Themes: Rural CED

A research-based economic development resource for leaders building strong rural communities. Rural communities in Canada are facing a new reality where traditional economic bases such as agriculture, forestry, and manufacturing…

Central governments and their economic policies rarely help economic development at the local level, taking more out of communities than they put into their growth and health. Providing examples of…

Planning is by definition ‘a method of doing something that is worked out usually in some detail before it is begun and that may be written down in some form…

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 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 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 Not…

This knowledge synthesis is part of The Monieson Centre’s Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS) Project, a three‐year endeavour to connect academic knowledge with economic development needs in Eastern Ontario. The…

Over the past twenty five years exploration and development of northern Canadian mineral and petroleum resources has steadily grown. With predictions of continued growth in resource development, there is mounting…

A data set for U.S. counties that includes residence status of firm owners is used to assess whether per capita density of locally owned businesses affects local economic growth, compared…

Early in 2011 Bow Valley College’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation was contacted by the Community Futures Network of Alberta, also referred to as Community Futures Alberta, requesting to…

This workbook offers a template for discovering what kinds of skills, abilities and experiences individuals possess that could be translated into economic activity and increased economic stability for a local…

This workbook tells the story of Savannah’s experience in developing a citizen-centered city government that allowed it to work productively with local residents to improve troubled neighborhoods and build a…