CED Profile: Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute Inc. (CMWI)
Organization:
The Canadian CED Network
Year:
2011
Format:
Document
Categories:
Community Capacity Building
Women
Source:
CCEDNet
Theme:
Immigrants & Refugees
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DIY: Immigrant Enrepreneurs are Doing it for Themselves
Organization:
North York Community House
Website:
Year:
2013
Format:
Document
Research report
Categories:
Entrepreneurship & Business Development
New Canadians
Stories and Experiences
Source:
Org
Creating Opportunities - Optimizing Possibilities: Immigrant and Refugee Co-operatives in Canada
Organization:
Canadian CED Network
Year:
2004
Format:
Guidebook
Research report
Categories:
Co-operatives
New Canadians
Stories and Experiences
Source:
Org
Building the Mercado Central: Asset-Based Development and Community Entrepreneurship
Organization:
ABCD Institute
The Mercado Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota — a retail business cooperative and incubator — is the result of the creativity and hard work of members of a Latino immigrant community that joined forces with a faith-based organizing group and a variety of community organizations to build a traditional marketplace in their inner-city neighborhood.
Year:
2003
Format:
Book
Categories:
Community Capacity Building
Co-operatives
Source:
Weblink
Upholding the Canadian Promise
Date:
2007-04-18
Immigrant and refugee persons face serious settlement challenges. Integrating into their new community is made exceedingly difficult due to their limited social and professional networks, the non-recognition of foreign experience and credentials, and the competitive nature of the Canadian labour market. Increasingly, newcomers are frustrated by being on the margins of Canadian society.
Type:
The Power of CED throughout Canada: Thirteen Inspiring Stories
Organization:
Lilia Goldfarb Initiatives
This collection of thirteen case studies provides short anecdotes about 13 geographically diverse examples of Community Economic Development in Canada.
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Year:
2003
Format:
Document
Case study
Categories:
Introduction to CED
Stories and Experiences
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