Saskatchewan
CED NewsBuilding the Sharing Economy in Saskatchewan
The sharing economy has drawn the attention of people looking for meaningful ways to build community and connect with each other in the market place. Come to Co-operative Consumption and the Rise of the Sharing Economy to share your experiences, learn about new models and explore opportunities to develop and support a sharing economy in Saskatchewan. The event takes place April 25 in Saskatoon, and is being hosted by the Saskatchewan Co-operative Association (CCEDNet member).
Co-op Strengthens Core Communities
Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-op (CNYC) is a skills building and alternative education program for youth in Saskatoon. This community hub includes a wood shop, greenhouse, and computer lab where students can develop carpentry skills, learn to garden, or conduct an online job search and hone their resume. The Co-op also runs a social enterprise, as furniture built in the wood shop is sold in the summer. Most importantly, the Co-op provides a safe place for at-risk youth to build confidence, learn respect, and build their future. CNYC (a former CCEDNet member) was recently featured in the Star Phoenix - click the link below to read the article.
Centre for Study of Co-ops Appoints New Director
The University of Saskatchewan has welcomed Murray Fulton back as director of the school's Centre for the Study of Co-operatives. Dr. Fulton has been a fellow of the Centre since its inception in 1984, and previously served as director from 1995-2000. His research and teaching interests include industrial organization, agricultural industry analysis, community development and co-operative theory.
Poverty Costs Cut Deep in Saskatchewan
Poverty costs everyone - a lot. A new report pegs the economic impacts of poverty in Saskatchewan at $3.8 billion per year. The total amounts to nearly $4,000 per resident. Over $1 billion is based on direct costs to the justice, health, social services and other systems. The figures where drawn from similar studies done in Quebec and Ontario. The report was published by Upstream, a citizens group which seeks to create a healthy society through evidence-based, people-centred ideas.
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What is CED? A YouTube response
CCEDNet’s new video on community economic development uses some of the marvellous photos submitted in last fall’s
'What is CED' photo contest to illustrate our diverse and dynamic movement in just over two minutes.
Watch it today! >>! Next in CCEDNet's Webinar Series
On February 11th,
Community Supports for Immigrant Entrepreneurship drew on lessons from the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers and the Montréal Community Loan Association in considering how to improve immigrant settlement and integration in Canada. Thought you missed it? Well, you can access the recording of this session and others, as well as find out about upcoming webinars, on our website.
Improve Your Impact Measurement with CanadaMeasures and CCEDNet
Back through popular demand, we will be holding another learning webinar on the
CanadaMeasures Initiative (CMI) and their platform for measuring your Social Return on Investment. Register today to earn about this accessible system and how it combines educational tools and impact measurement software designed for grassroots organizations.
CED Wire Updates
Community Development Manitoba-style: CCPA-Manitoba Director, Molly McCracken writes about how Manitoba became the source for inspiration and cutting edge policy | Read more >>- Investing in the Environment: Assiniboine Credit Union Wins Environmental Award: Katie Schewe shares the environmental achievements that lead to ACU's Anne Lindsey Award | Read more >>
- CCEDNet International Activities in 2013: An Important Year: Yvon Poirier highlights the international commitments of CCEDNet | Read more >>
- Become a CED Investor: A Manitoba Guide to Community Investment Opportunities: Ryan O'Connor explores tools for investing in people & communities | Read more >>
National CED News
Have Your Say on the Social Solidarity Recommendations
The Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS) is inviting your organization to contribute to the participatory construction of the
Recommendations by Social Solidarity Economy to the Millennium Development Goals post-2015. The Consultation is public and open until March 28. After the current public consultation, RIPESS will release the final document that will incorporate feedback received. It will then be possible for organizations and networks to endorse it, and have their names added to the recommendations. These will then be formally presented to the United Nations.Canadian Federal Budget CED Highlights
The Road to Balance: Creating Jobs and Opportunities, the Federal government's 2014 budget, was released earlier this month. This year, CCEDNet submitted two recommendations to the Federal government's pre-budget consultations related to social procurement, and support for Canadian social enterprises and co-ops. Neither of these submissions is addressed in
The Road to Balance, but several budget items will have impacts on CED organizations across the country. Follow the link below to read these highlights.
Alternative Federal Budget 2014
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released their annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) earlier this month. The budget includes many recommendations for CED investments, including: a neighbourhood revitalization program; affordable housing; and the reduction of income inequality. This year’s AFB delivers a plan that would significantly reduce poverty, strengthen the economy, lower unemployment to 5.4% and still balance the budget by 2016-17. It also raises the bar on transparency by providing an analysis of the distributional and poverty impacts of its tax measures—a first for any budget.
CED Tool: Next Generation Evaluation
As the community development sector continues to innovate, it will be ever more important for evaluation to evolve and grow in ways that respond to the increasingly complex, inter-connected, and rapidly changing world in which these initiatives live. This Learning Brief draws from literature and research, as well as more than a dozen interviews with foundation leaders, evaluation practitioners, and social sector thought leaders, with the intention of starting the conversation in the field around Next Generation Evaluation characteristics and approaches.
A Little Bird Told Us: Top Tweets of the Month
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