This year, we are offering courses in Victoria, Vancouver, Haida Gwaii, Dawson Creek, Smithers, Williams Lake and Vanderhoof. To find out more contact Nicole Chaland, at certced@sfu.ca or 250-478-3294.

Upcoming Courses

Course: Community Organizing within Community Economic Development

Looks at the ways in which communities organize in order to build the skills, knowledge and confidence of local people to act for social, economic and political change.
Date: September 18 and 19
Location: downtown Vancouver

Course: Natural Resource Communities in Transition

Explores the roots of economic shifts and examines the stages a community goes through from notification to revitalization and what action practitioners can take to assist the transition.
Date: September 24 and 25
Location: Haida Gwaii, Dawson Creek, Smithers, Williams Lake, Vanderhoof (via videoconference)

Course: Sustainable Community Development

Community economic development is a means to achieve sustainable community development: an integrated approach to economic, social, cultural and environmental objectives. Learners will be able to develop a framework for sustainable community development, access and use sustainability tools, and contribute towards designing effective sustainable community development policy.
Date: October 22 and 23
Location: Haida Gwaii, Dawson Creek, Smithers, Williams Lake, Vanderhoof (via videoconference)

Course: Local Development and the Global Economy

Explores how globalization has transformed the way economies operate and what this means for local and regional economic development.
Date: October 23 and 24
Location: downtown Victoria

Course: Community Organizing within Community Economic Development

Looks at the ways in which communities organize in order to build the skills, knowledge and confidence of local people to act for social, economic and political change.
Date: November 19 and 20
Location: Haida Gwaii, Dawson Creek, Smithers, Williams Lake, Vanderhoof (via videoconference)

Course: Developing Community Economic Development Ventures

Explore venture development and analysis processes from the point of view of an economic development practitioner. Participants will start from regional economic analysis, follow a series of steps including selection criteria, feasibility studies, and business plans, and end with an examination of different business forms to find the one that best fits the venture.
Date: November 27 and 28
Location: downtown Vancouver

"The Program's broad-based, grassroots approach to community economic development is extremely valuable, surprisingly innovative, and completely refreshing. Every economic development professional should take the SFU-CED Program!"

- David Kalinchuk, Economic Development Manager, Rocky View, Alberta

"I loved every second of the program. I was expecting to leave with a deeper understanding of CED, and I did, but more importantly I connected with my fellow students and have been inspired by their passion and enthusiasm for making a difference in their communities."

- Michelle Eggli, enterprising non-profits program, Vancity

"The CED courses at SFU have proven to be an invaluable asset for my staff who have participated. They not only get instruction from highly qualified instructors but, in most cases, from instructors who are still working at the grass roots level in CED."

- Ray Gerow, Manager, Prince George Aboriginal Business Development Centre