Canadian CED Network

Year: 2023

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STARCAP Developmental Evaluation Final Report & Framework

This report both describes the findings of the Developmental Evaluation (DE) of the 2023 Synergia Transition and Resilience Climate Action Program (STARCAP), and serves as a framework for applying DE…

The Search for a New Way: The Story of New Dawn Enterprises

The definitive history of Canada’s oldest community-development corporation, written by its former President and CEO. In the 1970s, Cape Breton was a place of limited prospects. The community had no…
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Solidarity First: Building a movement for just & sustainable economies in Quebec

The story of Quebec’s social economy movement is little known in Canada and even in many parts of Quebec. This may seem surprising given the interest that the Quebec model…
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Pathways to Decent Work

Explore eight pathways, and numerous resources to help your organization advance decent work and equity for Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized people in our sector. Different organizations will be a different…
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Flourish: A Workbook for Social Innovators

A collection of insights from 50 contributing authors curated by Jennifer Corriero. This learning resource is dedicated to young social innovators who have taken initial steps in leading community-based projects….
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Making Reparations: Seeding a Just Future | Schumacher Conversations

As the 50th anniversary of the book Small is Beautiful, 2023 is an opportunity to advance solutions to today’s social, economic, and environmental challenges that build on Schumacher’s original vision….
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Selling Social: Procurement, Purchasing, and Social Enterprises

Since the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various…
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Black Feminists in the Third Sector: Here Is Why We Choose to use the term Solidarity Economy

AbstractMany countries in the Global North use the term “social economy”—also known as the third sector—to describe economies run by citizens rather than by state or business actors. Over the…