, there has been a concurrent concentration of poverty in Toronto’s inner suburbs marked by race and gender….

Community Investment in Ontario: Status and Prospects

Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario (CCO) created this contribution to the social finance ecosystem, in partnership with CCEDNet. They have surveyed the status and prospects of participatory community investment…