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In this issue:
Canadian CED Network News
- Social Enterprise Hits the Airwaves
- Co-operative Survival
- IYC Campaign Launches Across Alberta
- New Video on Housing First in Alberta
- Calgary's Hidden Income Gap
- Demonstrating Value Webinar Now Available
- Nova Scotia's Premier Announces Support for Social Enterprise at CCSE4
- CED Book Club: America Beyond Capitalism
- ANSER the Call for Conference Proposals
- A New, Co-operative Issue of ANSERJ
- Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy: The Example of Catholic Religious Orders and the Mennonite
CED Job Postings
Canadian CED Network News
Meet our Members
The Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary is a community-based organization that facilitates the collective voice of Calgary’s ethno-cultural communities towards full civic participation and integration through collaborative action. They do this by building capacity in the ethno cultural sector, advocating community-based public policies, and encouraging participation in the community.
The Kitikmeot Economic Development is a branch of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association. It provides training, employment assistance, business development and financial assistance.
Alberta CED News
Social Enterprise Hits the Air Waves
In honour of ANSER’s 2011 Conference, the Atlantic social economy research network ran two days of radio broadcasts on Fredericton community radio. These episodes are now available to download. Highlights from the programs include:
Celia Lee from the University of Calgary speaks about her award-winning research on social economy mapping at the neighbourhood level. Bob McKeon highlights his research on the role of faith based organizations in supporting the social economy in Edmonton. Peter Elson of Mount Royal University talks about BALTA’s research on the social enterprise sector in BC and Alberta.
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Survival Rates of Co-ops in Alberta
The second of two parallel BALTA studies on the survival rates of co-ops has just been completed. The first study looked at co-op survival in B.C. This second study looks at co-ops in Alberta. In addition to survival rates, the study looked at factors influencing survival, including the reasons for dissolution, and made recommendations for consideration by planners and policy makers. The results concluded that co-ops have significantly higher survival rates than conventional corporations and this co-op advantage increased with the length of incorporation.
For more information on the study Co-op Survival Rates in Alberta, contact at: Richard Stringham at coopdev@acca.coop
IYC Campaign Launches Across Alberta
On January 12, the International Year of Co-operatives will be launched from Ottawa and at 11 other launch sites across Canada, including Calgary. Alberta’s IYC Advisory Committee will be hosting campaign launch events in 12 additional sites across the province. The launch events from Ottawa and Calgary will be live streamed to 11 sites in Alberta, they will also be available to anyone with an internet connection.
In the meantime, you can stay connected by following Alberta IYC on Facebook and Twitter
New Video on Housing First in Alberta
In Briding the Gap, Alberta Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Jonathan Denis, along with community leaders and advocates, discuss the province's work to end homelessness. Formerly homeless people talk about the success they are having under the Housing First approach, which is the core philosophy to Alberta's 10-year plan to end homelessness. The video highlights the challenges faced and progress that has been made since Alberta became the first province to commit to eradicating homelessness in 2009.
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Calgary’s Hidden Income Gap
In the latest installment of their income inequality series, Mind the Gap, Huffington Post Canada reports that the wealth disparity amongst Calgary communities is hidden, thanks to our relatively healthy economy, enviable average wage and the sheer sprawl of the city.
The financial success of Calgary's oil and gas industry naturally draws in people to the city, but it is clear that not everyone has shared in the city's economic success. Fortunately, this disparity has not been lost on Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who spoke in May 2010 about the troubling discrepancy of wealth in the city. View his complete speech at TEDxCalgary here.
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(Source: onprofile Calgary)
National CED News
Demonstrating Value Webinar Now Available
Engage Your Audience: An Introduction to Dynamic Performance Snapshots using SAP Crystal Dashboard.
In this half hour webinar held and recorded on November 9, 2011, you will learn the basics of how to develop an Interactive Performance Snapshot using SAP's Crystal Dashboard Design and learn about SAP's software donation program through Tech Soup.
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(Source: Enterprising Non-Profits Newsletter)
Nova Scotia's Premier Announces Support for Social Enterprise at CCSE4
More than 250 social enterprise practitioners and thinkers were in attendance for the Fourth Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise, which was held last month in Halifax. The event was a great success with many valuable learning events and networking opportunities. Nova Scotia's Premier Darrell Dexter provided a highlight of the Conference with a speech which called for greater support for non-profits starting social enterprises and improving access to capital for social enterprises. Premier Dexter also voiced his support for provincial procurement policies that could support local social enterprises.
CED Book Club: America Beyond Capitalism
Gar Alperovitz's America Beyond Capitalism is a blueprint for a new economy, rooted in communities and a decentralized vision of a sustainable and truly democratic future. Alperovitz, co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative and Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, shows how thousands of local experiments across the country are rising to meet the economic and ecological challenges of our era, laying the foundation for a new system more attuned to the needs of people and planet, and not just profit.
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ANSER the Call for Conference Submissions
Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) is inviting submissions and proposals for individual papers, panels, or roundtable discussions for their Fifth Annual Conference - The Changing Role of Nonprofits and the Social Economy in an Uncertain World. Submissions will be welcomed on topics related to nonprofits, co‐operatives, social enterprises, community economic development, and the social economy in Canadian, comparative, or international contexts. The deadline for proposals is January 9, 2012.
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A New, Co-operative Issue of ANSERJ
The latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSERJ) is now available online. In honour of the International Year of Co-operatives 2012, the issue features an editorial by Peter Elson which highlights the importance of IYC 2012. This edition also includes new research on the co-operative sectors in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Ontario, as well as articles on multi-stakeholder governance in co-op organizations, public private partnerships and public interest, and several book reviews.
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Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy: The Example of Catholic Religious Orders and the Mennonite
New research by Bob McKeon examines the contributions that faith-based organizations (FBOs) are making to the social economy sector in Canada. This study is the second BALTA research project looking at the role of FBOs in the social economy. It looks specifically at the approaches of Catholic religious orders and Mennonite community outreach organizations in their social economy projects.
For more information, contact Bob McKeon at rmckeon@shaw.ca
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