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LISC’s Building Sustainable Communities approach to comprehensive community development is now underway in 63 distressed neighborhoods nationwide. Based on groundbreaking work in the South Bronx and, subsequently, in Chicago, Building…
The Women’s Economic Council commissioned this report to analyze the current state of funding for women-centred CED (community economic development). More generally, we wanted to assess the impact of government…
These are brief profiles from the report on the first phase research findings of the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise Initiative (ISISE). Contents: EthniCity Catering Immigrant Integration Farming…
This 10-page directory of Immigrant Social Enterprises in Canada was carried out as part of research for the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise initiative (ISISE).
This is the report on the first phase research findings of the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise Initiative (ISISE). The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (Canadian CED Network)…
Investors in either for-profit (FP) social purpose businesses or funders in not-for-profit (NFP) revenue-generating social enterprises are investing in exciting social ventures in order to generate social and/or environmental impact….
Funders, nonprofit executives, and policymakers are very enthusiastic about measuring social value. Alas, they cannot agree on what it is, let alone how to assess it. Their main obstacle is…
Skilled immigrants have been identified as a key source of labour supply for addressing the expected labour market shortages in Canada arising from an aging population and strong economic growth…
When the first CCIs were created more than two decades ago, their designers understood that alignment of their many parts would be key to generating meaningful change in poor communities….
Just when ‘the market’ nearly took over all areas of life, the credit, climate and democratic crunches came along, challenging us to rebuild a society that works well for all….
The Vibrant Communities (2002 – 2010) Evaluation Report contains the findings of a nine-year experiment that demonstrates the positive impacts of an innovative and collaborative approach to fighting poverty that…
Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) were created by the Federal Government in consultation with Aboriginal leaders in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. The intended purpose of AFIs was to have…
