Themes: Policy Development & Advocacy

Introduction This report responds to one of the five policy recommendations made at the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) National Policy Forum held in March, 2001. The purpose of…

Executive Summary This paper presents the Canadian CED Network’s (CCEDNet) policy proposal for using tax credits and other mechanisms to increase the amount of financial capital available for CED in…

Today, globalization increasingly affects local economies. Decisions by large international bodies like the World Trade Organization, and decisions within transnational corporations, affect every country and community on the planet. In…

The people-centred economy is a vital part of multi-sectoral strategies to improve local conditions.  When those conditions are examined through a territorial or local lens, many communities use Community Economic…

Summary This paper outlines current social finance and investment in the social economy followed by identification of opportunities and challenges for the social finance marketplace in Canada.   In the Social…

Summary Building a people-centred economy depends on the creation, consolidation and expansion of enterprises whose primary goals are to respond to the needs and aspirations of citizens in communities across…

Every purchase has a ripple effect and multiplier impacts, whether unintentional or intentional. Intentional purchasing targeted to social economy businesses can insure the greatest impact opportunities for a people centred…

Canada’s economy is pluralistic, made up of three distinct sectors:  private; state; and the social economy.  Actors in the social economy (cooperatives, non profit societies, civil society associations, credit unions…

In the summer of 2012, the Government of Alberta launched a public consultation on the creation of a new social policy framework for the province. Thrive, Calgary’s CED Network, prepared…

Collaborative place-based approaches (PBAs) have emerged as a means of addressing “wickedly” complex issues: those that have many interacting causes and are seen to require multiple actors to develop a…

What do the Homelessness Partnerships Strategy, the Forest Communities Program and the Aboriginal Leadership Strategy have in common? They are all federal initiatives that address stubbornly persistent issues by engaging…

Recently there has been growing awareness of the importance of cities, large and small, as strategic spaces in the age of globalization. They are the places where today’s major public…