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The Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) is a university research centre based at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa. 3ci is working with the…
This report examines the key success factors for designing effective community benefits requirements for large transit infrastructure projects and how their success can be monitored, tracked and measured – particularly…
Food Secure Canada and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation are jointly releasing the report Purchasing Power: 10 Lessons on Getting More Local, Sustainable, and Delicious Food in Schools, Hospitals and Campuses….
This manual provides community members, community leadership, development service providers and other stakeholders with a tool for economic development. This is a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use manual and is specifically applicable…
Co-operatives are democratic corporations with considerable investor protections and director accountability mechanisms built into the legislation under which they are incorporated. Because each member has only one vote no matter…
This research finds that successful social value procurement (SVP) evaluation frameworks share the following characteristics: a clear articulation of the end-goal, a transparent and consistent process for gathering baseline data…
A solidarity economy movement is emerging from lower-income communities of color in Massachusetts. This movement aspires to transform capitalism—as we know it—into a world rooted in values of democracy, justice, and sustainability….
While the impact investing field has taken off in recent years and has influenced mainstream banking priorities, worker cooperatives are not yet a viable option for a typical impact investor…
We are at a pivotal moment in Canadian politics. In 2015, a new Liberal government was elected on a wave of public desire for more: more empathy, more investment, more…
A new toolkit has been launched to help foster social innovation across Windsor-Essex. This first-of-its-kind toolkit will provide information for non-profits and entrepreneurs wanting to create innovative new products, services…
This Directory of Resources for Aboriginal Social Entrepreneurs has been designed to simplify your efforts to find and acquire information. There are abundant resources available, but programs continually change over…