Themes: Immigrants & Refugees

National charity Prosper Canada has released a new report demonstrating the impact of the TD Financial Literacy Grant Fund, Canada’s first national granting program dedicated to building the financial literacy…

How the Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee revitalized their park and created an engine of grassroots economic activity Toronto’s neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park, built in the 1960s, was designed for 12,000…

In the 2000s, community advocates spent several years calling for a comprehensive provincial poverty reduction plan that shows Manitobans how far we have come and where the province plans to…

So much of human history is about communities that mainstream society has forgotten or pushed aside. Groups of people bound together by common location, experience, or values find their way…

Organizations serving specific immigrant or ethnocultural communities can make a greater contribution to their members’ economic and social integration through activities focused on building bridges with the broader society. In…

This study examines 40 cities and counties across the United States, selected for their large population and geographic diversity, to determine trends and best practices in the administration of Minority-…

Immigrant and refugee persons face serious settlement challenges. Integrating into their new community is made exceedingly difficult due to their limited social and professional networks, the non-recognition of foreign experience…

These are brief profiles from the report on the first phase research findings of the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise Initiative (ISISE). Contents: EthniCity Catering Immigrant Integration Farming…

This 10-page directory of Immigrant Social Enterprises in Canada was carried out as part of research for the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise initiative (ISISE).

This is the report on the first phase research findings of the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise Initiative (ISISE). The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (Canadian CED Network)…

Many communities in Canada are using communty economic developpment (CED) to sucessfully combat socioeconomic decline and build strong community-based organisations that contribute to citizen participation and the cultural diversity of…

This is one of the Canadian CED Network’s CED in Manitoba Profiles Project produced 50 stories of Manitoba communities working to build fairer and stronger local economies, reduce poverty, and revitalize neighbourhoods. From…