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Coming together to build from within… Strong, prosperous communities don’t just happen. They are forged from the wisdom and abilities of their members and their willingness to work together towards…
Policy Research Initiative periodical Horizons, Volume 8, Number 2, February 2006 Contents Social Economy: Entrepreneurial Spirit in Community Service Jean-Pierre Voyer, PRI Horizons The Government of Canada and the Social…
With considerable interest in the opportunity of scaling up social finance in Canada, Tides Canada, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and PLAN, with funding from Vancity Credit Union, hosted a 1.5…
Charles Printing is a self-described „affirmative business which provides printing services to customers in Hawkesbury. Such services include colour printing and copying, and tasks related to print finishing such as…
As a non-profit organization, COIN is committed to improving the skills of individuals in the Peterborough community in order to overcome obstacles they may encounter in obtaining employment, including a…
Jarret Value 2 Cooperative operated as a quality second hand retail store in downtown Sudbury. The store was cooperatively owned and run by individuals with developmental disabilities creating training and…
The mission of Out of this World Café is to assist the community by employing current in-patients and out-patients of the psychiatric community, increasing their communal integration by providing real-world…
The External Advisory Committee on Cities and Committees began its work in February 2004 under the chairmanship of Michael Harcourt, formerly mayor of Vancouver and Premier of British Columbia. Charged…
Budget Paper F of the Province of Manitoba’s 2006 budget focuses on Community Economic Development. Community economic development (CED) takes the well-being and prosperity of local neighbourhoods beyond the traditional…
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…
Many communities in Canada are using communty economic developpment (CED) to sucessfully combat socioeconomic decline and build strong community-based organisations that contribute to citizen participation and the cultural diversity of…
A systematic analysis of the characteristics of co-operatives reveals many capacities that recommend them as appropriate vehicles for sustainable development. Co-operatives offer advantages as rooted, socially embedded, patient capital and…
