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Posted: Thu June 4 2015
Since 2010, the Canadian CED Network – Manitoba has been working with members such as Food Matters Manitoba and the Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance, seeking the establishment of a food policy council. Our amended policy resolution passed in the Fall of 2014 urges “the Province of...
Posted: Wed May 27 2015
CCEDNet member David Upton was thrilled at the invitation to present on the opportunities social enterprise has to offer Nova Scotia, as a new effort seeks to change the future course of the economically and demographically challenged province.
Nova Scotia stands at a crossroads, a report on the...
Posted: Mon May 18 2015
In April 2015, the Universitas Programme of KIP International School published a special thematic issue of the journal Universitas Forum entitled "Inclusive urban development and poverty reduction: Learning from innovative practice".
The project was carried out through funding from the...
Posted: Wed April 29 2015
Creating fair work opportunities for people who have barriers to employment is an important issue facing all of Canada. Manitoba has been a national leader in the development of social enterprises that provide training and employment opportunities for people with barriers to employment. The...
Posted: Tue April 7 2015
Public sector procurement objectives are quite predictable and intuitive – find savings for other departments to be able to meet their budgets. Why do municipalities, as an example, have a procurement department? The rationale is that supply chain professionals know how to put deals together, can...
Posted: Fri March 20 2015
During the 1940s, we were promoting campaigns for the widespread use of chemical pesticides with jingles like “DDT is good for me!” and videos showing people literally eating DDT by the spoonful:
In retrospect, of course, we know that we messed up. We messed up bad. Yet we kept developing...
Posted: Thu March 19 2015
For Women Transforming Cities, the present-day economic reality is one of increasing inequality that has disparate outcomes for marginalized communities. This is to say that economic inequality tends to fall along gendered and racialized lines (to name only two). Such inequality is echoed in the...
Posted: Wed March 18 2015
It's not often that Spark matches blow up Twitter, but a recent match between Soup Bee, a Winnipeg social enterprise that sells soups made with local ingredients by individuals facing barriers to employment, and Shel Zolkewich, a marketing specialist and food blogger, did just that.
Spark is...
Posted: Wed March 18 2015
I’m really interested in the possibilities that arise from two realities:
There are multiple benefits of providing health care to people where they live. In order to keep people and communities healthy, the evidence tells us we need to prioritize offering accessible, interdisciplinary care and...
Posted: Tue March 17 2015
What are some key elements of "new economies"?
Rethinking what we value and how we measure success. What does success look and feel like at all levels of the economy? To answer this question we must be willing to redefine wealth and move beyond what our current economic systems value as...
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