Tag: Blog Post

The climate crisis is an escalating threat, but we are not powerless. Michael Lewis, co-founder of Synergia Institute, reflects on how we can strengthen personal, community, and ecological resilience close…

This piece was part of CCEDNet’s most recent national newsletter. If you’re not on our mailing list yet, you can subscribe here. CCEDNet’s vision – sustainable, equitable, and inclusive communities…

This is Part 2 of our Ecosystem Building Blog Series. Read Part 1 – Atlantic Ecosystem Building: Interview with Chelsey MacNeil Read Part 3 – Weaving together small regional networks…

Atlantic Ecosystem Building: Interview with Chelsey MacNeil For CCEDNet’s December communiqué, we spotlighted Common Good Solutions (CGS) a member organization based in Halifax. Melissa Sinfield, CCEDNet’s Regional Initiatives Manager, interviewed…

The Investment Readiness Program (IRP) is a Government of Canada grants and contributions program designed to support social purpose organizations (SPO’s) contribute to solving pressing social, cultural, and environmental challenges across Canada. CCEDNet…

A new co-operative federation called the Banker Ladies council is based within a Black feminist cultural tradition called a Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA).  This groundbreaking group of Black…

The Gathering was a significant day to anchor our local community and social economy to a larger movement for change.

Over 350 participants, presenters, and volunteers came together in Winnipeg to learn, laugh, and experience Community Economic Development in action.

This Saturday, September 30, is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is an opportunity for all of us in the community economic development (CED) movement to honour the courage,…

Last year, on International Youth Day (August 12), the United Nations asserted that climate change demands intergenerational solidarity: “Youth [are] on the frontline when it comes to facing the impacts…

Our CCEDNet team attended the Social Finance Forum on June 15, 2023 both virtually and hybrid with some of our Investment Readiness Program (IRP) team attending in-person events in Toronto. …

CCEDNet Manitoba recently relaunched the Financial Sustainability Series.

Facilitator Brendan Reimer shares 7 key factors in mobilizing resources for mission success.

A version of this post appeared originally on the RIPESS website The Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum (GSEF) is a key international gathering for all stakeholders of the Social…