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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…

La transition juste au-delà de l’industrie fossile. Pistes de réflexion pour la transformation du secteur industriel au Québec

La décarbonisation du secteur industriel, qui au Québec est le deuxième plus grand émetteur de GES, s’impose aujourd’hui comme un incontournable de la lutte aux changements climatiques. Or, la transition…
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Pathways to Decent Work

Explore eight pathways, and numerous resources to help your organization advance decent work and equity for Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized people in our sector. Different organizations will be a different…
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Flourish: A Workbook for Social Innovators

A collection of insights from 50 contributing authors curated by Jennifer Corriero. This learning resource is dedicated to young social innovators who have taken initial steps in leading community-based projects….
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Selling Social: Procurement, Purchasing, and Social Enterprises

Since the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various…
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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…

Indigenous-led Climate Policy (Executive Summary Report)

Phase 2 of Indigenous Climate Action’s Decolonizing Climate Policy Project As an Executive Summary Report of Phase 2 of Indigenous Climate Action’s (ICA) Decolonizing Climate Policy (DCP) project, this document…
Indigenomics

Indigenomics

It is time. It is time to increase the visibility, role, and responsibility of the emerging modern Indigenous economy and the people involved. This is the foundation for economic reconciliation….
Pathways to a People's Economy

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…

System Change: A Basic Primer to the Solidarity Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our world. It has laid bare the inequity, the limits, and the failures of capitalism. The door to a better future beyond capitalism, already cracked…
First Policy Response: Canadas Policy Community Response to COVID-19

How do we navigate a return to school and childcare?

One of the biggest differences between the COVID-19 pandemic and past crises is that this time, the kids are at home. With schools and childcare centres shut down to prevent…