Canadian CED Network

Year: 2014

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OECD Reviews on Local Jobs Creation: Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia

Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. It looks at the role of Local…
Thriving or Surviving – Social Enterprises in the GTA

Thriving or Surviving – Social Enterprises in the GTA

Started in 2006, Social Enterprise Toronto (SET) is an expanding network of non-profit social purpose enterprises and practitioners. SET’s mission is to grow social enterprises in the Greater Toronto Area…
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Saving Money by Doing the Right Thing: Why ‘Local by Default’ Must Replace ‘Diseconomies of Scale’

Public services work poorly. Every day the press carries stories of failure, waste and basic human needs unmet. Health, social care and children’s services are buckling, while local authorities cut…
A Guide to Community Capital

A Guide to Community Capital

Business owners and social entrepreneurs in many communities struggle to access the funds they need to launch or expand their businesses and initiatives. At the same time, most of our…
CCEDNet

Solidarity Economy and Related Concepts: Origins and Definitions

This paper is the latest version of a paper first written in 2010 Expressions such as the solidarity economy, the social economy or the social and solidarity economy have been…