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WealthWorks is a regional approach to economic development that connects a community’s assets to market demand in ways that build livelihoods that last. WealthWorks aims to advance a region’s overall…
This book tells about an effort to educate the people by assisting them to become masters of their own economic destiny. Father Moses Coady, along with Father Jimmy Tompkins, Rev….
Is public policy advocacy a worthwhile way for CED activists to spend their time? Probably not, if their onslaught is isolated in time, space, or numbers. That’s why the Canadian…
COPAC has been engaged in building cooperatives and promoting alternative models of local development for over ten years. This guide is a result of these years of grassroots practice and…
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In this slideshow presentation, Chris Clamp of Southern New Hampshire University, provides an accessible and engaging introduction to community development (CD) and community economic development (CED). The presentation guides viewers…
Michael Toye, Executive Director of the Canadian Community Economic Development (CED) Network, delivered a presentation at the 2012 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) – International Local Economic Development Forum held…
Community economic development is increasingly a strategy in the fight against poverty that is complementary to more traditional approaches, such as employment training, guaranteed income, and social assistance targeted at…
Community Economic Development in Canada, publised in two volumes, provides the most revealing, current, comprehensive and authoritative text on Canadian communities in action – urban and rural – and how…
Canadian communities are wresting with difficult and complex economic realities that threaten their well-being. Confronting these challenges is essential to ensure a healthy and vibrant Canada in the 21st century. …
This document arose out of a desire on the part of practitioners of community economic development in Toronto to explain what CED is and to identify what is needed to…
