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Just when ‘the market’ nearly took over all areas of life, the credit, climate and democratic crunches came along, challenging us to rebuild a society that works well for all….
This manual can launch your community on a process of renewal and resilience. It can help you facilitate the initial step towards successful transition from dependence on a single industry…
When the first CCIs were created more than two decades ago, their designers understood that alignment of their many parts would be key to generating meaningful change in poor communities….
This knowledge synthesis is part of The Monieson Centre’s Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS) Project, a three‐year endeavour to connect academic knowledge with economic development needs in Eastern Ontario. The…
Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful that it is failing, or more open to fresh ideas about a new one. The…
In 2004, the community movement in Quebec finds itself at a crossroads. The new Liberal government (which won the April 2003 election under Jean Charest) wants to break with the…
Those of us working in the community sector need to get out of our issue-based silos and come to events like this and take the time to be amongst people…
An Organizational Capacity Building Toolbox from the Chicago Foundation for Women The SHOW-21 program was designed to expand on the work of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute of Northwestern University’s…
Solidarity Economy (SE) is a movement that has been around for a few decades, even if it was not always called by that name. Its primary philosophy is to conduct…
After previous recessions, the long term unemployed, those on low incomes and the people living in our poorest communities have often been last in line to benefit from recovery. As…
This literature review is the starting point for a significant piece of research that aims to find out the success factors, the barriers, and what is needed – to build a…
This paper is the latest version of a paper first written in 2010 Expressions such as the solidarity economy, the social economy or the social and solidarity economy have been…
