Reporting to the Executive Director, anticipates and understands the sector’s needs by researching sector trends and builds partnerships with funders, community groups and facilitators to develop and carry out an annual schedule of outreach, youth programming and training using various delivery formats.
Training Program Management & Development:
Since 2006, Building Urban Industries for Local Development (BUILD Inc.) has been working to support individuals who face barriers to employment by providing training opportunities within the trades and construction sector. BUILD is an award winning, national leader that provides innovative approaches to address some of society's most complex and complicated social issues. Through in class training, and on-the-job mentorship by their crew leaders, trainees gain invaluable life and work experience, making them more marketa
Social Finance: Ethical, Environmental & Everyone is back to share innovations in impact investing and social finance worldwide.
Each week, experts in impact investing, social finance, social entrepreneurship and innovations in finance from around the world will share their work. Discussions will include new models of investing for social purpose, projects on the forefront of social and environmental change, stories from the field and best practices for the future of food, people and the planet.
Session #5: Wednesday, March 31 at 12:00pm EST
Fairtrade Canada | Eugene Ellman, Chair
Eugene Ellmen serves as Chair of the board of Fairtrade Canada, the Canadian branch of Fairtrade International, which is working to secure better prices, working conditions and fair trade for farmers and workers in developing countries.
Le FIRA | Paul Lecomte agr., directeur général
FIRA is a private company that supports the next generation in their access to agriculture. The fund was established the Government of Québec , the Solidarity Fund QFL and Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins . They joined forces to create, in 2011, the Investment Fund for Agricultural Succession (FIRA). Through their respective contribution of $ 25 million to this fund, these partners support the development of agriculture in Quebec by helping to support the sustainability of our agricultural businesses and by encouraging the new generation to take over.
Social Finance: Ethical, Environmental & Everyone is back to share innovations in impact investing and social finance worldwide.
Each week, experts in impact investing, social finance, social entrepreneurship and innovations in finance from around the world will share their work. Discussions will include new models of investing for social purpose, projects on the forefront of social and environmental change, stories from the field and best practices for the future of food, people and the planet.
Session #4: Wednesday, March 24 at 12:00pm EST
Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT | David E. Miller, Co-founder & CEO
Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT is an organic farmland finance company that provides farmer-friendly leases and mortgages to the next generation of organic farmers. Since their founding in 2007, they have directed $50 million in investments in organic agriculture.
KOIS | Serena Guarnaschelli, Partner & Roman Kovac, Associate
KOIS was a pioneer in the impact investment industry when they developed the first Social Impact Bond in continental Europe in 2014, and continued to lead the way by developing in 2017 the first-ever Humanitarian Impact Bond with the ICRC.
10:00am - 11:00am Pacific
11:00am - 12:00pm Mountain
12:00pm - 1:00pm Central
1:00pm - 2:00pm Eastern
2:00pm - 3:00pm Atlantic
2:30pm - 3:30pm Newfoundland
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
It’s a quote we often hear, but it’s easier said than done!
Whether with people we know or people we don’t know – or, perhaps more importantly, whether with people we like or people we don’t like – working with others is an important aspect of policy & advocacy work. Successful collaborative relationships can bring fresh ideas, expand our reach, and lead to new opportunities. But, getting to successful collaborative relationships is not always easy.
Have you been involved in a coalition that was a resounding success? What about ones that went wrong? What did you take away from those experiences?
This campfire chat will provide you with an opportunity to share your own experience in coalitions and partnerships and learn from others’ stories in an informal peer-to-peer learning environment. If you’re a novice, no worries, your stories are just as valuable!
Please join us on April 8!
The Strengthening Community Economies Series is designed to build skills, provide support, and strengthen a culture of political action among CCEDNet members. To join CCEDNet or to find out more about our barrier-free membership policy, click here.
CCEDNet's 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on...
June 11, 2021
10am Pacific Time, 11am Mountain, 12pm Central, 1pm Eastern, 2pm Atlantic, 2:30pm Newfoundland
This year's AGM repeats the success of the last six years by being entirely virtual and bilingual. Members are able to make motions, vote and comment in English or French, all from the comfort of their computer.
