Themes: Immigrants & Refugees

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. Early…

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 The…

This paper is a starting point for a discussion about the role the co-operative sector can play in assisting immigrants and refugees in Canada and the role that the immigrant…

This report is a result of research conducted in partnership with Public Interest on how to support the entrepreneurial activity of immigrants living in the City of Toronto. Results of…

Skilled immigrants have been identified as a key source of labour supply for addressing the expected labour market shortages in Canada arising from an aging population and strong economic growth…

The Mercado Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota — a retail business cooperative and incubator — is the result of the creativity and hard work of members of a Latino immigrant community…

This collection of thirteen case studies provides short anecdotes about 13 geographically diverse examples of Community Economic Development in Canada. Download the PDF

This report explores industry engagement in CED approaches, the assumptions about people and work, about labour recruitment policy and practice, and about sense of community participation. The project puts a…

This 45 minute video that looks at the emergence of the MCHB by hearing from the women who are involved in the cooperative. This initiative was created to facilitate better…