Canadian CED Network

Year: 2019

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Voice of Experience: Engaging people with lived experience of poverty in consultations

On August 21, 2018, the Government of Canada released “Opportunity for All – Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy.” In his letter of transmission to the Prime Minister, the Minister of…
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The Making of a Democratic Economy

From Ted Howard, co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative, and Marjorie Kelly, author of The Divine Right of Capital and Owning our Future, The Making of a Democratic Economy is a clarion call for a movement…
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City of Toronto Community Benefits Framework

Toronto is a prosperous economic engine of the region and country, yet it also suffers from high rates of poverty, growing income inequality, and a rise in precarious work. Youth,…
A Black Epistemology for the Social and Solidarity Economy: The Black Social Economy CCEDNet

A Black Epistemology for the Social and Solidarity Economy: The Black Social Economy

Abstract A Black epistemology in economics is needed to bring ethics back into business. Contributions of racialized people in the economy are ignored. Black and racialized scholars also find that…
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Root to Fruit: Empowerment Economics and Community Growth at Chicago’s HANA Center

Root to Fruit: Empowerment Economics and Community Growth at Chicago’s HANA Center lifts up The HANA Center, and its cutting edge approach to financial capability which is shaped by its…
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The Fight for the Right to Housing and a No Displacement CBA in Herongate

Housing is a human right protected by international covenants. Yet in recent years housing has increasingly become commodified. Huge real estate investment firms are buying up properties where they believe…