Canadian CED Network

Themes: Local Economy

Quebec's CEDC's

Quebec’s CEDCs: a unique model for integrated local socio-economic development

The concept of “Community Economic Development Corporation” (CDEC) emerged in the ’80s in Quebec and initially focused on improving local living conditions to promote inclusive economic growth. These organizations, created…

Climate Justice Organizing HUB Wiki

The Climate Justice Organizing HUB is a support structure designed around the needs of grassroots social movement organizers in so-called Canada that respects organizers’ knowledge regarding their own challenges and…
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Economics for Emancipation

A Course on Capitalism, Solidarity and How We Get Free Economics for Emancipation (E4E) is a seven-module introductory curriculum with interactive and participatory workshops. It offers a deep critical dive…

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…
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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…

Co-op Conversation Guidebook (for BIPOC Audiences)

This introductory guidebook related to hosting a conversation in community was designed for people with no experience with facilitation / hosting meetings. It is designed specifically for a BIPOC (Black,…

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…
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National Indigenous Economic Strategy

A blueprint for inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian economy, this Strategy presents four Strategic Pathways supported by 107 Calls to Economic Prosperity. Indigenous-led and driven, this Strategy guides…
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…
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…