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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…
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 Does…
Operation Come Home’s Reunite Program is the only national program in Canada dedicated to reuniting homeless youth with their families. Each year, the organisation reunites an average of 75 families…
This report presents the results of the Canadian Women’s Foundation Economic Development Collaborative Fund. The Collaborative Fund was a five-year $4.8 million program that provided financial and technical support to…
If you knew a way to save money while helping a young person clamber over multiple barriers into the job market, would you do it? It sounds like a no brainer! Québec…
Submitted by Tamarack on August 8, 2011 – 8:27am Submitted by Tamarack on August 8, 2011 – 8:27am Asset-Based Community Development is an approach that considers local assets to be…
In this paper, the authors evaluate the prospects of small business-driven job creation by assessing the link between small business and population health, an alternative measure of economic development. They…
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…
Agencies with an interest in co‐operative development would benefit from better understanding of the patterns and causes of co‐op formation and dissolution in Alberta. The research aims were to establish:…
To date, no study has been conducted on the survival rates and success factors of co-operatives in BC. Data from a 2008 Quebec study, which showed a 64% survival rate…
In 2007–2008, Canada spent an estimated $14.3 billion in public expenditures for mental health services and supports.1 According to a 2009 report by the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, costs…
