The Winnipeg Food Share Co-op (WFC) is a non-profit social enterprise cooperative that specializes in the procurement and distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables. WFC is responding to a need for healthy, accessible and affordable food for inner city families of low income, and contributes to a sense of community in the neighbourhoods it serves.
The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation is a coalition of organizations involved in international development, who are committed to:
Marlene Street Resource Centre (MSRC) is a community centre in St. Vital, Winnipeg, located in a Manitoba Housing complex. We are seeking a Male Program Facilitator. This is a term contract position for 5 hours/week at $12.00 per hour starting September 17, 2015 until December 18, 2015. The hours for this position will be Thursday and Friday, 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
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Join the Democracy Collaborative's Keane Bhatt and Steve Dubb, co-authors of the new report Educate and Empower: Tools for Building Community Wealth, for an online discussion with leading practioners on the practical strategies to empower residents to engage and participate in community economic development.
Tools for Building Community Wealth
How do low-income communities learn to advance economically and build wealth? Low-income communities and communities of color, in challenging structural economic and social inequality, have historically grappled with tensions inherent to development. Who participates in, directs, and ultimately owns the economic-development process? In creating and sustaining new, inclusive economic institutions, how do community members cultivate and pass on skills, commitment and knowledge—especially among those who have long faced barriers to education and employment? And how should communities strike an appropriate balance between utilizing local knowledge and accessing outside expertise?
Aaron Bartley, Executive Director and Co-Founder, PUSH Buffalo
Carla Javits, President and CEO, REDF
Dana Pedersen, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Cooperation Texas
SOURCE: Democracy Collaborative
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Artscape’s work involves clustering creative people together in real estate projects that serve the needs of the arts and cultural community and advance multiple public policy objectives, private development interests, community and neighbourhood aspirations and philanthropic missions. Based in Toronto, Artscape currently operates nine projects including the award-winning Daniels Spectrum, LEED Gold certified Artscape Wychwood Barns and our newest community cultural hub Artscape Youngplace. Working with communities to identify unique and diverse assets our projects cluster arts, cultural and environmental organizations as well as individual artists into affordable well-designed spaces. Artscape’s projects are embraced and activated by the communities they serve, delivering shared value and positive social, economic and environmental impacts.
Artscape has a number of exciting new projects under development in Toronto including a social enterprise event venue in the heart of the Entertainment District, a new community cultural hub which is part of a larger revitalization initiative in the Weston neighbourhood, as well as Artscape Launchpad – a cutting-edge centre for creative sector entrepreneurship.
Join this free webinar to gain insight and learnings from Artscape’s unique approach in cultural space development as a not-for-profit urban development organization, affordable housing provider, and thought leader in Creative Placemaking practice.
Pru Robey is a passionate advocate for the transformative impact the arts and culture have on the lives of individuals and communities. Throughout her career, the development of innovative, multi-sector approaches to support cultural sector development, creative economy activation and sustainable urban regeneration has been a centerpiece of her work. Pru has over 30 years of experience as a consultant, researcher, manager, promoter and funder in the arts, culture and creative industries in Canada and the UK. As Vice President and Creative Placemaking Lab Director at Toronto-based Artscape, Pru takes the lead in new project research and development and on major research initiatives; directs a suite of programs and services designed to build the capacity of communities internationally to undertake creative placemaking; and advises communities internationally on strategies to support city-building through the arts. She designed and teaches Canada’s only undergraduate course in Creative Placemaking for the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Placemaking Leadership Council.
SOURCE: Artscape
West Broadway Community Organization (WBCO) is a not-for-profit charitable organization working with residents, businesses and stakeholders to plan and coordinate neighbourhood renewal efforts in West Broadway. WBCO’s mission is to respect and support West Broadway’s diversity and livability.
