Canadian CED Network

Year: 2005

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State Policies to Enhance the New Economy: A Comparative Analysis

This report critically examines two assumptions often made concerning the new economy. The first assumption is that the new economy is linked to globalization, in its inevitability and irreversibility, and…
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Community Economic Development: Improving the Lives and Livelihoods of Women through Socially Transformative Practice

Despite the growing recognition of CED with women as a viable community development strategy, there remains relatively little written about its theory or practice. There is even less in the…
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New Partnerships in Hydro Development

This report has two objectives: to inform the reader about the planned partnership between Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) and Manitoba Hydro for the proposed Wuskwatim Hydroelectric Generating Station; and to…
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The Town that Lost its Name: The Impact of Hydro Electric Development on Grand Rapids, Manitoba

This report details the ways in which the development of a hydro-electric project in Grand Rapids divided people living there into the First Nation, the “town” and a “hydro community”…
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A Very Hostile System in Which to Live: Aboriginal Electoral Participation in Winnipeg’s Inner City

This report attempts to determine whether Aboriginal people in Winnipeg’s inner city vote in mainstream elections, and if not, why not. It provides evidence to show that Aboriginal people constitute…
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Aboriginal Students and the Digital Divide: Non-formal Learning in the Inner-City

There has been much discussion recently of a so-called digital divide. This term refers to a new form of social inequality based on differential access to information technology (IT). This…
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CED-oriented Business Development Strategies for Winnipeg’s North End

This report seeks to determine what CED-oriented business development might consist of. This research will seek to determine what is meant by “Community Economic Development” and determine what the components…
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A Scan of Community Economic Development Organizations, Rural Communities and First Nations in Manitoba and their Participation

The growth of the New Economy has the potential to positively benefit community economic development (CED) organizations, rural communities and First Nations in Manitoba. Organizations and communities have not necessarily…
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Closing the Economic Gap in Northern Manitoba: Sustained Economic Development for Manitoba’s First Nation Communities

This report explores some of the existing work done by others on the barriers Canada’s Indigenous Peoples face in participating in natural resource management, providing a synopsis that will hopefully…
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Case Study of the Impact of a Community Learning Network on CED in the New Economy

This case study investigates the impact of Learning for Life (LFL) project, a Community Learning Network (CLN) project funded by the Office of Learning Technologies, Human Resources Development Canada, on…
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Understanding the Real Advantage: Maximizing High-Speed Technology to Enhance Production and Encourage Growth in Rural Areas

The main purpose of this research project is to determine what factors are obstructing high-speed Internet use in the rural district of St-Pierre-Jolys and the RM of De Salaberry. Two…
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Implementing and Evaluating and Inner City Local Exchange Trading System

This report describes the development of a Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) in Winnipeg and the impact of the LETS upon its members. It sets this description within the historical…